We hoped #USC – #UCLA would be a day game. There’s an Elton John concert at 8 on Nov. 19. L.A. fans must choose between the two. Traffic mess, too.
USC and UCLA fans still don’t know if their game will be a late-night game or an evening game on Saturday, Nov. 19. They do know, however, that Trojans-Bruins will not be a day game at 12:30 or 1 p.m. in Los Angeles.
That was the outcome everyone hoped for, primarily because USC-UCLA was meant to be played in glorious Southern California sunshine. The bright sun accentuates the double-home uniforms of USC Cardinal and Gold and UCLA’s gorgeous light blue.
The two other really big reasons everyone in Los Angeles wanted a day game for USC-UCLA:
The College Football Playoff committee could see the game, as opposed to having it start late on the East Coast.
There’s an Elton John concert at Dodger Stadium at 8 p.m. in L.A. on Nov. 19.
This is going to be a traffic nightmare.
Let’s talk about this some more and point out that Elton John has a history at Dodger Stadium:
Tal vez la organización de Los Angeles Dodgers sea la primera entidad deportiva en toda la MLB que realice una boda LGBTIQ+ en su campo
Los Dodgers ahora sí se ‘volaron la barda’ con un cuadrangular por todo el jardín central al celebrar la boda del vicepresidente senior del equipo, Erik Braverman con su novio, el ingeniero de software y modelo Jonathan Cotrell.
Tal vez la organización de Los Angeles Dodgers sea la primera entidad deportiva en toda la MLB que realice una boda LGBTIQ+ en su campo de juego y más aún, al celebrar la boda de un alto ejecutivo del equipo.
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Por supuesto la ceremonia se llevó a cabo en el montículo central y estuvo presente como invitado el CEO de los Dodgers, Sam Kasten y todos los grandes ejecutivos de la organización así como el trofeo de la Serie Mundial conseguida por Dodgers en el 2020.
La pareja se conoció en Puerto Vallarta, México en 2019 y a partir del 21 de enero del 2022 se hizo oficial su matrimonio en un marco inmejorable para los aficionados de Los Angeles Dodgers.
Let’s stop worrying about the supplier and just admit that Dodger Dogs are always great.
It is a busy time for sports fans. We have the NFL draft and the Kentucky Derby on the horizon. But the biggest news, for me, is about Dodger Dogs.
Nothing feels more notable than the fact that the hot dog supplier at Chavez Ravine is changing for the first time since 1972. Farmer John, a meatpacking plant in Los Angeles, is no longer the supplier for this iconic ballpark food at Dodger Stadium.
Smithfield Foods, the parent company of Farmer John, told theLos Angeles Times that their contract with the club was not renewed after the 2019 season. Due to COVID-19, no fans were permitted at the stadium in 2020 — a season in which the Dodgers won their first World Series since 1988.
The meatpacking plant, meanwhile, was reportedly hit with upwards of $58,000 in fines given for safety violations that exposed more than 300 workers to the coronavirus.
The two parties were unable to reach an agreement for the 2021 campaign.
According to hot-dog.org, which is my new web browser home page, Dodger Stadium sells 2.7 million hot dogs per season — the most of any ballpark in the United States.
In fact, according to a 2019 report from the trade association National Hot Dog and Sausage Council, L.A. actually consumes 30 million pounds of hot dogs per year, which is more than any other city. Street hot dogs wrapped in bacon compose a large share of that, assuredly.
The late Farmer John Dodger Dog, typically served grilled at the stadium, was also available at some supermarkets around Southern California as well as convenience stores. Due to trademark issues, those have also since been discontinued.
By all accounts, Dodger Dogs were a national treasure. How many other specific stadium food items were used as an insult in the cult classic film The Sandlot (1993)? No one could hear legendary baseball announcer Vin Scully talk about this delicacy without wanting one of their own…immediately.
Los Angelinos take pride in their hot dog and since moving to New York, I’ve gotten into serious debates about whether the Dodger Dog was superior to the classic Nathan’s dog sold at Citi Field.
Full disclosure: I typically argue in favor of Nathan’s because they’re a lot smaller and thus I can eat more without getting full, and that makes many of my friends very upset.
Farmer John’s will no longer be making Dodger Dogs. A difficult day for Dodgers fans, who will be forced to recognize that Dodger Dogs are exactly the same as all other hot dogs and it is weird that people in LA talk about them like they are made of beluga caviar or something.
But I grew up in Los Angeles and have stored countless memories of myself enjoying Dodger Dogs.
The ketchup and the mustard and the onions blend together as vibrantly as the picturesque orange, pink and violet sky I am eating beneath in this imaginary scenario. At least, that is how it looks in this messy montage that I have created in my head that surely ends with a new stain on my shirt.
Maybe I remember the Dodger Dog a bit more fondly than ever before considering that it has been more than eighteen months since my last baseball game, which is by far the longest stretch without live baseball in my life.
(As you have probably picked up on by now, I was obsessed with hot dogs when I was a child and still have a not-so-small soft spot for them even now. I’ve had everything from what is available under the heating lamp at 7/11 to a more extraordinary bratwurst and I’ve loved it all.)
