Hootie, Blowfish, D. Lowe to kick off Dodgers ‘06 Campaign
By Victor - Monday April 03rd 2006
The Los Angeles Dodgers of Echo Park open the ‘06 season at home against the ATL Braves today. If it doesn’t get rained out, here’s the bill of Opening Day festivities on tap for fans at the stadium today.
Opening Day Schedule of Events:
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11:55 am – Players at turnstiles until 12:10 pm
11:56 am - Without the help of names on their jerseys, incoming fans try to guess who each player is. “I think that was Dioner Navarro.” “No, that’s Olmedo Saenz. I think.” Etc.
12:00 pm – Hootie and the Blowfish performance – 30 minute set
12:00:01 pm - Beer run en masse
12:30 pm – 1981 World Series celebration video feature on Dodgervision
12:31 pm – Collective realization hits Chavez Ravine that 1981 was 25 goddamned years ago, wonders what the hell have they done with their lives
12:35 pm - Parachute team begins jump into outfield area with game balls
12:36 pm – “Now that’s how you deliver some goddamn balls to a game!” overheard
12:40 pm – Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger Award – Jeff Kent
12:41 pm - Jeff Kent declines award, announces to crowd he’s just here to do his job as a professional, not to be anyone’s friend, heads to dugout, reads motocross magazine
12:42 pm – Atlanta Braves Intros
12:47 pm – Dodger Intros – Fireworks shot during starting line-up
12:48 pm – First of many, many ironic “Nomah” calls to come heard
12:52 pm – Tommy Lasorda First Ball ceremony
12:56 pm – Royal Rangers Color guard
12:57 pm – God Bless America and the National Anthem – Kristin Chenoweth
12:58 pm – McCourts realize no one in L.A. gives a shit about Broadway stars
1:00 pm - Air Force Flyover
1:01 pm - “Woo hoo! Take that Osama!”
1:05 pm - Mayor Villaraigosa to present Guinness Certificate to Ron Cey
1:06 pm – At home in the Valley, sitting on his cream colored leather sofa, Tom Niedenfuer sips some Johnny Walker on ice and wonders why they didn’t invite him out for all this ‘81 season stuff
1:10 pm - Game time
1:13 pm - J.D. Drew injured, out for season
You forgot that in the midst of the Dodger intros the announcer will also be introducing the Giants’ and Red Sox’s lineups as well (we’ve got enough of ‘em playing for us anyway). And you haven’t been hit in the head with a beach-ball by the first pitch?!? Where are you sitting? Do you get press passes or something?
Also, as Angelinos, we should start calling “Nomah” by his last name, putting extra emphasis on the “erre” (i.e. double-r) in his name; “Garciaparrrrrrrra,” that sounds better.
thank GOD this is an afternoon game. for those of us who live next to Dodger Stadium, the daily commute is like a tactical military maneuver dictated by the damn Dodger schedule.
i see nomah is making himself right at home here, having been traded to the dodgers’ DL.
I know, Linda! How ridiculous was that? When will we learn that picking up fading stars and journey men never, ever pays off.