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A history of Dodgers organists

On the occasion of Nancy Bea Hefley's birthday, I thought it might be fun to look back at the Dodgers' organ players throughout the years. Nancy Bea is about to enter her 27th season playing organ for the Dodgers, but who preceded her?

Gladys Gooding was the first full-time organist for the Dodgers and in Major League Baseball, playing at Ebbets Field from 1942 through 1957 (the last season before the team moved to Los Angeles). She had previously been the organ player at Madison Square Garden for the Rangers and the Knickerbockers. [x] She passed away in 1963 at age 70. [x]

There was no organ at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, so from 1958 through 1961, the Dodgers went without organ music. ("Cronin's Corner," L.A. Times, April 14, 1958)

Bob Mitchell was the Dodger Stadium organist when the park opened in 1962, and continued to play the organ there through the 1966 season. He came back to Chavez Ravine on a few occasions to play "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during the Seventh-Inning Stretch, including July 11, 2008 (note: if you click that link, please ignore the content of the video after Mr. Mitchell has finished playing). He passed away the following year at the age of 96. [x]

As far as I can find, the Dodgers did not employ an organist from 1967 through 1971.

Helen Dell played the organ at Dodger Stadium for 15 seasons, from 1972 to 1987. She was a Dodger fan prior to getting the job, according to Dodger team historian Mark Langill. [x]

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Waiting on Wednesday: Once Upon a Fastball

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:

Once Upon a Fastball by Bob Mitchell

Publisher: Kensington Publishing

Available: April 28, 2009

Description: Your legacy is in the Attic.

The words leap from the cryptic poem left for Harvard professor Seth Stein by his Papa Sol, the doting grandfather who vanished without a trace two years earlier. It was Papa Sol who instilled an unquenchable passion for baseball in Seth’s soul; it was Sol who also ignited Seth’s obsession with history, spinning fabulous tales of times and people long gone.

Seth is still searching for answers to Papa Sol’s disappearance when the poem leads him to a scuffed, yellowed baseball resting in a box handmade by his grandfather. A single touch of the rough leather thrusts Seth through the swirling vortex of history onto the streets of 1950s Brooklyn, and then to the greatest baseball game ever played, the Bobby Thomson “Shot Heard ’Round the World” play-off classic. In this surreal, sepia-toned site of past glory, Seth begins a wondrous, life-changing odyssey to find the answers he so desperately seeks.

Suspenseful, thought-provoking, funny, and poignant, this beautifully crafted novel is a joyous tribute to our inspiring and timeless national pastime, and a rare treasure for all those who love baseball.

What are you waiting for? Waiting on Wednesdays is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.

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Really interesting film presenting the story of Bob Mitchell's documentary project exploring the slate mining industry in North Wales. Love how he uses the landscape as canvas for presenting the images. 

http://vimeo.com/56719388