Sunday, July 03, 2016

Orioles Series Starts on Monday - Pregame Info and Other Stuff!


The next series starts on Monday evening against the Baltimore Orioles.  Below are the some odds and ends for this upcoming homestand.

The seventh 2016 issue of the new Dodger Insider magazine, featuring a salute to the Old-Timers Game on the cover, will be available at Dodger Stadium.  (see it on the left).  The Dodgers merged their previously separate Playbill and Dodger Insider magazines into one publication (at least 80 pages per issue) with a new edition available each homestand.  They are distributed at auto gates (one per vehicle) and via Fan Services for those who use alternate transportation.

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Monday, July 4th at 6:10 PM
RHP Yovani Gallardo vs. LHP Julio UrĂ­as
SNLA / AM 570 (Eng.), KTNQ 1020 AM (Span.)

Blog Kiosk: 7/3/2016 - Dodgers Links - Kershaw, McCarthy, Seager and the Old-Timers Game


Check out this group of motley former Dodgers.  Via Jack Baer at MLB.com:
The former player who drew the most attention in the dugout and on the field was manager Dave Roberts, under immense pressure while playing in front of his players. In the first inning, Roberts hit a leadoff single to center off Valenzuela and advanced to third in the next two at-bats.
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"Thank goodness this game's only two innings," Roberts said. "I'm going to try to come out of it OK, not end up on the training table. If I do, I'm going to take a lot of grief from the players. That's kind of more important than getting a hit today."
Pics above via Jon SooHoo/LA Dodgers 2016Go here to check out more pics from Jon from yesterday; including plenty of photos from the Old Timers Game.  Best yet, Jon also shared a bunch of great pics from Old Timers Games from the 80's.  Go here to check those out.  A video from yesterdays Old Timers Game can be seen here.  Below are more links to check out:
  • This Day in Dodger History:  In 1958 the Dodgers, in their 35th home game ever in Los Angeles, reached the one million attendance mark.  At Ebbets Field they drew 1,028,258 fans total all season the year prior.  In 1974 Dodgers reliever Mike Marshall appeared in his 13th consecutive game, setting a major league record.  The streak also ended on this day when he didn't make an appearance during the second game of a doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds. In 1993 Don Drysdale died of a heart attack in Montreal after broadcasting the Dodgers’ game against the Expos.