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Time does march on, though. After “an elaborate process“, the Dodgers have already reportedly found a new hot dog supplier in Papa Cantella’s, per CBSLA, and are using a recipe designed to taste like the old frankfurters. Some who have tasted it already have disagreed.
I hope they continue to have more adventurous offerings, like the Mexican-cuisine option that featured an al pastor sausage topped with pineapple salsa and cilantro lime crema.
But no matter which direction they decide to go with the New Dodger Dog, they have a customer whenever I am back in Los Angeles. So cheers to the Farmer John Dodger Dog, which lived a long life, and welcome to the Dodger Dog 2.0.
Fue un 9 de abril de 1981, cuando Fernando Valenzuela, de 20 años, debutó en el montículo de los Dodgers , hace 40 años. Tras caer el tercer out en la novena entrada, con el Dodger Stadium de pie ovacionando al entonces desconocido zurdo mexicano …
Fue un 9 de abril de 1981, cuando Fernando Valenzuela, de 20 años, debutó en el montículo de los Dodgers, hace 40 años.
Tras caer el tercer out en la novena entrada, con el Dodger Stadium de pie ovacionando al entonces desconocido zurdo mexicano que conseguía su primer triunfo, blanqueando a su oponente y con juego completo, que comenzó un romance entre Valenzuela y Los Angeles llamada la Fernandomanía.
Aunque Valenzuela llegó a los Dodgers en 1979, fue hasta el año siguiente que debutó en las mayores teniendo 10 apariciones, todas de relevo, permitiendo 2 carreras en 17.2 entradas de labor, buenos números para el joven pitcher que se ganó la confianza del manager Tom Lasorda para ponerlo de abridor la siguiente temporada, sin imaginar el fenómeno que sería.
La campaña de 1981 sería histórica para los Dodgers y con Fernando Valenzuela imbatible en el montículo, el joven abridor completo sus primeros ocho aperturas con marca de 8-0, siete juegos completos, cinco blanqueadas lanzando 63 innings y permitiendo solo dos carreras.
Entre abril y mayo de la campaña 1981, el Toro no perdió y su récord de la temporada culminó 13-7 impulsando a su equipo a la Serie Mundial y teniendo una destacada participación en el juego 3 ante los Yankees, consiguiendo el partido y ayudando a su equipo a remontar la serie para ganar el campeonato.
La 1981 marcó el comienzo de una exitosa carrera en Grandes Ligas de Fernando Valenzuela, talento que la MLB detectó inmediatamente desde su primera temporada, pues el Toro fue el primer y único jugador hasta la fecha en conseguir el trofeo Cy Young al mejor pitcher, Novato del Año de la Liga Nacional y Bat de Plata en la misma temporada, una proeza insuperable.
Esa temporada de 1981, Fernando Valenzuela fue dominador. Terminó con el premio al Novato del Año, Cy Young, Bat de Plata y campeón de Serie Mundial. Una proeza única.#YoAmoElBeispic.twitter.com/j2EePQoDGP
Hace 40 años dio comienzo a una leyenda del beisbol de 17 temporadas en MLB, símbolo de la identidad latina de este deporte, ídolo por igual de mexicanos y aglosajones. La Fernandomanía nunca será olvidada en Los Ángeles y nosotros no olvidamos al zurdo de Navojoa, el gran Fernando ‘El Toro’ Valenzuela.
The ad asking young people to help volunteer as poll workers will be narrated by CJ McCollum and Chiney Ogwumike.
LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers won’t take the court again until Friday night but LeBron will have a major presence on the airwaves during tonight’s Game 2 between the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals. ‘More Than A Vote’ will release a brand new advertisement on Thursday that will also serve as a call to action for young people to volunteer as poll workers during the upcoming election.
The commercial, entitled “We Got Next,” is narrated by Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum. McCollum issued a joint statement with Chiney Ogwumike of ESPN and the WNBA as well, illustrating the importance of young people volunteering as poll workers, as the COVID-19 pandemic has caused older people, who usually make up the majority of the volunteers, bow out due to being high-risk.
“COVID has made the inadequate voting infrastructure that many Black people already deal with in a normal year an even greater challenge to overcome in 2020,” said Portland Trail Blazers Guard CJ McCollum and WNBA All-Star Chiney Ogwumike in a joint statement for More Than A Vote. “That’s why More Than A Vote focused on converting dormant sports arenas and stadiums into voting locations and it’s why we’re now asking young people to step up and serve as poll workers in our communities. COVID understandably scared off a lot of older poll workers, but if we do our job we can fill the void with the young people who have been demanding change all summer and make sure no vote is suppressed due to long lines or confusion at the polls on Election Day.
The “We Got Next” campaign is part of a concentrated effort by “More Than A Vote” to staff polling locations with young activists, especially “at polling locations in vulnerable Black communities across the nation with a focus on Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Mississippi, Ohio, Texas, and Wisconsin.”
