Their service to the game: the Kawano brothers

The Kawano brothers -- Yosh, 94, left, and Nobe, 93 -- were longtime clubhouse managers for the Cubs and Dodgers, respectively, and now live in the same retirement home in Los Angeles. Yosh wears one of the signature hats he wore in the clubhouse.

(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

May 24, 2016 11:51 PM PT

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After a lifetime of tending to the Dodgers and Cubs, former clubhouse managers Nobe and Yosh Kamano are a part of baseball lore.

Nobe Kawano has the Dodgers clubhouse in order for the 1972 season.

(Art Rogers / Los Angeles Times)

Nobe Kawano is shown in 1965 with a sampling of the gear that the Dodgers would use. Kawano forged on with the Dodgers until retiring after the 1991 season.

(Larry Sharkey / Los Angeles Times)

Yosh Kawano in the dugout in 2002. He retired from the Cubs in 2008, when he was 87.

(Phil Velasquez / Chicago Tribune )

Yosh Kawano takes in the action on opening day in 2000 from the Cubs’ dugout.

(Phil Velasquez / Chicago Tribune )

Billy Williams, a former Cubs outfielder who is a member of baseball’s Hall of Fame, and Yosh Kawano lead the singing of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”in 2008.

(Phil Velasquez / Chicago Tribune)