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Glen Quagmire
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 Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 12:21 am Post subject: 50th Anniversary Game @ Coliseum: Sat. March 29th |
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Dodgers may return to the Los Angeles Coliseum, site of "Moon Shots," for one game next season.
If it works out, the game will be part of the team's 50th anniversary in Los Angeles.
"We're just hoping to add it to a list of things we want to do to celebrate," Dodgers spokeswoman Camille Johnston said Friday.
The Dodgers played in the Coliseum for four years after moving west from Brooklyn in 1958. They shared the stadium with football tenants Southern California, UCLA and the Los Angeles Rams. The baseball team moved to Chavez Ravine when Dodger Stadium opened in 1962.
The football field at the Coliseum makes for a strange baseball configuration. When the Dodgers played there, they installed a 42-foot screen in left field to compensate for the foul pole being only 250 feet from home plate.
Wally Moon, a lefty hitting outfielder for Los Angeles, developed a knack for hitting the ball high enough to clear the screen, thus his "Moon Shots."
If the Dodgers are to play a game in the Coliseum, there obviously are a number of logistical hurdles to overcome, Johnston said.
She said other plans for the celebration include the team entering a float in next year's Rose Parade, getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, commissioning an artist to create a painting commemorating the 50 years in Los Angeles, and holding celebrations to mark each of the decades in the city. |
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| Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 12:37 am Post subject: |
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nice!.. dodgers have always been classy.. glad to see that hasnt changed with the new management 
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| Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 1:12 am Post subject: |
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| that would be awesome, i would definitely try to go to that game if it does happen |
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| Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 1:26 am Post subject: |
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Too bad for the Giants, Seals Stadium doesn't exist anymore. 
I say they should play one game in Tampa in 2012 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of almost moving there.
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| Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:33 am Post subject: |
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DarthRekal
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| Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:22 am Post subject: |
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anyone know when tix go on sale????
any more info post here... how many tix will be avail....???
Bring on the Red Sox!!! 
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| Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:00 am Post subject: |
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here's an article from MLB.com
HERE
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| Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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Seriously wana go to this game...
anyone know when tix avail???? 
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| Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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i wanna go too
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| Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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CD day at the Park?
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| Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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| DarthRekal wrote: |
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CD day at the Park? |
and its a day before my birthday....so bring me presents!!!!!
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| Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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| DarthRekal wrote: |
| Dodgers2213 wrote: |
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CD day at the Park? |
and its a day before my birthday....so bring me presents!!!!! |
everyone keep an eye out.. im down to make this hte day at the park... we need to find out when tix go on sale for this event
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DarthRekal
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| Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 12:26 pm Post subject: |
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oh hells yeah! thanks lu
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| I got mine today. Got a hook up. |
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| Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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how much were they???are they good seats..ima try to get some tomorrow.... but i dont wana pay an arm and a leg...is it four per person?
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| Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 2:13 am Post subject: |
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got my tickets.. section 27 row 63... not the greatest... but i WANA be there
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| Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:14 am Post subject: |
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| I believe they are sold out. |
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| Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:22 am Post subject: |
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then im glad i got those.. i was gonna say no then try to get closer ones
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| Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:24 am Post subject: |
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brief description Glen....
they are blocked here at work...
also do you speak spanish fluently???
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| Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:25 am Post subject: |
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| DarthRekal wrote: |
brief description Glen....
they are blocked here at work...
also do you speak spanish fluently??? |
Yo hablo espanol tambien, pero no lo se deletrear como cuando estaba en la
primaria. 
I have 4 pairs of tix on e-bay. Sec 14 row 71. I have 8 tix on row 71, possibly more
if Catfish can't get out of working that Saturday. We will be sitting in row 70 of the
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LOS ANGELES -- On a bright, sunny day, Dodgers chairman Frank McCourt took a tour of of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as preparations had begun for a March 29 exhibition game between the Dodgers and Red Sox at the 85-year-old venue, the first baseball game to be played there since the Dodgers left the Coliseum for Dodger Stadium after the 1961 season.
McCourt first addressed members of the media on Wednesday about the game, which will likely break the single-game attendance figure of 93,103 that the Dodgers established in 1959, when they played the Yankees in an exhibition game as a fund-raiser for former Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella, who had been crippled in a car accident the year before.
"We're happy to announce that we've figured out a way to accommodate 25,000 more fans for the exhibition game on March 29," McCourt said. "In fact, some fans will get to watch the game right on the field itself. These additional tickets will be available this Saturday, when single-game tickets for the regular season go on sale."
This is good news for a lot of fans who were unable to purchase tickets for the game at the end of January, and if all of the seats and standing-room sections are filled, the game will feature an attendance of more than 115,000 fans.
