Preston Gomez dies at 86; consultant was with Angels for 27 years

Preston Gomez, the longtime Angels scouting consultant who had been third-base coach for the Dodgers when they won the 1965 World Series, died Tuesday, nine months after being seriously injured in a freak accident at a Blythe, Calif., gas station. He was 86.

By Mike DiGiovanna

January 14, 2009