That was just so Dodgers. From the pomp, circumstance and exhilaration of Opening Day to the shoulder dropping, ground ball dropping of back-to-back losses to the rival San Francisco Giants. Here are five takeaways from the Dodgers' first three games: 5. The team is going to have its struggles wit ... More >>
There was no time stamp from Vin Scully as Clayton Kershaw prepared to face the final batter. You know, "On the scoreboard in right field it is 9:46 p.m. in the City of the Angels, Los Angeles, California." This was only San Francisco's Pablo Sandoval, not Chicago's Harvey Kuenn. And this was only ... More >>
Fans heading to Dodger Stadium today will be getting more than just a season-opening game against the San Francisco Giants. In addition to new outfield video screens, an echo-minimizing sound system and expanded bathroom facilities across all levels, the 50-year-old stadium has also upgraded its con ... More >>
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The history of the San Francisco-Los Angeles rivalry is well-documented in many fields, whether it's the Giants and Dodgers contesting the NL West (we're all aware of how that turned out this season) or a frank debate on which city offers the biggest and best representation of West Coast cuisine. In ... More >>
[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] Forget phrenology, both the overrated Roots album and the 19th-century pseudo-science. Ignore palmistry, psychotherapy and Rick Warren. The best way to b ... More >>
One witness who stood over Bryan Stow after the brutal beating at Dodger Stadium in 2011 recalled "Blood gushing from his ears." Another present at the scene described the sound of Stow's head slamming into the pavement, "It was a really loud, almost echo-ish," she recalled.
An assault at Dodger Stadium last night had echoes of Bryan Stow, but luckily the victim's injuries were not life-threatening. The fracas, first reported by @LAScanner on Twitter, happened before 9 p.m. in parking lot 3. ABC7 tracked down the rest of the story and found out this is what happened:
SonyDespite the brilliance of Moneyball as a baseball movie -- a really cheesy moment exists in the film. Looking to rally moviegoers this weekend is the feature adaptation of Michael Lewis 2003 tome Moneyball, which dramatizes the resurrection of the 2002 underdogs, the Oakland A's, under th ... More >>
Marvin Norwood.Former baseball manager Yogi Berra uttered the immortal words "deja vu all over again," and, well, you have to wonder if that phrase applies to the prosecution of two men accused in the near-fatal beating of San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow at Dodger Stadium. Reports from t ... More >>
Beck and Mayor Villaraigosa.LAPD Chief Charlie Beck over the weekend said Giovanni Ramirez's erroneous exposure as the main suspect in the opening day beating of San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stadium was "deeply regrettable." But more than anything, Beck, in a Los Angeles Times opinion ... More >>
Free Giovanni?Giovanni Ramirez, the reputed gang member wrongly fingered in the open-day beating of San Francisco Giants' fan Bryan Stow at Dodgers opening day, released a statement from behind bars this week in which he says the ordeal has him "upset," mainly because it affected his family. ... More >>
NBCPrimary beating suspect Giovanni RamirezHer boyfriend may be behind bars in Los Angeles, as LAPD investigators work around the clock to build a case against him for the near-death beating of Giants fan Bryan Stow, but that didn't stop 26-year-old Denise Piccione from going on a crime spree ... More >>
Bryan Stow.Strange moves at the LAPD regarding the near-fatal beat-down of San Francisco Giants' fan Bryan Stow on Dodgers opening day. On Wednesday the department announced its investigation of the high-profile beating was being taken over by its Robbery Homicide Division detectives. What' ... More >>
Giovanni Ramirez.Giovanni Ramirez, the gangster suspected in the near-death beating of San Francisco Giants fan Brian Stow on Dodgers' opening day, will stay behind bars, a commissioner ruled this morning. But despite all the tough talk from LAPD Chief Charlie Beck that he's their man in the ... More >>
Ramirez.The one man so far suspected in the beating of Bryan Stow on Dodgers' opening day has a lot of distinctive tattoos. But none of them, it seems, was entered into the state's parolee database, designed to help cops quickly identify potential suspects. That according to the San Francisc ... More >>
support4bryanstow.comBryan Stow's long-hair past.Bryan Stow, a Bay Area paramedic and San Francisco Giants fan who was beaten in a horrible attack on opening day at Dodger Stadium, has a criminal record that includes convictions for assault, possession of a controlled substance and driving un ... More >>
Bryan Stow.Added: TMZ has photos that might or might not prove the suspect wasn't at Dodger Stadium that day -- after the next page. Was Giovanni Ramirez, the man suspected in the near-death beating of San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow on Dodgers opening day, even at the game? That's the ... More >>
Is Tom Leykis unworthy of helping Bryan Stow?Cash is cash. And cash toward a noble cause, no matter who's behind it, is cash worth accepting. You'd think the L.A. City Council could appreciate this -- they're more than willing to let sketchy lobbyists make it rain on far less noble bank accou ... More >>
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Dodger Stadium.Updated after the jump with the Dodgers saying half-price beer days are canceled. For a long time alcohol and sports fans have been good friends. And for a long time they've combined to wreak havoc at football, baseball and soccer games. Some are blaming this witches' brew f ... More >>
