The text message reached Dodgers manager Dave Roberts on Thursday night, soon after word leaked about the team calling up a rookie named Kyle Farmer. And Farmer raised his arms with glee in the middle of Dodger Stadium, a building shaking with noise, as an avalanche engulfed him. “You saw the way the players responded to him.”An in-game maneuver by Roberts created an opening for Farmer. In the melee afterward, Farmer stood with his jersey unbuttoned, flashing his bare chest and ruddy cheeks to the crowd. As Farmer spoke with reporters, bench coach Bob Geren slipped behind him and placed the night’s lineup in his locker.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 31, 2017 04:20 UTC