Manny Machado hoping to fit in, win ring with Dodgers

MILWAUKEE -- If the All-Star break is a transformative experience for some, perhaps that has never been so literally the case than it is for Manny Machado, who entered the break as an Oriole and exited it a Dodger.

Machado joined his new club Friday in Milwaukee, where the Los Angeles Dodgers faced the Brewers in a three-game weekend series. He singled in his first at-bat, a couple hours after addressing the media for the first time in his new blue L.A. threads.

"I'm relieved," Machado said. "Relieved it finally got done. It's exciting to be here. It's a great group. Great organization, with a lot of baseball history. I'll just come here and be myself and try to fit into the club around here."

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