Stow with his kidsToday, the L.A. Dodgers play the San Francisco Giants again in NorCal. But what should have been an exciting rematch will be clouded by the critical condition of Bryan Stow. Stow, a Santa Cruz paramedic and San Francisco Giants fan, was attacked on Opening Day by two Dodger ... More >>
John and Ken.Was it a hate crime? As the Dodgers head north to do battle with the Giants today, it's an assertion being made by John Kobylt of L.A. station KFI-AM 640's The John and Ken Show. He's talking, of course, about the opening-day beating of Santa Cruz paramedic and San Francisco fan ... More >>
Literally.As San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow lays comatose in an L.A. hospital and LAPD investigators sniff out the two scumbags who did this to him, a bloodthirsty rally for retaliation is going down on the Internet. Multiple posts in the San Francisco Craigslist personals rail on Dodge ... More >>
LAPDOutrage is mounting, both in San Francisco and Los Angeles, over Friday's very unsportsmanlike (to say the least) Opening Day beatdown in the Dodger Stadium parking lot. Assault victim Bryan Stow, a 40-year-old Santa Cruz paramedic with two small children who had travelled south to cheer ... More >>
Have you seen these guys?​Just when you thought it couldn't get worse for the Dodgers, this evening the San Francisco Giants kicked in $10,000 for the reward fund in the Opening Day beating. That happens to be $10,000 more than the Dodgers have offered. (Updated below.)Now, maybe they just haven't ... More >>
TwitterTensions were high on Opening Day after a "Beat L.A." banner flew over the stadiumLeave it to a couple psychotic Los Angeles loyals to darken what should have been a proud MLB Opening Day victory (pitched to perfection by the Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw) with an extreme act of turf violen ... More >>
freshnessmag.comWe know, wrong sport. But she's got the right spirit, and looks damn good doin' it.Updated after the jump: Revenge banner reading "GIANTS SUCK" flies over Dodger Stadium! Plus, a shot of the "Beat L.A." original. Update: Will the banner-flyers remember to adhere to the post-9 ... More >>
Barry Zito: Golden Gate bumpkin in the big cityLooks like someone was getting a little overexcited before the big game. In what we're hoping is an omen for the San Francisco Giants' luck on the Dodger Stadium diamond today, pitcher Barry Zito got himself into a bit of a crunch in West Hollyw ... More >>
Courtesy of the LA Dodgers.The beloved (by some) Dodger Dog is getting a Mexi-themed hermano, the Doyer Dog. Loaded with chili, nacho cheese, chopped tomatoes, onions and jalapenos, it hits concession stands today, just in time for the Dodgers' home opener against the San Francisco Giants. "D ... More >>
Come on, Dodger fans.We're not sure what's sadder, the fact that San Francisco Giants fans are planning to fly a "BEAT LA" banner over enemy territory -- Dodger Stadium -- for the season-opening series against the Bay Area team or that virtually no L.A. fans really care to comment. In fact, ... More >>
feelingdodgerblue.comNot in our stadium, you don'tTell us, Los Angeles: Are you going to stand for this? Update: Street-art blog LA Taco won't. We quote: "People of Los Angeles, we cannot let this potential aggression stand. LA TACO will organize a boycott and shaming campaign of any Los An ... More >>
Mi Sueño WineryRolando HerreraFive minutes into a conversation with Rolando Herrera, the owner-winemaker at Mi Sueño in Napa, it's clear that what first comes across as shyness is really more of a quiet conviction for winemaking. He didn't come from a longstanding winemaking pedigree. He di ... More >>
Mi Sueño WineryRolando HerreraFive minutes into a conversation with Rolando Herrera, the owner-winemaker at Mi Sueño in Napa, it's clear that what first comes across as shyness is really more of a quiet conviction for winemaking. He didn't come from a longstanding winemaking pedigree. He di ... More >>
Sports are in full swing right now with the NBA Playoffs, the Stanley Cup Playoffs and the beginning of Major League Baseball season. In honor of all this adrenaline-filled activity, we decided to help out those poor Westsiders who are afraid of driving east by giving them our top 5 sports bars west ... More >>
From my home office I can hear the noise from Dodger Stadium a moment or two before the crowds' cheers or boos are channeled through our TV set in the living room. Last night I'd retreated to the office from the living room when faced with the agonizing prospect of watching a no-hitter thrown agains ... More >>
At least of half that old notion that all theaters and the best restaurants are dark Mondays was once more laid to rest last night as the eternal drama between the L.A. Dodgers and San Francisco Giants played out once more. In a rather quiet game, the Dodgers won handily,Wikipedia​4-2. More import ... More >>
Mothers Against Drunk Deputies? L.A. County's Office of Independent Review has issued a report raising warnings about a growing culture of alcoholism in the Sheriff's Department. L.A. TimesPathogens? What Pathogens? USC's student affairs veep announced that an alarm about airborne viruses on campus ... More >>
First '09 Downtown Murders Two men were shot and killed at Skid Row's Lamp Lodge hotel early Easter morning. They were the first Downtown murders since June, 2008. L.A. TimesNative Habit Threat Conservationists are worried about an oil-company's proposal to build 3,900 new homes in the middle of the ... More >>
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