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March 02, 2007
Dodgers: A case of (badly) mistaken identity
The press boxes in these smallish spring training parks are often situated in such a way that fans can walk right up in front of them and actually talk to the writers working inside (but fans are asked to kindly refrain from feeding them). Anyway, at one point during yesterday's Dodgers-Braves tilt up at WDW, a veteran writer from a Canadian paper was seated in the front row of the press box, happily slaving away on a story about one of his countrymen, Dodgers catcher Russell Martin, when a fan approached and asked the writer for his autograph. This writer, a middle-aged, obviously-Caucasian man with gray hair, a thick mustache and an unmistakable Canadian accent was understandably taken aback. "What do you want MY autograph for?" he asked, to which the fan responded, "Aren't you Fernando Valenzuela?"
Posted by Tony Jackson at March 2, 2007 05:39 AM