"He didn't look like a California dude, but intellectually he willed himself into becoming the paradigm for what a young L.A. artist could be and he had no interest in ever leaving, " says Schimmel.
Relief pitcher Bobby Parnell grew a thick, bushy beard, while infielder Justin Turner paired his flowing, surfer-dude locks with a flame-red beard of his own (Parnell described the look as a "lion's mane").