A while back, DBM asked if we would do a little background story on Dino Ebel, the Dodgers 3rd base coach. So, I told Jeff I would do it. He sent me some sites with additional information, and I am grateful for the help.
Ebel was born on March, 30, 1966 in Barstow California. After graduating from high school, he went to San Bernardino Valley College where he was drafted in the 27th round by the Phillies in 1986. But he elected to go to Florida Southern College and was a member of the 1988 NCAA Division II Championship team.
He signed with the Dodgers as a free agent in 1988. He was named the GCL player of the year in 1988 for the GCL Dodgers…that is the Gulf Coast League. In 1989 he went to the Vero Beach Dodgers and was a member of the 1990 FSL League Champion team.
In 1991, Ebel was promoted to the Albuquerque Dukes of the PCL where he was a utility player. But Ebel only played 2 games at AAA. Most of his time was spent in A ball with a short sting at AA San Antonio thrown in.
He also played ball in the 89,90, and 91 off seasons for the Adelaide Giants of the Australian Baseball League, a Dodger affiliate. In 1991, he became a player coach for the Bakersfield Dodgers, a position he held until 1994.
He coached with the San Antonio Missions of the Texas League for 2 years, and then in 1997, he began his managerial career taking over San Bernardino late in the year. In 1998 he managed Great Falls. From 1999 until 2004, he managed various teams in the Dodger organization, usually at the lower levels.
In 2005, after 17 years with the Dodgers, Ebel joined the Angels and became a coach with the Salt Lake Stingers of the PCL. When Maddon left the Angels to manage the Rays, Ebel took over as the Angels 3rd base coach. With Ebel at 3rd, the Angels were a much more aggressive team on the basepaths.
They had adopted a sort of NL brand of baseball. Probably due to the influence of Ebel, and Mike Scioscia, who both were long time members of NL franchises. In 2013, Ebel succeeded Rob Picciolo who had been fired as the bench coach.
Ebel is well known for his loud whistle, which he uses to relay defensive alignments such as shifts during games. His minor league managerial record is 531-496 in 8 seasons. In 2018 he went back to being the Angels 3rd base coach when Ron Roenicke was named the bench coach of the Red Sox.
Then on the 28th of November, 2018, he was named the new 3rd base coach of the Dodgers. Ebel has added that aggressive nature to the Dodgers base running game, and he is one of the more active 3rd base coaches you will ever see. Always moving in the coaching box.
But Ebel likes to give back. He returns to Barstow often to hold clinics for young players. He has been doing that for 11 years. He was joined in the 2020 clinic by big league pitcher, Aaron Sanchez. Sanchez is also a Barstow native. The clinic’s give the kids hope by seeing that other members of their city have made it in professional baseball. And they learn skills to help their game.
I am not sure if Covid will allow the clinic this year, probably not. But you can bet as soon as the restrictions are gone, Ebel will be out there teaching the game.
Ebel has become a very valuable member of Roberts staff. He is exuberant on the field and has the respect of the Dodger players. He also is a creature of habit. Every morning he goes to the gym and does a 30 minute 4 mile run.
But what he does for breakfast, well, I could not do that. He goes to Starbucks, gets 4 of their tubs of oatmeal, some blueberries, and walnuts. He brings this home and mixes it all together. That is his breakfast. Sorry, I have a tummy ache!
Dino is married to Shannon. They have 2 kids. His biggest thrill prior to this season was being a member of the organization when they won in 1988. His second floor man cave in his home holds 32 years of baseball memories. Autographed bats, balls, photos. He is still close friends with Albert Pujols and has commemorative bats from his homers.
Ebel will be entering his 3rd year as a Dodger coach. A post he hopes to man for many more years.
Lolz Here in Barstow I got to see a Aaron Sanchez T-ball card floating around. It wasn’t for sale but I wonder what kind of value it would have in the world outside of Barstow.
We are still in the first wave of this covid-19 thing. It’s just making it to the deeper places that were able to avoid the scare of exposure that the more populated places faced. The second wave is just surfacing and likely more deadly I fear and that the normal we knew will never be again. There may be butts in the seats for baseball in 2021 but that could be a mistake. Perhaps me viewing this negatively is because it’s hitting around so closely as another lifelong friend just died 30 hours ago and several people I know are in the hospital with it and knowing not all will ever leave alive. Perhaps Johnnson & Johnnson or Monsanto or whoever has the world just where they want us. With the current affairs there’s a fat chance to avoid talking politics anywhere. The liberals are not liberal and the conservatives are not conservative. Again, the future ain’t what it used to be.
I agree Quas, no one is certain when the fans will be back. And baseball will be hard pressed to take another financial bath. But hope is all we have, and that to me at this point is as important as anything else. Where you have seen an increase in cases, we have very few here.
“Again, the future ain’t what it used to be.”
Good line. And so true.
