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The Dodgers and theNavy
By encinoman
Now that the Dodgers have gone down the drain, again, I can share my highlight of their season.
OK, it&;s a fat guy&;s delight, but my son and I enjoyed sitting in the All-You-Can-Eat right field section for the first game of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium.
Getting to our seats was a bit difficult, not because larger-than-life LA characters were blocking the aisle, but because a huge group of sailors and Marines were lined up outside the entrance. They held up their burden and made a gateway for us.
Later, they unfurled the flag they brought.
My dad was in the Navy. My mother lived in a Brooklyn apartment building and frequently saw Dodgers Pee Wee Reese and Ed Head, who lived there too. My son wants a jersey, to honor Jackie Robinson (and the Dodgers who broke the color line.)
Just wait til next year.
Tags: Dodger-Stadium, Dodgers, giant-flag, Jackie-Robinson, Los-Angeles-Dodgers
This entry was posted on October 22, 2009 at 5:16 pm and is filed under Los-Angeles, Sports.
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