I watched those families being forced from their homes with so much anger while in junior high school in Texas. I vowed never to embrace that team. Fernando Valenzuela was a great pitcher and obviously a great asset to the local Latino community, but what does that have to with men and women being forced out of their homes with their young children looking on in horror? Maybe it is high time to consider reparations for the relatives of those whose homes were taken.
Who knows? Maybe even those diehard Dodger fans would qualify for some of the loot. But the Dodgers get a bum rap for destroying the homes in what is commonly known as Chavez Ravine. I reported it to an usher, who alerted security. Their response: to move my wife and I to worse seats. Which made no sense to me. I refused, and security eventually made the two men move to a different section. I wrote a letter to the Dodgers, and to their credit, they took care of the situation to my satisfaction and I find the ushers and security I have talked to since then to be extremely helpful.
Some fans show up to Dodger Stadium already intoxicated. Cheese than it is at Dodger Stadium. Plus, it remains easy to sneak stuff into the stadium if you want. Also, the Dodger Stadium parking lot is massive. It can take 15 minutes just to walk to your car, dodging traffic in spots along the way. After all, incidents like what happened to Reyna cast the Dodgers in a bad light.
Should the Dodgers have more security? Should they come up with a better way to limit alcohol sales? There are lookout towers in the Dodger Stadium parking lot, but I rarely see anyone in all of those towers. I have no idea. The tale used to be that guards and ushers at Dodger Stadium were always smiling but always ruthless, enforcing a shiny happy code of conduct on people, turning the place into a somewhat scary but totally safe — maybe unnaturally safe and even sterile — playground.
Has this changed? And how it compares to the Alston-Lasorda years. We and our partners use cookies on this site to provide a better experience with content, analytics, ads and to help improve security on our site.
About 50 feet away I saw an Angels fan shove a Dodgers fan, followed by the Dodgers fan punching the Angels fan in the face and throwing him down three rows of seats. Security came and escorted them out, but that was only the beginning of the madness.
More and more fights broke out and it got to the point where we no longer felt safe. My dad said it was time to head home. While exiting the ball park, we saw a brawl take place in front of one of the concession stands where a crowd of people watched. Some were cheering while others just stood frozen, wondering what to do. Our walk turned into a brisk run. Thankfully we made it back to the car and out of the parking lot safely. Not once did I feel unsafe.
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