MLB Pitcher Zack Greinke Says Dodgers Opener In Sydney Offers 'Zero Excitement'

Traveling to Sydney to open the Major League Baseball season "is proving too much for the Los Angeles Dodgers, with pitcher Zack Greinke claiming there is 'absolutely zero excitement' for coming to Australia," according to the AAP. Greinke: "I would say there is absolutely zero excitement for it. There just isn’t any excitement to it. I can’t think of one reason to be excited for it." The Dodgers are "also reportedly considering leaving their best pitcher, Clayton Kershaw," back in the U.S., with their March 22-23 opening series against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Sydney "looking more like a chore for the side than a historic chance to spread the baseball gospel." To not bring Kershaw down under "would be a major blow for the concept," given that MLB "would be eager to showcase its biggest stars to a new market" (AAP, 2/22).