Perry

October 10, 2020

A few days ago the Dodger family lost Ron Perranoski. And Mark asked about his leaving on bad terms. So I did some research to check on that simply because I could not remember the circumstances of his leaving. Perry was born on April 1st, 1936 in Patterson, New Jersey. There is not much information on his Wikipedia page, but he grew up in the town of Fair Lawn, N.J….

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Bill Haselman

July 13, 2020

Last Friday in a post on LADT our own DodgerBlueMom indicated she hoped a Bill Haselman column could be posted as he is one her favorite AAA managers. It just so happens that I had posted an article on Haselman in Think Blue LA way back on January 18, 2014. What follows is a reprint of that article with a few editorial changes and an update through his time in…

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Dodgers Minor League Managers – Part One

March 6, 2019

This is part one of a two part series on profiles of the Dodgers minor league managers.  Today we will present the full season minor league affiliates while tomorrow we will profile the rookie league managers. Oklahoma City Dodgers – Travis Barbary Barbary is in his first year as a manager in the Dodgers minor league system. He was given a brief profile on LADT when the OKC Dodgers 2019 coaching…

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