. . . When the Dodgers win!
OPENING DAY 2017
Los Angeles Dodger "Ace" Clayton Kershaw 0-0 (0.00)
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San Diego Padre Clayton Richards 0-0 (0.00)
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Walking up the hill . . .
. . . to check-in . . .
. . . It's great to be back.
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Now, LETS DO THIS!
The Pre-Game Ceremony is going down!
It's AWESOME, Naturally.
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The National Anthem
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The Ceremonial 1st Pitch(es) of the game belong to . . .
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Wally Moon and Tommy Lasorda
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Wally and Tommy
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It's like Wally is stand on the Moon.
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Check-out this great Q & A with Wally Moon from 2011 titled:
"A Q-and-A with Wally Moon: Taking his best shot again, at 81, and he’s not dodging anything"
Farther of the Wall by Tom Hoffarth
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Back to the Dodger Dog Express, Stand 740,
The Crew is back: Jose The Dog-dictator is in full affect, Rosa is managing, La Assistante
Lilly is back she brought her Little Sister, Little Linda, Rochelle and her Mom are here,
Norma the Lunch Lady (check), Metal Andy along with the Work Wifey, Coco, Justine,
and Eastside Art will be back later into the homestand, Garlic Boy is ready to get stinky,
and lastly, the Fry Guy is in full effect.
(We) are so pumped up!
"Opening Day BABY!"
I got two bad ass Mommas by my side, bunning and wrapping Dodger Dogs all game long . . .
Are you ready ladies?
Norma and RoRo's Mom look at me oddly, shrugging.
We are going to cook non-stop, starting:
NOW!
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As usual we get to taking about life.
I find out that both of these ladies are old school club hoppers from the same era of
backyard parties and DJs.
Norma still rocks to Freestyle 80's jams and RoRo's Mom is 80's New Wave status.
Freestyle New Wave
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93.1 Jack FM is playing the ladies some reminders as we work.
Some of RoRo's Mom's sounds-
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Norma's disco biscuit jams via Bluetooth
Nora has her ear phones on tight.
She is swaying to her jams.
(Her moves are almost embarassing)
RoRo's mom rather listen to "Dark Wave."
"Let's get Bunning LADIES!"
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TOO MUCH TALKING, NOT ENOUGH
BUNNING AND WRAPPING
COME ON LADIES!
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"Opening Day means- more beer (sold) than food," RoRo's Mom mentions.
True That!
I can overhear Norma tell her bunning partner, "I got kicked out of the (West Hollywood club)
The Circus."
"You got 86ed?!"
Ah, sweet memories.
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"WE AIN'T DONE LADIES!"
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Break time . . .
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stroll . . .
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Someone mentioned that Peterson smashed a grand slam- IT's true!
(photo by Walley Skalij)
Score is 5-1, Dodgers.
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With a comfortable Dodger lead parents can chill-out with their kiddos at the play area
No-stress-at-all.
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Still strolling . . .
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Back to the Stand,
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With a comfortable Dodger lead everyone WANTS TO EAT!
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"Dont Stop Dodger Mommas!"
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"No retreat, No Surrender!"
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Keep wrapping!
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We have some mouths to feed!
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"Get it Done Garlic Boy!"
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"Heche lo con ganas!"
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I counted 423 Supers Dogs and 560 Dodger Dogs on and off the grill.
No sweat.
Dodger smashed today.
Dodgers 14, Padres 3.
What a relief.
Last year's Opening Day loss was a total bummer.
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Time to stroll home . . .
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. . . and it's beautiful outside . . .
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A Dodger victory-walk home to Echo Park is the sweetest on a beautiful Day.
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game 2
Dodger Phone Charger Give-a-Way
and
Cal State Long Beach Night
LA ace Kenta Maeda 0-0 (0.00)
vs
SD warrior Garrett Richards 0-0 (0.00)
estimated attendance 36,000
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At the Vender hive,
Dodger Vendors are preparing to buzz around the Stadium.
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At Stand 739,
El Meastro, Lawrence the Grill MAster is ready to cook over a thousand.
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There's some proud Padre fans, posted.
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I see some really nice CSLB "LA" hats worn by alumni.
