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Article: PLAYING DODGER STADIUM.(U)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- March 30, 2002
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Byline: Chris J. Parker Correspondent
Forget March 20 - the first day of spring in Los Angeles is whatever day Dodger Stadium opens for the first regular-season baseball game of the season.
Forty years after its opening, Dodger Stadium is still one of the most beautiful ballparks in America. As Hall of Fame Dodger manager Tommy Lasorda is fond of saying, Dodger Stadium is Blue Heaven.
And it doesn't look a day over 18.
This year, spring starts on Tuesday. The game sold out on the first day tickets were available. And by the time the regular season ends on Sept. 29, approximately 3 million fans will have walked through the turnstiles ...