Marlins Series Starts on Monday - Autograph Appearances, Pregame Info and Other Stuff!

The next homestand starts on Monday against the Miami Marlins.   Below are some odds and ends for this upcoming homestand. 

The Miami Cuban Dog will be available for this homestand at the Extreme Loaded Dog concession areas located on the field, loge and reserve levels. It features a quarter-pound, all-beef hot dog topped with smoked ham, pulled roasted pork, Swiss cheese, yellow mustard and pickle chips.

I will update this post with more information should it arrive.  So, be sure to check back.

The second 2016 issue of the new Dodger Insider magazine, featuring Justin Turner on the cover (see on right), will be available at Dodger Stadium. Beginning this year, the Dodgers merged their previously separate Playbill and Dodger Insider magazines into one publication (at least 80 pages per issue) with a new edition available each homestand and one in October, 13 issues total. It will be distributed at auto gates (one per vehicle) and via Fan Services for those who use alternate transportation. 

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Monday, April 25th at 7:10 PM
 RHP Wei-Yin Chen vs. RHP Ross Stripling
SNLA / AM 570 (Eng.), KTNQ 1020 AM (Span.)

Monday's game starts at 7:10 PM.  Auto gates open at 4:40 PM, and stadium gates open at 5:10 PM.  The first 40,000 fans in attendance will receive a Clayton Kershaw bobblehead.  See it on the left.

Dodger broadcaster Rick Monday will throw the ceremonial first pitch. It is the 40th anniversary of the iconic moment on April 25, 1976 at Dodger Stadium in which Monday, then a member of the Chicago Cubs, rescued an American flag that was about to be burned on the center field grass by protestors. Monday will have the flag from this day with him for pregame ceremonies. Kevin Massey will perform the national anthem. Massey is currently starring in the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder,” at the Ahmanson Theatre.

AM 570 LA Sports will be broadcasting live in the left-field plaza with Petros and Money.

• The Military Hero of the Game is U.S. Army National Guard Staff Sergeant Andrew Kellert of Yorba Linda. Kellert served in both Iraq and Afghanistan. As a combat engineer, Kellert had the opportunity to partner with the intelligence operations during Operation Enduring Freedom. As a result of his direct contribution, he was cited for a bronze star for his development of an intelligence packet that helped to eliminate IED (Improvised Explosive Device) bomb-making cells that aided the route clearance convoys to improve their IED find and clear rate by 50 percent. He has a member of the Dodger family, as his grandfather, Frank Kellert, was a member of the 1955 Dodgers. Frank Kellert was standing in the batter’s box during Game 1 of the 1955 World Series at Yankee Stadium when Jackie Robinson stole home.  
• April is National Volunteer Appreciation Month and the Dodgers and the Los Angeles Police Department will honor four reserve police officers who are the 2015 Reserve Officers of the Year of their respective bureaus: Reserve Police Officer Michael Hagen, Specialized Division, Reserve Police Officer Roberto Torres, Operations-Central Bureau, Reserve Police Officer Richard Badger, Operations-Valley Bureau and Reserve Police Officer Michael Seitz, Operations-South Bureau.
• The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) conducts silent auctions throughout the season featuring signed pieces of memorabilia from Dodger players, coaches and alumni. Auctions will take place behind the Vin Scully press box on the club level. The items up for auction Monday include a Dave Roberts autographed jersey, Kenta Maeda autographed baseball and Joc Pederson autographed photo. More than 25 items are up for bid and the auction ends at 8:45 PM.

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Tuesday, April 26 at 7:10 PM
RHP Tom Koehler vs. LHP Clayton Kershaw
SNLA / AM 570 (Eng.), KTNQ 1020 AM (Span.)

Tuesday's game starts at 7:10 PM.  Auto gates open at 4:40 PM, and stadium gates open at 5:10 PM. 

It is USC Night at Dodger Stadium.  Folks who ordered a special ticket package will get an exclusive USC Dodger T-shirt with your ticket.  See that on the left.  If not already sold out go here for information.

The Victory Bell, the trophy that is awarded to the winner of the UCLA–USC football rivalry game, will be in the right-field plaza from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM.  DJ Adam will provide musical entertainment.

