LOS ANGELES -- Chris Woodward and Josh Bard, members of Dodgers manager Dave Roberts' new coaching staff, are currently halfway around the world, doing their part in the globalization of baseball.
Woodward will be the Dodgers' third-base coach when Spring Training opens, Bard the bullpen coach. But for the next two weeks, Woodward is manager and Bard his coach on the New Zealand national team, which competes in the World Baseball Classic qualifier in Sydney, Australia, next week. The pair played together in the Seattle organization in 2010.
Infield farmhand Angelo Songco is the other Dodger participating as one of two affiliated players on Team Philippines.