Tony Jackson has a lengthy ESPNLosAngeles.com Dodger notebook today.The Dodgers optioned Russ Mitchell and Jon Link and reassigned JD Closser and Roman Colon to minor league camp.According to the Dodger press notes, the team will have pitchers bat for the remainder of exhibition play.You can see work being done on the Dodger Stadium outfield walls, thanks to these photos at Roberto Baly's Vin Scully Is My Homeboy.This was teased Monday afternoon: Former major leaguer David Newhan is trying to make a comeback from a near-fatal surfing injury. John Maffei of the North County Times has the story (via Hardball Talk).This is cool: Josh Wilker wrote liner notes for "Cardboard Gods."Rangers at Dodgers, 1:05 p.m.