At Tommy Lasorda Trattoria they will be offering the Trojan Victory Pizza and drink.  The pizza is an BBQ Chicken Pizza and the drink will be a Vodka-based beverage.  The beverage is available at the #ITFDB and Blue Heaven on Earth bars at the field-entrance plaza.

Also, prior to the game Hall of Fame broadcaster Jaime Jarrin, Kenta Maeda, Dave Roberts, Yasmani Grandal and Yasiel Puig will sign autographs for donations in the left-field plaza at Dodger Stadium in an effort to raise funds that will go toward earthquake relief in Japan and Ecuador.  They will sign autographs from approximately 5:30 PM to 6 PM.  Go here for further information.

A minimum cash donation of $10 will be collected per autograph, with a maximum of two autographs per person. As soon as stadium gates open, interested fans will be directed to form lines in the left-field plaza where the Dodgers are scheduled to sign. All proceeds will go to the Red Cross, and the Dodgers will match the total amount raised Tuesday.

• The Military Hero of the Game is Col. Fred G. Kennedy III, who serves as the Senior Materiel Leader, Space Production Division, Remote Sensing Systems Directorate, of the Space and Missile Systems Center at the Los Angeles Air Force Base. He is responsible for a $12 billion portfolio of spacecraft that includes four Space-Based Infrared System missile-warning satellites, the last Defense Meteorological Support Program satellite, a next-generation Wide Field-of-View on-orbit demonstrator and multiple hosted warning and weather payloads. Kennedy is an AFROTC Distinguished Graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received both his bachelor and master of science degrees in Aeronautics and Astronautics. After entering into active duty, Kennedy was assigned to the Phillips Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, N.M., and was selected as an Air Force intern, serving in three offices in the Pentagon.

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Wednesday, April 27th at 7:10 PM
SNLA / AM 570 (Eng.), KTNQ 1020 AM (Span.)

Wednesday's game starts at 7:10 PM.  Auto gates open at 4:40 PM, and stadium gates open at 5:10 PM.  The first 40,000 fans in attendance will receive a Dodgers fleece blanket.  See it on the right.

Recording artist and saxophonist Michael Lington will perform the national anthem.

• The Military Hero of the Game is U.S. Air Force Retired Technical Sergeant Thomas Baker of Simi Valley. He has served as an E4, Petty Officer 3rd Class for the United States Coast Guard, an E6, Petty Officer 1st Class for the U.S. Navy and an E6 Technical Sergeant for the U.S. Air Force. Baker served in Desert Storm, Saudi Arabia from 1988 to 1995 as part of the Coast Guard’s Communications department. His long service also included working as a U.S. Air Force Intelligence Analyst of Operations for the Nobel Eagle, Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom in Fort Worth, TX, from 2000-2007. Baker is currently a film, TV and stage actor, business owner and member of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary for both communications and weather. His awards include a Southwest Asia Medal, Coast Guard Unit Commendation and Navy Achievement Medal.
• As part of its focus on education and literacy, LADF will recognize the 2016 Roy amd Roxie Campanella scholarship recipients from California State University Northridge’s (CUSN) College of Health and Human Development, Department of Physical Therapy. Joni Campanella Roan, the daughter of Dodger great Roy Campanella, will also be recognized.

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Thursday, April 28th at 7:10 PM
SNLA / AM 570 (Eng.), KTNQ 1020 AM (Span.)

Thursday's game starts at 7:10 PM.  Auto gates open at 4:40 PM, and stadium gates open at 5:10 PM. 

It is UCLANight at Dodger Stadium.  Folks who ordered a special ticket package will get an exclusive UCLA Dodger T-shirt with your ticket.  See that on the left.  If not already sold out go here for information.

As part of UCLA Night, UCLA alumna and 2004 Olympic gold medalist Lisa Fernandez will throw the ceremonial first pitch. Republic Nashville/Big Machine Label Group artist and writer Brett Young will perform the national anthem. Sam Padillo of ABC’s “Nashville” will throw an honorary first pitch. DJ Adam will provide musical entertainment in the right-field plaza from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM.

At Tommy Lasorda Trattoria they will be offering the Bruin Bear Pizza and drink.  This specialty item will be a Sausage Pizza and the Bruin Bear Drink will be a Blue Frozen cocktail topped with gold cotton candy.  The beverage is available at the #ITFDB and Blue Heaven on Earth bars at the field entrance plaza.

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