Category: at Dodger Stadium
Chat with Yasiel Puig. Part two
I was disappointed that Yasiel Puig was late getting to the game yesterday. I don’t know whose fault that was. his driver? but Yasiel is also to blame. Ok, but that is not why I started this post.
I forgot some of the conversation in my prior post. After Wednesday’s Dodger win in San Diego, my friend Lorena reminded me of something I left out from my first post.
While at the café in San Diego on Monday, I told Yasiel we were there Sunday for the Opener and we were going to be there for the next two games. Rosie then said “except for me, I leave tonight because I have to go back to work” Yasiel then said “Oh, if we win the next two games, then I am going to blame you for the loss yesterday (Sunday).” Rosie said “OMG!” and we all laughed. Yasiel then said “I am going to post your picture at the entrances so they won’t let you in.” When the game was over on Wednesday night at Petco Park, Lorena said “Rosie can’t come to the game.” Well, Rosie was at yesterday’s home opener and the Dodgers lost so here is a picture of Rosie:
Rosie talking to Puig.
Rosie, Emma and Lorena. picture by Jon SooHoo. Las Beisboleras!
You are welcome Rosie! What are friends for 😉 Dodger wins come first! You can come back if I give you a “limpia” with ruda. We will give you a cleansing with Rue (that hierba is very odorous) or we send you to a brujo.
Trader Joe’s Dodger Fearless Fan of the Day
Who remembers when Trader Joe’s and the Dodgers had the “Fearless Fan of the Day” At Dodger stadium? I remember that day during batting practice I was walking with a Trader Joe’s bag in the field level when a lady stopped me and asked me if I wanted to be the “Fearless fan of the day”. she said “you get to go on the field, but you have to wear this”. The this was a Dodger Hawaiian shirt. She had me at “you get to go on the field”. What I can’t remember is what year that was.
Here is the video from that day;
Dodgers: Please bring back our Paper Season Tickets
One of the things I looked forward to every year is getting that special box from the Dodgers in the mail with my season tickets. I was always giddy with anticipation when I got that call from home that a package had arrived from the Dodgers. I would wonder “How do the tickets look like this year?” Would they have current players pictures or past player pictures, pictures of Dodger past history? No matter what the Dodgers picked, I liked them. They were my special tickets! One of the many themes I like are “Great Moments in Dodger History.”
The minute I got home I would grab the box look at it some more, shake it and hastily opened it. Once the box was opened, I would smell the tickets just like in the movie “Fever Pitch” “They smell like World Series to me” I would tell my brother Victor year after year.
Before I became a season ticket holder for a second time, I had a mini plan package with my friend Stephanie. Once the tickets arrived, we would get together for dinner and spread the tickets on the table. If she could not attend some games, I would give her a choice of another date.
Prior to home stands, my brother Victor would separate the tickets for the upcoming home stand. He would hold a set in each hand and ask me ‘left or right?” I always ended up with tickets with my favorite players either by choosing right or by bullying him.
Afterwards the tickets went into our handy holder that the Dodgers would sell at Dodger Stadium.
With this no paper season, I need to either print my tickets or show my phone so the Dodgers can scan this virtual ticket. I don’t like it. I don’t have a printer at home. All my printing I do it at work or at a library. My brother does not have a phone so he needs to print the ticket.
I am old fashion, I like having actual tickets. I like writing in back of them recording special occasions. Every once in a while, for special occasions, I like having that ticket signed if the opportunity arises. I like to record a player’s debut, his first hit, his first home run.
One of the things I don’t like when I go on road trips is having to print my own tickets or scan them from my phone. I was in Seattle when the Dodgers got no-hit. I saved my printout but as I was leaving the stadium I noticed two tickets on the floor. I was thinking “Why would anyone not want to keep such a special ticket to commemorate the no-hitter? I picked up the tickets.
Below is my ticket from Opening Day 1981 when Fernando had to step in and replace Jerry Reuss as the Opening Day pitcher. It is not on this picture, but Fernando signed it for me.
Another thing I do with the tickets is attach them to my scoresheet.
It is not going to be the same having to scan the ticket from my phone or printing those generic papers.
I was going to post some pictures of my tickets but they are at home and i am having a hard time uploading pictures.
Update: Bill Roebuck has created a petition and a facebook page. Here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/224152067777733/
Dodger FanFest February 1, 2014
Dodgers are having the FanFest on Saturday February 1, 2014. The autographs this year were available for purchase online for $10 with all proceeds going to benefit the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF).
Tickets went on sale Monday 1/27/14 at 10 AM for Season Ticket Holders and at noon for the rest of the fans. The $10 included two players so the first one I selected was Yasiel Puig with Jaime Jarrin. I was not lucky, by the time I selected those two, they were sold out. I then tried for Orel Hershiser with Justin Sellers but that one was also sold out. I had no luck selecting Nomar Garciaparra with Javy Guerra. The same thing happened when I selected Fernando Valenzuela with Drew Butera.
