The next homestand starts on Friday against the Milwaukee Brewers. Below are some odds and ends for this upcoming homestand; including autograph guest. Here are some important links:- 2017 Broadcast Schedule
- Special Events Schedule
- Promotions & Giveaways Schedule
- Silent Auction Schedule
- Friday Night Fireworks Schedule
- Viva Los Dodgers Schedule
This weekend marks the 9th annual ThinkCure! weekend. Throughout the weekend, the Los Angeles Dodgers and their fans can help support and raise awareness of City of Hope’s efforts to find new lifesaving treatments and cures for cancer patients. To date, ThinkCure! has raised more than $2 million to help support research grants, setting the stage for medical breakthroughs. You can make donations to ThinkCure! here.This is also the first ever "Players Weekend." Both teams will be wearing special uniforms with unique nicknames on their backs and have the opportunity to wear and use uniquely colored cleats, bats and other equipment. Check out the Dodger duds below and on the right. Here is my story from a couple weeks back about this event. This coincides with the Little League World Series championship in Williamsport.
Friday, August 25th at 7:10 PM
TV: SNLA Spanish, SportsNet LA
Radio: 570 LA Sports, KTNQ 1020
Friday's game starts at 7:10 PM. Auto gates open at 4:40 PM, and stadium gates open at 5:10 PM. It is Friday Night Fireworks, so fans will be able to go down onto the field after the game to watch the spectacle. The night's theme will be a the "Best of The Classic West." Go here for more information on Friday Night Fireworks.It is Healthcare Appreciation Night at Dodger Stadium. Folks who ordered a special ticket package will get an exclusive Healthcare Appreciation Night T-shirt with your ticket. See that on the left. This even is already sold out.
For this game only against the Brewers on Healthcare Appreciation Night the Dodgers will have healthier items such as salads, sandwiches, veggie flatbread and fruit and veggie cups available. It can be found at at all Marketplace locations on Field, Loge and Reserve levels.
Members of the LA Sparks basketball team will be on hand to throw the ceremonial first pitch and say "It's Time for Dodger Baseball". Also, the Dodgers and Sparks are running a promotion/ticket offer on this day. For $40 you get a ticket to this game and a ticket to Sunday's Sparks game (on the 27th) against the Minnesota Lynx. Go here to check out this promotion.
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Saturday, August 26th at 6:10 PM
TV: SportsNet LA, SNLA Spanish
Radio: 570 LA Sports, KTNQ 1020, Radio Korea 1540
Saturday's game starts at 6:10 PM. Auto gates open at 3:40 PM, and stadium gates open at 4:10 PM. The first 40,000 fans in attendance will receive Great Dodger Moments Coin #7 featuring Rick Monday saving the American flag. See it on the right.
It is LA Kings Night at Dodger Stadium. Folks who ordered a special ticket package will get an exclusive La Kings Night cap with your ticket. See that on the left. If not already sold out go here for information.
For this game only against the Brewers on LA Kings Night the Dodgers have made the Go Kings Go Cocktail that includes Crown Royal and Coke over ice. See it on the right. It can be found at the bars on Field section 2, 49 and 50, Loge sections 107 and 161, Reserve section 11 and Top Deck section 5.Kings centerman Tyler Toffoli will throw out a ceremonial first pitch. From 5:20 PM to 6:20 PM the LA Kings Ice-Crew and their mascot "Bailey" will be available for a photo-op. Also, signing autographs will be broadcaster and former player Daryl Evans, PA announcer Dave Joseph, former Kings defenseman Jaroslav Modrý and former Kings winger Derek Armstrong.
Nine cancer survivors and their physicians will take the field at Dodger Stadium on Saturday evening to kick off City of Hope’s ThinkCure! Weekend, an annual event that celebrates courageous cancer patients and survivors, and pays tribute to the hard-working health care professionals and researchers dedicated to supporting them. A ceremonial first pitch will be thrown by 11-year-old cancer survivor Amanda Cooper, who was treated at City of Hope for leukemia.
The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation Silent Auction features autographed memorabilia and is located outside the Vin Scully Press Box.
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Sunday, August 27th at 1:10 PM
TV: MLBN (out-of-market only), SportsNet LA, SNLA Spanish
Radio: 570 LA Sports, KTNQ 1020
Sunday's game starts at 1:10 PM. Auto gates open at 10:40 AM, and stadium gates open at 11:10 AM.The first 12,000 ticketed kids 14 & under in attendance will receive a Dodgers Kids Hamper. See it on the right.
It is Cuban Night at Dodger Stadium. Folks who ordered a special ticket package will get an exclusive Cuban Night panama hat with your ticket. See that on the left. If not already sold out go here for information.
Cuban American musician, Willy Chirino, will sing the National Anthem.The Cuban Dog will be available for this game only on Cuban Night at the Extreme Loaded Dog concession areas located on the field, loge and reserve levels. It features an quarter pound of all-beef hot dog with pulled pork, ham, pickles and mustard. See it on the left.
It is Viva Los Dodgers in the Dodgers parking lot prior to the game at the Historic 76 Station. Festivities begin at 11:10 AM. Legendary Dodgers scout Mike Brito and Manny Mota will be signing autographs. The Arsenio Rodriguez Project and Las Chikas will perform on stage.
As a part of ThinkCure! Weekend San Diego State outfielder and City of Hope Hodgkin’s lymphoma patient Chad Bible will be throwing the ceremonial first pitch with his physician Stephen J. Forman, M.D., the Francis & Kathleen McNamara Distinguished Chair in Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and T cell Immunotherapy Research Laboratory, who will be catching Bible’s pitch.
The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation Silent Auction features autographed memorabilia and is located outside the Vin Scully Press Box.
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