Quotes
What They're Saying
“We have the finest Spring Training base in the land – the most complete facilities imaginable, a great little ball park in Holman Stadium and the most cooperative neighbors in Florida,”
Walter O’Malley, February 16, 1956, Vero Beach Press-Journal
“This is the nicest camp I’ve seen (in Spring Training). This place has character,”
Ted Williams, March 12, 1969, Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
“The key word is togetherness. I know of no other spring complex where everyone from top to bottom lives alike,”
Walter O’Malley, March 8, 1970, Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
“Tradition hangs heavy at Dodgertown. Nostalgia, USA…In a way, the history of Vero is the history of baseball,”
Jim Murray, March 31, 1977, Los Angeles Times
“Rickey had the dream. Robinson provided the need. O’Malley has made the dream stay alive and become a beautiful fulfillment,”
Red Barber, April 3, 1977, Tallahassee Democrat
“No other place on earth holds as many memories for me as Dodgertown,”
Vin Scully, 2013
“Spring training at Dodgertown was something very special to me because of its rich history and the people who experienced Dodgertown. It was a wonderful time. We were isolated there and players spent a lot of time together and we grew very close. I have so many great memories. Dodgertown is truly a historic place,”
Sandy Koufax, 2013
“It was really honorable and exciting for me to play baseball in such a beautiful complex and to learn the advanced Dodgers way of baseball when I visited Dodgertown for the first time for the spring training as a member of Tokyo Giants in 1961. I can still remember the smells and the atmosphere of the wonderful facility. It was a precious memory and I will not forget for all my life,”
Sadaharu Oh, Hall of Famer and all-time home run king in Japan, 2013
“It’s the greatest spring training complex in the United States. I’ll never love anything the way I loved going to Dodgertown,”
Tommy Lasorda, 2013