March 11 in Dodgers History: Dodgers defeat the A’s, 4-2, in the first game played in Holman Stadium (1953)

On March 11, 1953 — The Brooklyn Dodgers defeat the A’s, 4-2, in the first game played in Holman Stadium, their Grapefruit League ballpark at the team’s spring training complex in Vero Beach, better known as Dodgertown. Fifty-five years later, Carl Erskine, the game’s starting pitcher, will return t

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