<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The Los Angeles Dodgers' outfield is again crowded, meaning Andre Ethier, 25, is entering the spring in a battle for playing time again, with Matt Kemp in right field and Juan Pierre in left. Pierre played last season in the spot that Andrew Jones is taking in center the Los Angeles Times reported. "I believe I can help this team win on an everyday basis, being a starter on this team," Ethier said. "Last year was an unfortunate situation where I had to learn to adapt to a lot of different roles, whether it was starting, coming off the bench to play defense or coming off the bench to get a pinch-hit," Ethier said. "It made me better, it made me get that taste of wanting to be that starting guy a little bit more." Ethier, who hit .284 with 13 home runs in 447 at-bats last season, said he wouldn't mind being one of three players sharing the two corner outfield positions "if that's going to lead us to winning. Last year, we didn't better ourselves by being in a situation like that, rotating three guys in two positions. So if we're winning and making a charge to the playoffs like that, so be it."</div> Bench Pierre. link
