LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers, who haven't had a captain on the Major League team since Davey Lopes in 1979, now have a "Captain" of player development.
John Shoemaker, the dean of the organization's Minor League system, was given the appointment by director of player development Gabe Kapler.
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