I DID get autograph tickets for Brian Wilson with Al Ferrera. YAY! and I also got Alex Guerrero with Pepe Yniguez! YAY. But I was dissapointed that I did not get some of the other ones. With how early I logged on, I could not believe that many were already sold out.
Here is the lineup as it was at 1 P.M. pacific time.
LINE 1
| Section 1
10:00AM-10:50AM JAVY GUERRA NOMAR GARCIAPARRA –SOLD OUT– |
Section 2
11:00AM-11:50AM SCOTT VAN SLYKE TOMMY LASORDA -SOLD OUT– |
Section3
12:00PM-12:50PM JUSTIN SELLERS OREL HERSHISER -SOLD OUT– |
| Section 4
1:00PM-1:50PM DREW BUTERA FERNANDO VALENZUELA -SOLD OUT– |
Section 5
2:00PM -2:50PM TIM FEDEROWICZ STEVE YEAGER Buy Tickets |
Section 6
3:00PM-3:50PM KENLEY JANSEN BOBBY CASTILLO –SOLD OUT– |
LINE 2
| Section 1
10:00AM-10:50AM DAN HAREN MICKEY HATCHER –SOLD OUT– |
Section 2
11:00AM-11:50AM HYUN-JIN RYU NED COLLETTI -SOLD OUT– |
Section3
12:00PM-12:50PM MATT KEMP “SWEET” LOU JOHNSON -SOLD OUT– |
| Section 4
1:00PM-1:50PM MATT MAGILL RON CEY Buy Tickets |
Section 5
2:00PM -2:50PM MARK MCGWIRE RICK MONDAY –SOLD OUT– |
Section 6
3:00PM-3:50PM NICK BUSS ERIC KARROS –SOLD OUT– |
LINE 3
| Section 1
10:00AM-10:50AM SETH ROSIN SHAWN GREEN Buy Tickets |
Section 2
11:00AM-11:50AM TIM WALLACH SHAWN GREEN -SOLD OUT– |
Section3
12:00PM-12:50PM DEE GORDON JERRY HAIRSTON JR -SOLD OUT– |
| Section 4
1:00PM-1:50PM DON MATTINGLY CHARLIE STEINER -SOLD OUT– |
Section 5
2:00PM -2:50PM JARRETT MARTIN MAURY WILLS Buy Tickets |
Section 6
3:00PM-3:50PM MIKE BAXTER MAURY WILLS Buy Tickets |
LINE 4
| Section 1
10:00AM-10:50AM PACO RODRIGUEZ BILL RUSSELL –SOLD OUT– |
Section 2
11:00AM-11:50AM STEPHEN FIFE JOHN VALENTIN Buy Tickets |
Section3
12:00PM-12:50PM BRIAN WILSON AL FERRERA -SOLD OUT– |
| Section 4
1:00PM-1:50PM YASIEL PUIG JAIME JARRIN -SOLD OUT– |
Section 5
2:00PM -2:50PM ALEX GUERRERO PEPE YNIGUEZ –SOLD OUT– |
Section 6
3:00PM-3:50PM CARL CRAWFORD KEN LANDREAUX –SOLD OUT– |
So there it is.
The Dodgers are also having the annual Community Service Caravan starting today Monday thru Thursday January 30. Here is part of what Jon Weisman posted in the Dodgers.mlblogs blog:
This year’s caravan is making stops at the following locations and will be joined by these Dodger alums:
January 27 (Ron Cey, Kenny Landreaux, Matt Luke and Dennis Powell)
1 -4:30 p.m.: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
January 28 (Tommy Davis, “Sweet” Lou Johnson, Tim Leary and Derrel Thomas)
10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.: Moffitt Elementary School/Playworks in Norwalk
3:30-7:15 p.m.: McBride Teen Center Ice Skating at Dodger Stadium
January 29 (Al Ferrara, Dennis Powell, Wes Parker and Bill Russell)
8-10:30 a.m.: West Adams Preparatory High School, Los Angeles
10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: L.A. Universal Preschool
January 30 (Billy Ashley, Ron Cey, Al Ferrara, Reggie Smith and Maury Wills)
10 a.m. – 12 noon: Operation Gratitude, National Guard Armory, Van Nuys
Weekly Photo Challenge: Juxtaposition
I just read this week’s Workpress Photo Challenge https://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/01/24/photo-challenge-juxtaposition/comment-page-4/#comment-300964 and right away I thought of the pictures I took today at Dodger Stadium. The juxtaposition of the elements at Dodger Stadium with tonight’s hockey game.
