The Los Angeles Dodgers are a super team dream

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Early on the last morning of March, in the nearly empty Los Angeles Dodgers clubhouse at Camelback Ranch, a short, high-pitched squeal rang out over the usual morning playlist and weight-room thuds.

Despite its resemblance to the combination of a cackling hyena and a happy toddler, the noise came from publicly stoic pitcher Walker Buehler, who was reacting to a particularly contentious table tennis point. Spring training clubhouses around Arizona and Florida are filled with sounds like that, with hoots and hollers and raucous laughter — with chatter.