For the 2nd straight night we had the pleasure of seeing the L.A. Dodgers, this time at Dodger Stadium. Before the game we were brought down to the field to check out batting practice and conduct a short interview for a local network broadcasting the Dodgers game. I had a chance watch one of my favorite 90s players, Frank Thomas, take batting practice for the visiting Toronto Blue Jays. He’s a bit older and obviously his best years are behind him, but he is still the size of a small house and launched quite a few balls into the left field bleachers. Special thanks to Noel for getting us down to the field and giving us a great item for our end of the year auction!

We were joined by special guests Yvonne and Dylan, who have been kind enough to provide a roof over our heads during our time here in L.A. Tonight’s game featured a free beach towel giveaway to the 52,000 fans in attendance. The most entertaining part of the game actually had nothing to do with the on field action. A small number of fans brought beach balls to the game and at any given time there were 5 or 6 of them floating around certain sections. The entertaining part was watching the security/ticket ushers trying to take the beach balls away from the fans and failing miserably. It got to the point where fans were taunting the ushers, offering to give them the beach ball before hitting it away from them back into the crowd.

The game ended in dramatic fashion, and we witnessed our 2nd walkoff homerun in a week. With the Dodgers down by a run in the bottom of the 10th inning, the leadoff batter walked. Two pitches later, Olmedo Saenz (nickname: the Killer Tomato) sent a ball into the outfield stands that scored two runs and won the game for the Dodgers. Needless to say, the place was going wild. All in all, it was a good night at Dodger Stadium. Thanks to Joellen at StubHub for getting us four tickets to tonight’s game!