Sorry about your friends Quas. It feels like it’s closing in on us too here in Orange County. We know at least 6 who live close by who got very sick. A couple hospitalized. We have heard of 2 who have died. The vaccine can’t get here soon enough.
Thank you Badger. As it killed my younger brother here in Barstow so quickly and then the news of so many others I know. If it all turns out to be by design I will have work ahead.
I’ve heard those rumors too. I don’t at this time believe they are true. I still believe we’ve just dropped the ball in dealing with it, and need the vaccination program to get rolling.
Thank you ,Bear, so much for this nice write-up on Dino Ebel. You filled in a lot of things I was aware of, but not knowledgeable about, this very talented base coach. I love his enthusiasm, knowledge of base running, motivation and as he puts it, “communication, building the relationship and trust factor of the players”. You can tell I am a big fan of Dino’s and am positive he is a valuable asset to the big league team.
Thanks DBM. Other than personal interviews, there is just not a lot of info out there on these guys. Some coaches come along and I have never heard of them. I knew Ebel from his time with the Angels, but I had no clue he had been in the Dodger organization. Considering how controlled the running game is now, Ebel is doing an awesome job.
Quas,
Take my advice with a grain of salt (I am not a Doctor, but I have talked with a lot of them):
1. The mutated strain is more contagious but less virulent, so it’s easier to get and easier to get over.
2. Before you get it, make sure you have a pneumonia shot – that helps immensely.
3. Take Zinc, Vitamin D, Vitamin C, Echinacea, and a baby aspirin (every other day) – there are lots of other healthy things to do too.
4. When I was checked into the hospital, I signed a paper refusing to be put on a ventilator – Instead, I laid on my stomach several hours a day (they call it “proving” and helps drain the lungs). Proning is probably one of the best single things you can do with COVID pneumonia.
5. If you get it, eat very little, but drink a lot of water – only water – your body doesn’t need to waste energy digesting food – it needs to focus on attacking the virus.
6. If you get it, ask the Doctor for Regeneron or Bamlanivimab, Remsisivier, Dexamethasone and Azithromycin.
7. If you can’t get Regeneron or Bamlanivimab or Remsisivier, then ask your doctor for Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine. Both have been shown to kill the COVID-19 virus in the laboratory dish. The drugs appear to work through two mechanisms. First, they make it harder for the virus to attach itself to the cell, inhibiting the virus from entering the cell and multiplying within it. Second, if the virus does manage to get inside the cell, the drugs kill it before it can multiply. Azithromycin is never used for viral infections. However, this antibiotic does have some anti-inflammatory action. There has been speculation, though never proven, that azithromycin may help to dampen an overactive immune response to the COVID-19 infection.
You can read more here:
https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/treatments-for-covid-19
There is some question about the efficacy of Remdesivir, but I can tell you in my case it was a miracle. I could feel it killing the COVID as I was on the first IV of it and my fever broke two hours later.
The point is, there are things you can do if you get it but most people just hope for someone else to solve their problems.
Wearing a mask does not do as much good as it can, unless you wash your hands regularly and disinfect the mask when you touch it or take it off. 90% of the people who wear masks do not do it correctly. It is still better than no mask!
I find it probably a good idea to limit my response to this post to just a couple of simple questions.
Costs? Does insurance pay for those treatments? Will Medicare pay for them?
Obviously most people recover. Also future complications are unknown. I know a little bit about that having had the plasmodium falciparum virus in 1968. We don’t know now what we will know in the coming years.
Medicare coved mine 100%.
I don’t watch much NFL but that Colts coach looked like he was trying to give the game away.
Being a Rams fan I have to admit I was surprised by the outcome. Don’t much care about whose left, though having lived in Wisconsin, and going to school in Chico, I’m a Rodgers/Packers fan. I did my student teaching at Pleasant Valley High School. Of course, that was 4 years before Aaron was born. I also root for the Ospreys when they aren’t playing the Rams.
I just want to correct something that Jeff said about me in yesterday’s post. I look at BOTH career stats and recent stats and I see Jansen’s stats recently going in the wrong direction although still good and then I see Joakim Soria’s stats steady as can be and very good even at his age.
The key thing being that I look at both career stats and recent stats. That’s how I know about Liam Hendricks career stats not being good but the last two years he has been dominant.
Mark, great info on covid. Thanks for sharing that.
Bear, great post on Dino. I didn’t know much about him other than I like his aggressive 3rd base coaching. Depending on the situation and personnel, I love to make the defense make plays. Make the defense hurry and make accurate relay throws. I love going first to third on a base hit. Put pressure on the defense and don’t play station to station. Of course a runner will get thrown out occasionally, so you tip you cap and continue to be aggressive.
By the way, does MLB have any plan to announce the fate of the DH for 2021? I know it might be a bargaining chip with the Union but this has to be decided real soon. With the potential of Spring Training starting in 7 weeks, it might be nice if teams knew how to structure their lineups and rosters. Damn, can these folks get anything right?
