Derrell Griffith News Today

The New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers haven't been shy about making trades even ones where a fan favorite was sent to Hollywood.

Plus Luis Arraez's body in space, Derek Hill on embracing small-ball, an under-the-radar Twins prospect, scoring changes, facts and stats galore, and more.

Origin At the beginning of 1962, the Los Angeles Dodgers were poised to become the premier team in baseball’s National League, just as their forebears in Brooklyn had been in the years between the end of World War II and the team’s move to California (1946-57). Having shed of most of the stars from their glory days in Brooklyn, and ensconced themselves in Dodger Stadium, a brand-new ballpark that favored pitching over slugging, the Dodger squads of the early 1960s seemed ideally suited to ...