"I couldn't be more proud of everybody involved," McCourt said after the news conference and groundbreaking ceremony. "There's a lot of people who have worked hard to make this happen, and it isn't as if we're not busy at this time of the year already. Our club is going to China, which is a huge effort, we have a big season coming up, but this being our 50th anniversary, that only comes once, and the opportunity to play here at the Coliseum and the cooperation we have received from all the parties involved has been unprecedented.
"The combination of celebrating the golden anniversary and raising money for ThinkCure I think has made it something very, very unique and special, and I'm humbled by the whole thing."
The game, which will start at 7:10 p.m. PT, is part of a full day of activity around the Coliseum. McCourt and Dodgers chief marketing officer Charles Steinberg announced that the club will hold a Fan Fest at the Coliseum from noon to 6 p.m. on the day of the game, with carnival-type games, baseball discussions with general manager Ned Colletti and other Dodgers personnel and autograph tables.
"The Fan Fest will start at noon and will be free of charge -- all you have to do is have a ticket to the game," McCourt said. "This way, you can come down at noon and spend the day with your friends and your family. There will be all kinds of activities that you would normally find at a Fan Fest, and this way, you can also beat the traffic and find a parking space.
"That is something we are focused on, because it's going to be a challenge getting all the cars into the stadium area. By coming early, that will help that, and we just got permission to open the gates at 4:10 p.m. so fans can actually be here to watch batting practice, which may be as much fun as watching the Home Run Derby at the All-Star Game."
The Dodgers also announced that beginning at 11 a.m. on the day of the game, fans can park for free at Dodger Stadium, and a shuttle service will continue between the stadium and the Coliseum until 11:30 p.m. For parking reservations, fans can call Dodgers guest services at (323) 224-1507. This will enable the organization to know how many cars will be parking at the stadium for the event.
The Coliseum field itself is already shaping up into a baseball field; the infield diamond has been cut, a big circle for the pitcher's mound is in place and two large squares have been dug into the ground where temporary dugouts will sit. The dimensions will not quite be the same as they were from 1958-61, when the Dodgers called the Coliseum home.
"Our goal is to have the field look just like it did when people came here in 1958, and they'll be able to say, 'That's how it was,'" said Dodgers vice president of stadium operations Lon Rosenberg. "The biggest challenge that we have is that the Coliseum has lost 88 feet in diameter since we last played here because they took out the warning track, so we have to make some slight adjustments. We have 200 feet down the left-field line instead of 250, so we have adjusted the screen from 42 feet to 62 feet."
Rosenberg said that the screen, which used to take almost a week to set up in the 1950s and '60s, will now be up in about four days. McCourt knows that baseballs will be flying over that screen during batting practice and the game, so he'll probably double the amount of balls used during batting practice.
"We will bring as many as we need," McCourt said, "because that's going to be a great memento to take back from this event -- to be some kid up there and to watch one of those balls off Andruw Jones or Russell Martin or James Loney's bat and get that memento and say, 'I was there.' That would be pretty cool."
Another thing the Dodgers owner, who hails from Boston and whose grandfather was once a minority owner of the Boston Braves, finds interesting is the participation of his hometown Red Sox in the event. McCourt is supporting ThinkCure, which raises funds and awareness for cancer research with the Jimmy Fund, a charity created by his grandfather's old team and passed over to the Red Sox when the Braves moved over to Milwaukee in 1953.
"It would have been a great event with anyone we would have played," McCourt said. "The fact that the Red Sox understood the historic significance back to the Jimmy Fund -- back to my grandfather's days with the Braves, when they played that exhibition game back in 1953, [which passed the Jimmy Fund from the Braves to the Red Sox] -- the fact that the Red Sox embraced that immediately was great, and I'm very grateful to the Boston Red Sox organization."
McCourt then put the entire event into perspective.
"It's one of those great events," said McCourt, who did not hide his enthusiasm for the game. "It's about history and that kind of celebration that brings people out. It's about uniqueness, because it's a one-of-a-kind event. It's something to see this baseball diamond being laid on this football field in this gigantic venue, and it's about charity. Baseball players are charitable people. Baseball is a very charitable industry, and the Los Angeles Dodgers' fans are the most charitable fans I have ever met both in spirit and whatever the Dodgers get behind." |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 4:28 am Post subject: |
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Dude that's frickin awesome... where's the link Deuce...
man we are gonna make a day out of it
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| Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:43 am Post subject: |
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^^^it was from Dodgers.com
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:32 am Post subject: |
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i'll be going to the gathering this saturday i will be taking pics....
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| Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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just got back... atmosphere was crazy 
great great day.. and the festivities were off the hook and classy 
too bad Loaiza had to eff everything up
we almost came back to rally... but we had repko up at clutch .. if it was a reg season we probly woulda came back...
i met the DUKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and saw Tommy
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| Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:00 am Post subject: |
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set a guiness record for attendance of an Baseball game
im a part of HISTORY
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| Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 5:17 am Post subject: |
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| Do you have any pics of the game darth? |
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