Here's another vintage photograph from taken by legendary Dodgers photographer Barney Stein, circa 1949, of the Dodgers Ebbets Field "Sym-Phony Band" that is currently at auction at RMY (link here).
Below are more links to check out:
- This Day in Dodgers History: In 1987 the Dodgers and its rookie GM, Fred Claire, pulled off a trade that would play a significant part in their upcoming 1988 World Series run. They traded starter Bob Welch and Matt Young to the A's and Jack Savage to the Mats for relievers Jesse Orosco, Jay Howell and infielder Alfredo Griffin. Eric Stephen at True Blue LA put together an excellent synopsis of the events that lead to this trade (link here). In 2014 the Dodgers traded Dee Gordon, Dan Haren and Miguel Rojas to the Marlins for Austin Barnes, Chris Hatcher, Andrew Heaney and Enrique Hernandez.
- Happy Birthday, Frank Bell, Gene Wright, Joe Riggert, Ray Phelps, Greg Shanahan, Thomas Howard & Joe Blanton!
- I want to extend a big Blue Heaven congratulations to both Alan Trammel and Jack Morris for their recent election into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
- Sarah Wexler at Dodgers Digest writes; "5 takeaways from the Dodger Stadium pop-up museum."
- Video: Longtime Dodgers international scout Mike Brito explains how he landed Yasiel Puig. (video link)
- Video: Dodger minor league prospect and September call up Alex Verdugo joins Dodgers Insider. (video link)
- Via Jesse Spector at the Dealbreaker; "Dodgers Ownership Has Curious Role In Media Mega Deal."
- Via Glen Rosales at the Albuquerque Journal; "St. Michael’s grad moves up to Dodgers health director."
Porterfield’s new position is one the Dodgers are creating and is modeled after similar positions that other organizations have developed. There had been discussions with then-Rays general manager Andrew Friedman about a similar position with Tampa Bay, so it was no surprise that after Friedman moved to L.A. as the Dodgers’ president of baseball operations, he called on Porterfield.“In a nutshell, I’ll be using my experience to aid all our athletic trainers and physical therapists,” Porterfield said. I’ll be taking some of the daily duties and responsibilities that don’t relate to the guys on the field – paperwork, doctors’ visits workman’s comp – off their plate so they don’t have to spend as much time with that kind of stuff. I’ll be helping to support those staff members, and be as prudent and diligent in running the program as efficiently as possible.”
- Dodgers bullpen coach Josh Bard is moving on, via a tweet from Ken Rosenthal:
Josh Bard, 39, will be #Yankees bench coach, sources tell The Athletic. Spent last two seasons as #Dodgers’ bullpen coach, three before that as pro scout and special asst in LAD front office. Teammate of Boone’s with #Indians in ‘05. Possibility first mentioned by @KenDavidoff.— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) December 11, 2017
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