February 14 in Dodgers History: Babe Phelps, a reluctant traveler and still unsigned, will not fly with Dodgers (1941)

On February 14 1941 — The entire Brooklyn Dodgers squad leaves New York to train in Havana, Cuba for most of the spring. Babe Phelps, a reluctant traveler and still unsigned, will leave the team in Miami, FL, rather than take a boat, and return to Maryland.

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