Hockey game at a Baseball Stadium? Yes! LA The Kings will meet the Anaheim Ducks. The San Gabriel mountains in the background.
pictures taken by me in the Top Deck of Dodger Stadium. My Dodger purse showing
Hockey sticks and other merchandise are being sold at Dodger Stadium to commemorate this historical hockey game.
Ride the Train to Dodger Stadium for Hockey Game
I saw this on the Metrolink website at http://www.metrolinktrains.com/news/promotions_detail/title/stadium_series_2014
from the website:
Stadium Series – Kings vs. Ducks
Ride Metrolink from Orange County to Dodger Stadium
The National Hockey League is hosting a special Stadium Series hockey game between the LA Kings and Anaheim Ducks at Dodger Stadium. Metrolink is promoting the use of either Amtrak or Metrolink from Orange County to LA Union Station to attend the game. For Metrolink schedules, click here.
Metro will operate the Stadium Express shuttle with pick up on the Patsaouras Bus Plaza adjacent to the east portal of Union Station. The bus will continue to Dodger Stadium via Sunset Blvd. and Cesar Chavez Avenue. Service will be provided starting 90 minutes before the beginning of the game and will end 45 minutes after the end of the game.
The return trip back to Orange County is only available on Amtrak 796 departing from L.A. Union Station at 10:10 p.m.. For this game only, Amtrak will hold the train up to 45 minutes in the event the game goes into overtime. If you ride Metrolink to L.A. Union Station, you must purchase a separate Amtrak ticket one-way for the return trip from the ticket vending machine. One-way Amtrak tickets start from $12. Visit amtrak.com for more information.
NOTE: Amtrak does not stop at the Metrolink Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs, Buena Park, Orange, Tustin, Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo or San Clemente stations.
Dodger Stadium Express
Metrolink riders can board the Dodger Stadium Express at Bay 3 of the Patsaouras Transit Plaza at Union Station.
- Service leaves L.A. Union Station every 10 minutes, starting 90 minutes before game and operating every 30 minutes during the game.
- You’ll be dropped off inside Dodger Stadium behind Center Field.
- Return service on the Dodger Stadium Express runs until 45 minutes after the final period. For details, click here.
Local Restaurants
For those fans who want to experience a pre-game dinner near Union Station, here is a list of restaurants within a 10-minute walking distance of the station.
SportsNet LA, the Dodgers Sport Network
When the Dodgers announced their new Sport Network, I was wondering why the name did not have the word “Dodgers”
From this LA Times article: http://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgersnow/la-sp-dn-dodgers-time-warner-cable-mlb-tv-deal-20140115,0,5374663.story#ixzz2rFhZdVeq
The new SportsNet LA channel will use the Dodgers’ interlocking “LA” logo, team co-owner Todd Boehly said. He said the Dodgers agreed to leave the team name out of a channel name that is similar to TWC’s other local sports network, Time Warner Cable Sportsnet.
“The decision was a Time Warner decision,” Boehly said. “That was something they thought was really valuable to their brand. We have the flexibility to sit down and evolve the name over time.”
Kasten said the Dodgers and TWC plan to air 75 games in Spanish this season — on a separate channel — with the goal of airing all games in Spanish in future seasons.
The Dodgers officially announced yesterday that the new Sport Network for the Dodgers called SportsNet LA will launch on February 25. You can follow the account @sportnetLA
From left to right. Orel Hershiser, Pepe Yniguez, Fernando Valenzuela, Charlie Steiner, Jaime Jarrin, Vin Scully, Alanna Rizzo, Nomar Garciaparra, Rick Monday, Jorge Jarrin. Missing in the picture are Jerry Hairston, John Hartung and Manny Mota.
From the Dodgers Press Release:
LOS ANGELES, CA – SportsNet LA, the exclusive new local TV home of the Los Angeles Dodgers, officially announced today that the network will launch on February 25, the night before the Dodgers’ first Spring Training game.
SportsNet LA will take fans behind-the-scenes and offer in-depth access into the Dodger organization, providing an immersive experience with never-before-seen content, and thousands of hours of comprehensive Dodger programming. SportsNet LA will televise 24/7 Dodger content, including live and classic games, live studio shows, numerous original programs, all with expert commentary led by the network’s on-air talent team of Orel Hershiser, Nomar Garciaparra, Charley Steiner, Jerry Hairston, Alanna Rizzo and John Hartung.
16 days till Pitchers and Catchers report (2/8/2014)
21 days till first Full squad workout (2/13/2014)
34 days till 1st ST game (2/26/2014)
59 days till Opening Day in Australia (3/22/2014)
66 days till Opening Night at Petco Park. (3/30/2014)
72 days till Opening Day at Dodger Stadium (4/4/2014)
