Big turnout for early BP
Saw a bunch of the guys down there -- yes, including Andruw Jones and Juan Pierre. Not sure what it's going to mean once they take it into the game tonight, but you can rest assured the Dodgers are doing everything possible to jumpstart this offense. Nomar was down there, too, which is a good sign. ... Arizona's Doug Davis will make his final start tonight before undergoing surgery to have his cancerous thyroid removed. ... Las Vegas finally won a game last night on a walkoff single by Ramon Martinez, scoring Terry Tiffee to beat Colorado Springs. Everybody else lost last night except for Inland Empire, which was suspended after 15 innings against Lancaster with the score 3-3, which is why the Dodgers didn't release the Eric Hull for Christian Lara trade until today because Lara was playing for Lancaster, a Boston affiliate, in that game. He can just switch clubhouses tonight.

Tony Jackson has covered the Dodgers for the Daily News since 2004 and has covered Major League Baseball on a regular basis since 1995. He previously covered the Colorado Rockies and Cincinnati Reds. He is a native of Springdale, Ark., and a graduate of the University of Arkansas.
