LOS ANGELES -- It's a Spring Training tradition for managers to introduce new players to teammates in morning meetings, but they don't often change the world.
Micah Johnson wants to be an exception.
Traded by the White Sox to the Dodgers last offseason, Johnson was called upon by new manager Dave Roberts last spring and was asked a mundane question.
"He said, 'What do you like to do?' and I said, 'I like to paint,'" recalled Johnson. "So, he says, 'You're making a painting of Maury Wills. That's your assignment.'"
Less than a year later, Johnson is approaching the holidays by working on his two passions.