Before They Wore Dodger Blue: Tommy Lasorda and the Greatest Draft Class in Baseball History Florida greater Tampa Bay (where the

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who worked his way through the minors as the manager of virtually all these draftees at stops in Pocatello

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And there was the player development system

Before They Wore Dodger Blue: Tommy Lasorda and the Greatest Draft Class in Baseball History Florida greater Tampa Bay (where theThe Brooklyn Los Angeles Dodgers were always groundbreakers on the player development front, and when MLB instituted a amateur player draft in 1965, the Dodgers were ready: by 1968, the disciplined front office and scouting department put together what is still considered today as the greatest draft class in pro baseball history. That year, the Dodgers drafted six future All StarsDoyle Alexander, Bill Buckner, Ron Cey, Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, and