Gino Cimoli, a Dodger outfielder in Brooklyn and ... but throughout the game of baseball because of his role in the first-ever big league game on the West Coast,” the Dodgers said in a statement.

It's an odd thing, isn't it, when a man's life, spanning more than 81 years, is reduced to a trivia question? Granted, it's a pretty nifty and historically significant trivia question. But still ..

Gino Cimoli, a Dodger outfielder in Brooklyn and ... but throughout the game of baseball because of his role in the first-ever big league game on the West Coast,” the Dodgers said in a statement.