At a time when baseball’s decades-strong traditional thinking is constantly besieged and the unorthodox routinely becomes orthodox, Robert Van Scoyoc’s short path to Dodgers hitting coach — completed six days after Thanksgiving — defies convention.
Van Scoyoc went one for 10 at the plate his senior year at Hart High in Newhall in 2005, though he batted .314 his junior season, according to the school’s online archives. In a conference call with reporters on Thursday, he said he played at Cuesta College in 2006 and 2007. His playing career ended there. He called it “very mediocre.