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LA Dodgers cross striking hotel workers’ picket line
Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Kenley Jansen, right, warms up with starting pitcher Kenta Maeda in the bullpen during batting practice for the World Series baseball game

THE US baseball team LA Dodgers have become the latest to cross hotel picket lines in Boston. 

The Dodgers arrived at the Ritz-Carlton Boston on Monday in advance of today’s first World Series match against the Boston Red Sox. 

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