Rob Flippo

Rob Flippo is currently the Bullpen Catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

He played college baseball at San Joaquin Delta College, where he was a two-year letterman and all-conference selection in 1986 and at the University of Pacific, where he was a two year letterman, team captain and a Conference Scholar Athlete. He played Minor League Baseball for the Bakersfield Dodgers in 1989 and the Yakima Bears in 1990 before beginning his coaching career.

He was an assistant coach at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington from 1998-2001, where he was the hitting coach as well as outfield and catchers coach. He also coached at Fresno State University and the University of South Alabama.

He joined the Los Angeles Dodgers organization as a coach for the Single-A Wilmington Waves in 2001 before becoming the Dodgers Bullpen Catcher in 2002. He has remained in that position to the present. He also served as the batting practice pitcher for Hee Seop Choi in the 2005 Home Run Derby.

External links

* [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/F/Robert-Flippo.shtml Baseball Cube page]
* [http://pressbox.mlb.com/pressbox/downloads/y2007/la/coaching_staff.pdf Dodgers Coaching Staff bio]