Adrian to help Dodgers launch weeklong caravan

LOS ANGELES -- First baseman Adrian Gonzalez will appear at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles on Monday as the 12th annual Dodgers Community Service Caravan kicks off.

Former Dodgers players Eric Karros, Tim Leary, Dennis Powell and Derrel Thomas will join Gonzalez in a baseball skills clinic with the school's varsity and junior varsity baseball teams and the softball teams.

Bank of America sponsors the weeklong Pitching in the Community caravan. Details on other events will be announced next week.