I was able to get a tour of Dodger Stadium.Beautiful stadium, with the San Gabriel Mountains in the background.This is the Dodger Stadium Retired Numbers Plaza. Gil Hodges was #14. He was recently elected to the Hall of Fame. In addition to playing first base for the Dodgers, he was the manager of the Mets when they won the World Series in 1969.Duke Snider was one of the “Big 3” during the 1950s in New York baseball. Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays and Duke Snider were by far the most popular players of that decade.Sandy Koufax was one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history. A star of the 1960s.Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers. His #42 has been retired by all of major league baseball, so no team has a player wearing #42.This is me sitting in the press box.Another angle of the stadium.Display of team trunks.When the Dodger players exit the elevator on their way to the locker room, this is what they see. First, all the Dodger Gold Glove Awards, awarded to the best fielders by position.One of the Gold Gloves won by Gil Hodges, 1957.One of the Gold Gloves won by Greg Maddux, 2008.Then past the Cy Young Awards for the best pitcher in the league.One of the Cy Young Awards won by Sandy Koufax, 1963.One of the Cy Young Awards won by Clayton Kershaw, 2014, a current star for the Dodgers.Then past the Silver Slugger Awards for the best hitting player for each position.A couple Silver Slugger Awards for Mike Piazza, 1995 and 1996.And then the Dodgers’ World Series Championship Trophies. This one is from 1988.In their first year, the Brooklyn team was known as “The Bridegrooms” because many of the players were young and had been recently married.This is me in the Dodgers dugout.The dugoutThe view of the field from the dugout.Downtown Los Angeles skyline from Dodger Stadium.