I think they’ve made it a priority to decide whether or not to have the DH by the All Star break.
How in the world can the NL GM’s let the league office get away with no decision on this? The DH is a huge part of how they’ll put their 2021 rosters together. Not to mention the agents with DH clients also have a major stake in this. Yet, both sides continue to dawdle like it’s no big thing.
They ought to at least both agree that if no decision has been reached within the next couple of weeks or so (make an actual deadline), that the firm and final answer will be “No for 2021”. Don’t put out a memo that says “Don’t count on it”, which has been the response so far.
MT – It is with a grain of salt I ask, why no ventilator??? It’s great to hear remalemadecivir worked so well for you and our Immenseness…
10 daze or not, I don’t think it’s too late to put some research & yenom back into POTUS’s bleach theory or a LED light used in conjunction with a colonoscopy with the target being a lil further in!?!?
As you stated it seems better than what we’ve heard from Dr. F…
Actually none of the above is really funny judging by the numbers, but laughter sometimes better than moping about…
Please just keep JT, CT and AJ….
Myself, I won’t allow myself to be hospitalized. And HELL NO to being ventilated. Hospitals protocols are so outdated they kill as many as they save. The worse thing you can do to someone with pneumonia is put them flat on their back. But it’s the way they do it. You can still drown even with air being tubed down your throat.
I’ll try taking Mark’s tips. Two nights ago I had talked myself into believing I had the covid as I was hurting all over and deeply. I’m feeling much better and no longer think it’s checkout time. Well…..
Quas, I tried to beat it on my own for two weeks, but as I got worse, I relented and went to a good hospital. Go if you get it and lay on your stomach as much as possible.
COVID-19 attacks the lungs and the lungs fight back by producing cistiens which can flood your lungs literally “drowning” them. Adding a ventilator which “mechanically” moves the lungs is a very bad idea… usually. Proning is a better choice. Yale says this: “Infection is one potential risk associated with being on a ventilator; the breathing tube in the airway can allow bacteria to enter the lungs, which can lead to pneumonia. A ventilator can also damage the lungs, either from too much pressure or excessive oxygen levels, which can be toxic to the lungs.”
COVID-19 patients also are at risk of ventilator-associated acute lung injury, a condition caused by overinflating the lungs during mechanical ventilation. Once you get on a ventilator, your chances of survival are below 25%. I did not like those odds.
Bear – Great post on Dino… Always admired his work ethic and would consider him a lifer… Who knows, he may get a shot at managing down the road… Of course I said that several times about Kevin Kennedy…
Singin the Blues – DH in 2021??? Probably not… NL owners are probably thinking/bitching about another big contract for the roster…
Most teams want the DH. The players definitely want it back. Here is the problem, MLB wants to link agreeing with the universal DH to expanded playoffs, something the players do not want. But sooner or later, and probably at the next owners meeting, they will make a decision.
Bear – Do you know when the next owner’s meeting is?
peterj – Good point about some of the NL owners wanting to save the salary they would have to pay a DH. Much cheaper to pay an end-of-the-bench infielder or end-of-the-bullpen pitcher than what they would have to pay the typical DH.
I am pretty sure they have one scheduled before spring is supposed to start to hammer out what protocols will be in force and such. We already know that AA and A ball springs have been moved back so there will not be so many players in close proximity in spring training.
I think they can work this one out. They all want more money, which expanded playoffs will do. What MLB doesn’t want is busted brackets. Fans want both, so, sit down and figure it out.
I think you could make a lot of money in Vegas Badger, betting that neither the country nor MLB will be united this year. Or next year for that matter.
Maybe you and I can go into the tee shirt business. Our first one will read “Sit down and figure it out”.
I was in the t-shirt business for a while. Topo-T’s and Park Art. Moderately unsuccessful with both enterprises.
I see this as an easy one. The fans want both the DH and expanded playoffs. Not 16 but possibly 14. The Dodgers, and similar winning organization, don’t want to win in a 162 game season then get knocked out in 3. Can’t say I blame them for that. How do you keep that from happening? Bye’s maybe. Top 4 seeds don’t play 3 game series’. There’s a way to do this. More teams more games more interested fans more money. If these guys don’t step on their own di…. foot, this should get done.
Dino is a great coach. He is not a manager. He knows that and has bloomed where he is planted.
You couldn’t stage a more perfect dropped pass than that one by the Bears. Unreal.
yes, we suck
I was listening to MLB Radio this PM and Steve Sax was talking about Tommy. He clearly had high respect for Tommy. He said that Tommy was one of the last “non-politically correct ” managers. He talked about taking the players to Mass and having the nuns cook them breakfast. He also said that Tommy would never dress you down in front of your teammates, but would bring you into his office and talk crazy to you. Then when it was over he would pat you on the back and say “Let’s Go!”
A nun cooked breakfast for me once.
Hypothetical question: If fans are not allowed to attend games and 8 -10 teams file bankruptcy, do the players on those teams get paid?