There goes a family of ladies (3 generations) rocking that Long Beach- :
It's pair of sisters that are currently enrolled.
Their mom is standing between them, she's alumni.
And their grandmother trailing behind mom is CSLB too.
Bad ass!
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The National Anthem
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D-Dog time!
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At the soda fountain,
A customer asks for "PEANUTS, please."
"Sorry sir, we don't sell peanuts here," the New Hire tells the fan apologetically.
"We don't have peanuts?"- WTF!
"Lilly, is it true our Stand doesn't sell Peanuts anymore!"
"Yes, no Peanuts."
"This is ridiculous!"
"First Vin is gone and now this!"
Lilly inserts her earphones.
"A Dodger Dog Stand without peanuts is like a 7-11 without Nachos!"
"A Dodger Dog Stand without peanuts is like a movie theater without Red Vines!"
"A Dodger Dog Stand without peanuts is like a Tommy's Burger without chili!"
"A Dodger Dog Stand without peanuts is like Spider Man without his web-shooters!
"A Dodger Dog Stand without peanuts is like Echo Park without the Gold Room!
"A Dodger Dog Stand without peanuts is . . .
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Top of 1st,
Maeda is already in trouble.
Shit!
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Top of the 2nd,
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Top of the 3rd,
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Top of the 4th,
Damian tells me about his Dodger swag,
"I would wear more but they are heavy and keep digging in my head."
Ouch!
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Top of the 5th,
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Top of the 6th,
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Dodgers are going down . . . Padres shut us down, 4-0.
Over it.
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game 3
Fernando Valenzuela Jersey
Give-Away Night
Dodger Rich "The Finger" Hill 0-0 (0.00)
vs
Padre Trevor Cahill 0-0 (0.00)
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I got time for a Breaktime stroll.
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The fans.
Sleeved-up dad
Kids walking in line like duckling out of the pond with their "I Love LA" T's.
Dodger sue-chefs hurrying with their tall paper hats.
The little girls eats her cotton candy.
The mother of three reads the menus above counting how many sodas and dogs she can buy with "$39 dollars".
"Where can I find one of those bacon wrapped dog?" someone asks.
"Go towards the 3rd base side, you will find them at Chef Merito's Carneceria!"
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At the Dodger Dog Express,
We always start off with 150 Dodger Dogs and 120 Supers . . .
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Mariachi del Sol is starting the show
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Mariachi del Sol (Live)
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Next,
The National Anthem
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"I'm craving a pretzel!" The Fry Guy laments.
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I'm not jealous but,
I can see that I have some competition with who is the "Stand favorite" between myself and the New Girl.
The New Girl is awesome at bunning Dogs.
She is very helpful.
Always attending to our Manager (Rosa's) needs.
I honestly feel She's a great addition to the stand.
Kinda think of it. She is really helpfully to Rosa.
I can overhear New Girl recommend a booster seat for Rosa's granddaughter.
Whenever Rosa needs to borrow a phone charger,
New Girl is the first to get hers out of the purse.
Now the New Girl is talking about time she broke her leg and how she didn't have insurance at the time.
(Bo0-hoo!)
Rosa seems to be sympathizing with her.
"The bone popped right out of my skin," she tells her.
(Cry me a river)
Our Stand Lead is trapped in their conversation.
Comic book bubble: I'm not a jealous person but I'm Rosa's favorite!
I'll bring a cake to the Stand tomorrow, "Excuse me, Rosa, what is your favorite type of cake?"
"Do you like Stawberries?"
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LITTLE FAN CAM TIME!
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The Game,
Dodgers over Padres, 3-1.
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I want to write about my Mom, Lucia Rivera who worked at the Stadium for over 15 season,
she was very loved by many fans and fellow employees. Especially the Extreme Dog Stand crew where
her fluttering eyelashes and smile presided over the register every game.
Mom passed away last season after a long battle with Cancer.
It was a home game day vs. the Pirates. Dodgers won,
Every Dodger game I work, I think about walking over to her stand,
to tell her hello and "I love you", one more time
This is for you Mom . . .
Thank you for raising me to love baseball and guiding me to be the best father I can be.
I love you.
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