Dodgers notes: Coaches who catch comprise a secret society in baseball

LOS ANGELES — It was a moment lost to the untrained eye. Even the trained eye could miss it on occasion. As Grant Dayton warmed up to pitch the sixth inning Friday, a masked man in a Dodger uniform crouched behind home plate. The catcher was not listed on the Dodgers’ 25-man roster, but his form was perfect. It was the bench coach, Bob Geren.
Geren caught a few pitches from Dayton. Yasmani Grandal, who was on second base when the fifth inning ended, resumed his station behind home pl