Posted on 11/25/2007 2:54:13 PM PST by EveningStar
PASADENA, Calif. -- It was a lovely day at the Tournament of Roses House, as the grandstands for the 119th Annual Rose Parade were already being erected nearby while Dodgers vice chairman and president Jamie McCourt helped unveil to the media the design for the organization's first float in this "tradition-rich New Year's Day spectacle."
"This will be a great kickoff," said McCourt, referring to the organization's 50th anniversary celebration of its move to Los Angeles...
McCourt also listed the various Dodgers players and organization members, past and present, who will ride on the float that day. They include Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda; broadcasters Vin Scully and Jaime Jarrín; former Dodgers pitcher and current Spanish-language broadcaster Fernando Valenzuela; Carl Erskine, the former Brooklyn and Los Angeles pitcher who started and won the Dodgers' first home game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum against the San Francisco Giants; Dodgers legend Don Newcombe; 1974 National League MVP Steve Garvey; six-time Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner Wes Parker; current players Nomar Garciaparra and James Loney; 50-year employee and legendary "Peanut Guy" Roger Owens, the most durable Dodgers "pitcher" in team history who began his storied vending career at the Coliseum; Billy DeLury, the 58-year Dodgers employee whose career has spanned from Ebbets Field to the Coliseum to Dodger Stadium; Kathy Robinson Young, niece of Jackie Robinson, a Pasadena resident; and college basketball legend Ann Meyers Drysdale, widow of Hall of Fame Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale...
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SoCal ping
Damn I feel old Dodgers been in this hood for 50 years
I can’t think of SO Cal without Dodgers LOL!
I hate to sound like an old poop, but the Dodgers belong back in Brooklyn.
Vin Scully will be on the float. And, yes, you’re an old poop, but PeeWee Reese would understand.
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They’ve been here in SoCal your whole life and more!
My mother was a big fan of the Boston Braves.She never forgave them for leaving.
I remember going to Dodger stadium with the Dad and big brother and sneak in Walkman to listen Vin Scully to do play by play
Nothing like a Dodger dog, at Chavez Ravine.
They need to drive the float all the way back to Brooklyn.
Remember few years back they try do something with Dodger dog they try boil it it taste gross
I remember that I dont know what they put in Dodger dog it is good
Fire Retardant Suit on w/ Angels logo clearly visible! :oP
It's blasphemy to call them the LA Angels...IMO.
For crying out loud....Anaheim is 3 or 6 hrs...from LA. LOL!!!
Team to begin 50-year celebration on New Year's DayThey'll be tired by the time that lets out.
That does it. I’m going to the 2008 Rose Parade. Anyone else? Let’s get a FReeper section going!!
I agree with your sentiment. I still call them anaheim. I grew up in FV/HB. Did an internship with them after my undergrad about 7 years ago. Still live and die with them every year. Like the recent trades and the one(s) coming. Gonna put a solid team together this year.
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