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PHOENIX — Freddie Freeman chose club over country Tuesday, the Dodgers first baseman pulling himself from Team Canada's World Baseball Classic game against Colombia because of a mild right hamstring injury rather than playing through the pain, a decision that wasn't as easy as it might have seemed.

There is the way Dustin May feels when he's on the mound, and there is the way the fiery Dodgers right-hander outwardly expresses it.

PHOENIX — Of all the things the Dodgers have come to appreciate about Miguel Rojas this spring, two of the biggest have to do with his feet.

The Committee on Infractions has become the last line of defense in holding the NCAA’s members accountable. An inside look at how the group operates.

PHOENIX — The Dodgers are in need of a new shortstop. Again.

PEORIA, Ariz. — Three games into spring training, the Dodgers might already be facing a potentially devastating injury.

He sustained the injury with an awkward fall while running the bases.

While the actual punishment might not seem severe, the organization sends a message that it will be clamping down on NIL violations and brazen boosters.

PHOENIX — Noah Syndergaard glanced down, touched the tips of his index fingers together, then sighed as he recalled his frustrations with last season.