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OPENING WEEK THOUGHTS
This was quite a homestand for the Blue Crew as they took 2 of 3 from the D’Backs and Giants, pulling out some late inning heroics in 2 of those victories. If there’s one thing we may know, it’s that this years team certainly wont be boring. One of the things I enjoyed during this homestand was our starting pitching going 7 plus innings in 3 of the 6 games, something our staff had a hard time doing early. And with Kuo and Bellisario due to come back soon, our bullpen could start to really shape up.
To say that this weekends series against the hated ones is sending a message would be a stretch, though you could say that the Blue served notice that they have every intention on winning a 3rd straight division title. OK, some sights around the Ravine this weekend against the hated ones…..
Somewhere in the bowels of the club level we honor Jackie Robinson on his night. Behind Jackie Big D looks very intimidating .
The view from the newly renovated Stadium Club….Outdoor seating!!!! The way baseball was meant to be viewed !!!!
My desert
ANDRE THE GIANT KILLER
Baseball 101 . If throwing a change up was only that easy I could be earning a hefty salary…….
It’s Friday night, and the pavillion is splashed with Dodger Blue
And some halloween colors mixed in with the Dodger Blue….
Stretch time….. Even the umps are all wearing 42 on Jackie’s night.
Another win for L.A. Thougu things got a little tight in the 9th…..
DODGERTOWN….” This is Dre’s Town…”
One of sports best rivalries….
Dodger fans in the LF Pavillion donning their free caps. What a beautiful sight, all that Dodger Blue
Dre and Matty, celebrating another Dodger win, this one thanks to Manny’s pinch hit home run in the 8th. We could have over 80 home runs this yearjust between these two alone….
My buddy Josh ( Between Duke Sniders and Jim Gilliams retired numbers ) was very happy about todays game
EXTRA INNINGS
On the way home on the Red Line, I quipped to some Giants fans that they were on the wrong subway, this wasn’t the BART.
On that same Red Line, before leaving Union Station, a sheriff came on and asked to check tickets. As we we’re taking our train tickets out of our pockets, the sheriff replied ” No not you guys, the one’s in all this Black and Orange “ J .
And finally, as I mentioned in an earlier blog, a feature the Dodgers are doing this year at the Stadium is called This and That, where a Dodger player is featured on the video board during middle of the inning breaks and is asked a bunch of questions and decides upon one or the other. ( You have to be there to enjoy it ) On Opening Day, Matt Kemp was the featured player and his questions were
Facebook or Twitter
MC Hammer or Vanilla Ice
UCLA or USC
OK, I’ll give him that one since Oklahoma is his home state ( Of course the crowd was of course divided on this one, I had to go with the Blue and Gold….)
And finally…
Beyonce or…
Rhianna
No Comment…( Right Matt…)
Though this wasn’t featured during the last home game, in this months issue of our Dodger program, the players were all asked this question…
KOBE or
LEBRON
Of course we know what the majority answered. The one’s who picked LeBron were Jamie Carroll and Ronnie Belliard. ( Of course they would, they played for the Indians at one time….)
Have a good weekend everyone. And for you Dodger fans reading this, hang in there, our pitching will come around , eventually……
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My first 7th inning stretch of the year , with some female fans and my lil’ bro’ . I hope it went through this time
MORE OPENING WEEK THOUGHTS
This has been quite an Opening Week for me. I went to two Opening Days this year, first in San Diego, the first time I’d ever been to Opening Day outside of Dodger Stadium, and of course, our home opener as well. San Diego was , as always, a fun trip, on the way to SD, I bumped into Jaime Jarrin ( Dodgers Spanish Broadcaster ) at Union Station. He would be riding the same train with us down south ( I thought he would’ve been on the team bus, instead he was riding with us regular folks….) than I got to see the Dodgers open the season with a 4-1 victory over the Friars. Not only that, it was their first win over Jake Peavy since Sept. 13, 2003. In between the season opener and the home opener, an Angel buddy of mine took me to the Red-Sox vs Angels game on Easter Sunday as well. Then of course, our home opener. It too, had it’s pomp and circumstance, beginning with the national anthem, sung by the Phillipines own Charice Pempengco ( Hey, as a fellow Filipino, I just had to get this in ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WG4IkWqHtg followed by a thumping of our hated ones up north, 11-1, highlighted by Orlando Hudson being the first Dodger in 39 years to hit for the cycle. Oh yeah, on both openers, I was a part of the largest crowds in Dodger Stadium and PETCO Park history. Unfortunately, baseball this past week hasn’t been void of any tragedy, as we have lost 3 members of the baseball family. L.A. Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart , who had just pitched 6 shutout innings in his first big league start the previos evening, was killed by a drunk driver along with 3 of his friends. Harry Kalas, the longtime voice of the Phillies and voice of many of NFL Films productions, passed away Monday of heart disease , and later that same day, 1976 AL Rookie of the Year Mark Fidrych would also pass away. For Nick Adenhart, he was taken away too soon for us, he had just realized a dream of many to come. For Harry Kalas, I will always remember him doing voice overs for NFL Films, and as the broadcaster of the Phillies, although our boys in Blue would bow out to the Phillies in last years NLCS, I’m glad he got to see the Phillies win it all before he too, would leave us. And for Mark Fidrych, another one gone to soon, and he too, will be missed, his ecentricity added so much color to the game. RIP NICK, HARRY, and MARK.
And finally, a link to my slideshow on photobucket of pics I took from SD, Anaheim, and Dodger Stadium, including the memorial outside of Angel Stadium for Nick Adenhart.
http://s195.photobucket.com/albums/z146/dreispics/?action=view¤t=00afc3ac.pbw
I hope you’ve enjoyed these pics. And now, the rest of the season…..GO DODGERS !!!!
SOME OPENING WEEK THOUGHTS
Baseball couldn’t come soon enough for me. After departing Dodger Stadium after Game 5 of last years NLCS, I just couldn’t wait another 6 months to see the Blue back in action. And of course, I’m very excited about this upcoming season and hopefully the Blue can get back into post season play and bring home a championship, it’s been 20 years now. Anyways, this week has already been an exciting one for me , going to my first Opening Day away from Dodger Stadium and seeing the Dodgers finally beat Jake Peavy for the first time since 2003. And of course, there were plenty of Dodgers fans who made the trek down south for this game too. The day started off for me coming into contact with Dodger Spanish broadcaster Jaime Jarrin at LA Union Station as he would be riding the same Amtrak Surfliner with us to San Diego. ( And I thought he’d be on the team bus with them rather than riding with us regular folks…..) And then during the game, I would be called numerous times around the 6th and 7th innings by friends and family telling me that my buddy Josh and I were on TV. Wow, 15 seconds of fame……..
Anyways, now I look forward to our home opener this Monday against the hated ones. By Tuesday I should have some pics from both Opening Day in San Diego and our home opener as well. And one final thought……
My prayers, and the prayers of baseball fans everywhere to the family of Nick Adenhart and his 3 friends whose lives were taken cut prematurly by a drunk driver. My first thoughts when I heard the news was of shock and anger, but then I had to tell myself that anger is not really the answer and to just keep thoughts positive for the Adenhart family. RIP NICK ADENHART
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