A.J. Ellis, Dodgers teammates saddened by his trade to Phillies

LOS ANGELES >> There was no team meeting to announce the trade Thursday, just a group of forlorn men learning one by one that the longest tenured player in the Dodgers clubhouse had been traded.After A.J. Ellis learned he was going to the Philadelphia Phillies in a swap of backup catchers for Carlos Ruiz, he called his wife, then his agent, then texted his best friend, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw.