LOS ANGELES — Well into a 35-minute press conference announcing his arrival as the 10th manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Dave Roberts was thrown a curveball. Flanked by the men who hired him — Los Angeles General Manager Farhan Zaidi and President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman — Roberts, who was born in Okinawa […]
Okinawa-born Dave Roberts introduced as first minority manager of L.A. Dodgers
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Pioneering pitcher Nomo honored by Dodgers
August 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
LOS ANGELES (Kyodo) — Trailblazing pitcher Hideo Nomo was honored by the Los Angeles Dodgers in a pregame ceremony Aug. 10. The right-hander, who turned his back on Nippon Professional Baseball the way he turned his back on batters in his unique windup, joined the Dodgers in 1995 and went 123-109 in the big leagues, […]
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