BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : DODGERS : Precautions Taken in Case of Unrest

The Dodgers are taking precautions in the event that the verdict in the Rodney G. King civil rights trial provokes civil unrest. The club’s first home stand begins Tuesday and runs through Sunday.

Said Jim Italiano, the Dodgers’ director of stadium operations: “The LAPD has been training in the vicinity of the stadium and we are working in close concert with Deputy Police Chief Bob Gill, who is keeping us informed.”

Meanwhile, Italiano said, the Dodgers will proceed with their home stand as scheduled. The team opens at home Tuesday for a three-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals, followed by a three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Relief pitcher Rick Trlicek made only two appearances for the Toronto Blue Jays last season, but he still will get a World Series championship ring. An official from the Blue Jays is flying to Los Angeles to present it to him. Said Eric Davis, who played with the Cincinnati Reds when they won the World Series in 1990: “That would have never happened at Cincinnati. They would have given him $2 and and a thing of bubble gum.” . . . Mike Sharperson, who lives near Atlanta in Lithonia, Ga., got to see his 9-year-old son, Michael Jr., play in a Little League game Saturday. He went two for three and made some good defensive plays. “I don’t get to see him play very often,” Sharperson said.

Todd Worrell’s right forearm has improved and he will probably begin light throwing during the next couple of days. . . . Kevin Elster, recovering from a shoulder sprain, threw hard to first base from shortstop for the first time and said he probably will be ready to play in a rehabilitation assignment in about a week.