{"id":1903,"date":"2019-08-30T11:18:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T18:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marvista.com\/Yukiko\/?p=1903"},"modified":"2019-09-03T21:07:56","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T04:07:56","slug":"1903","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marvista.com\/Yukiko\/en\/archives\/1903","title":{"rendered":"Baseball game at Dodger Stadium!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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A baseball game at Dodger Stadium!\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Well, Dodgers are doing a good job this season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Actually, now the results are 90 wins 50 losses!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The best won-lost percentage in the major league so far, this season.<\/span><\/p>\n

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My husband is a big fan of the Dodgers team and he said, “Let’s go to the Dodger Stadium to <\/span><\/p>\n

watch a game!”<\/span><\/p>\n

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I forgot when was the last time that I went to a baseball stadium. Probably, more than twenty years<\/span><\/p>\n

ago in Japan, I think<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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The entrance is near the 110 Freeway.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The entrance to the parking lot. It costs $25 per car.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The history of Dodger Stadium\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The stadium opened in 1962 so it is 57 years old this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It was constructed in 1959 and it took less than three years at a cost of $23 million.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It is on the hill from which you can see Downtown LA.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We can see buildings of Downtown.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Also, this stadium is famous for the third oldest baseball stadium<\/span><\/strong> in the US.<\/span><\/p>\n

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By the way, the oldest stadium is Fenway Park in Boston<\/strong> <\/span>and the second one is Wrigley Field in Chicago<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dodger Stadium also hosted exhibition baseball during the 1984 Summer Olympics.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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Also, it held some concerts such as The\u00a0<\/span>Beatles, U2 and Mickael Jackson.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Actually, in the mid-1950s, the Dodgers team used to be in Brooklyn, New York City.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The team president, Walter O’Malley, tried to build a domed stadium in New York, but the city <\/span><\/p>\n

refused his application.<\/span><\/p>\n

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So he changed his mind and then he moved the team to Los Angeles because LA accepted <\/span><\/p>\n

his offer to build a stadium.<\/span><\/p>\n

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At Dodger Stadium there are 21 terraced entrances on the six different seating levels.<\/span><\/p>\n

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First, the entrance with a security check.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Security check area.\"\"<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Six different seating levels.<\/p>\n

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There are 56,000 seats<\/span><\/strong> from field seats to top deck seats.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Wide-open stadium.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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There is parking for 16,000 cars<\/strong><\/span> and each section seating has parking immediately adjacent to an entrance.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is a parking area where we can see Downtown.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Inside the <\/b>stadium<\/b><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

There are many souvenir shops and food vendors on each level.<\/span><\/p>\n

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There are many souvenir shops on each floor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Our seats were in field-level seating and at the 15th row on the first base side.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I felt closer to players than the stadium in Japan<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Closer to players than in Japan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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We could see the bullpen after a short walk from our seats.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This time Kenley Jansen was throwing balls.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It was so impressive!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Relief pitcher, Jansen. However, he did not appear in the game at that time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Before the game started, the US Women soccer team got the first prize in the World Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Everyone was excited at the news.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The moment of victory of women soccer team!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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By the way, the Dodgers game on this day did not have good results for the team.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the first inning, the Padres team, from San Diego, hit a home run<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, the result was 5 – 3 and the Dodgers lost the game.<\/span><\/p>\n

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During the game, the Dodgers fans were so excited and made the “Wave”.<\/span><\/p>\n

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These things are an American tradition and I love to do that.<\/span><\/p>\n

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