The Big Blue Wrecking Crew

I am Chris, I am 55 and have been a Dodger fan since the day that my dad told me I was one.  The sad part is that all of the teams I played for over my fifteen years of playing organized ball, I never played for a team called the Dodgers.   

I'm David, 31, I live in Dana Point, Ca.  I've been a Dodger fan since about 1989 (bad year to start).  I was more of a basketball/Laker fan before that.  I really kicked it into high gear when my parents got divorced.  I was one of the few kids that knew my parents were better off apart.  That didn't stop me from milking the situation when they were showering my sister and I with gifts/time together thinking I had a say in custody.  I think the year they got divorced (1991) I went to 30+ ballgames.

I'm Don, 45, I live in Lake Balboa (used to be part of Van Nuys, just west of the VN Airport).
Been a fan since 1974, but really got into it in 1977. Bill Buckner was my first favorite (since we share a birthday), then Ron Cey. By the time he was traded I realized it wasn't wise to just have a favorite player as they can easily move on, so now I root for laundry (I don't care what a person has done personally, if they are wearing a Dodger uniform I'm rooting for them).
Started posting on the Auld Board in late 2000. I'm hoping I can take my 3 year old to a game again this year when there's a new owner, he watch some of the playoffs with me and says he wants to go to a baseball game, I want him to be a proud Dodger fan like I was from 1974-2009, and hope to be again soon.

saeldway said:

I'm David, 31, I live in Dana Point, Ca.  I've been a Dodger fan since about 1989 (bad year to start).  I was more of a basketball/Laker fan before that.  I really kicked it into high gear when my parents got divorced.  I was one of the few kids that knew my parents were better off apart.  That didn't stop me from milking the situation when they were showering my sister and I with gifts/time together thinking I had a say in custody.  I think the year they got divorced (1991) I went to 30+ ballgames.

 I was in person for Dennis Martinez's perfecto, Lima's game, and the 4 homer game among others.

I used to drive from South OC about 20x/yr until 2010 when I put my boycott of McCourt in effect.  Over the last 2 years I've watched all my games from either Petco or Angel Stadiu.

 I started on the Auld Board in the computer lab at Fullerton taking on OldBear during finals.  Grabby and KB were my favorite posters because their sense of humor was much like mine.  When they were gone I found them on this site.  I was mostly a lurker for many years until the McCourt catastrophe became so great that I needed posting on this site as an outlet to vent my frustration.

My first kid is due mid-March and I'll be spending this weekend painting his room light blue with an accent wall in Dodger Blue.

David, what was/were some of your other nicknames on the boards?

I'm Kyle (duh...) and I'm a .... pastor (duh again...), and I like the BLUE.  I'm a genius when it comes to thinking up nicknames.  

BluePastorKyle said:

Best ballgame I ever went to? Could be a tie - except one was at the Phone Booth, and the other was at Chavez Ravine.  The first was the game Gagne came inside on (shoot can't remember his name - role player on the gants, average build black guy, outfielder)... anyway, he came in tight, and the gnat started to move out toward the Goon, and Gagne threw his glove down and beckoned him out.  Awesome.

I think it was Michael Tucker

I am a guy who used to post here a lot and now rarely does, and had to try like 14 different permutations of email/password to log in.

Been a Dodger fan since they were in Brooklyn.  Since I was born and spent most of my life in Texas, their move to California was not a big deal.  I remember going to L.A. as a pre-teen in 1958 and attending several Dodger games at the old Coliseum.  That clinched my loyalty forever.   1959's World Championship just made it all the more firmly entrenched.

Though I am new, I will participate.  Always wondered who I was talking to on these things.

Who who - who who - I really wanna know!

BluePastorKyle said:

saeldway said:

I'm David, 31, I live in Dana Point, Ca.  I've been a Dodger fan since about 1989 (bad year to start).  I was more of a basketball/Laker fan before that.  I really kicked it into high gear when my parents got divorced.  I was one of the few kids that knew my parents were better off apart.  That didn't stop me from milking the situation when they were showering my sister and I with gifts/time together thinking I had a say in custody.  I think the year they got divorced (1991) I went to 30+ ballgames.

 I was in person for Dennis Martinez's perfecto, Lima's game, and the 4 homer game among others.

I used to drive from South OC about 20x/yr until 2010 when I put my boycott of McCourt in effect.  Over the last 2 years I've watched all my games from either Petco or Angel Stadiu.

 I started on the Auld Board in the computer lab at Fullerton taking on OldBear during finals.  Grabby and KB were my favorite posters because their sense of humor was much like mine.  When they were gone I found them on this site.  I was mostly a lurker for many years until the McCourt catastrophe became so great that I needed posting on this site as an outlet to vent my frustration.

My first kid is due mid-March and I'll be spending this weekend painting his room light blue with an accent wall in Dodger Blue.

David, what was/were some of your other nicknames on the boards?

Always been saeldway for Dodger purposes.

I'm Greg, I'm 55 and a native SoCal.  My earliest memories was of laying in bed, listening to the radio in the other room, while my parents listened to Vin and Jerry doing games from exotic locations like Milwaukee and Pittsburgh.  I'm told my Dad took me to my first Dodger game at the Coliseum when I was 3.  Don't remember it, but I do remember going to Dodger Stadium and seeing Sandy and Don and Maury play.  I moved to the east coast nearly 20 years ago, where I met Linda, my 2nd wife.  I have a daughter from my first marriage, 30, and a stepson, 28 and daughter-in-law, all of whom live in the east.  Linda and I moved back to LA two years ago.

kidwitalotofgame said:

BluePastorKyle said:

Best ballgame I ever went to? Could be a tie - except one was at the Phone Booth, and the other was at Chavez Ravine.  The first was the game Gagne came inside on (shoot can't remember his name - role player on the gants, average build black guy, outfielder)... anyway, he came in tight, and the gnat started to move out toward the Goon, and Gagne threw his glove down and beckoned him out.  Awesome.

I think it was Michael Tucker

Ding Ding Ding!  That's the one. :)

BluePastorKyle said:

I'm Kyle (duh...) and I'm a .... pastor (duh again...), and I like the BLUE.  I'm a genius when it comes to thinking up nicknames.  

I'm 44 and moved to Tucson, AZ, in 2006, accepting the role of pastor at CrossRoads Church.  I'll celebrate 21 years of marriage this month to Jessica, and we have 4 kids, the youngest of which is 16.  

I grew up in Monterey County and became a Dodger fan in 1976, the same year I started playing little league ball.  My dad was a gnats fan, and my best friend had just moved up from LA and was a Dodger fan, so naturally - being the rebellious one, I sided with my buddy.  I eventually turned my dad to the Blue in the late-80's, right around the same time I swung at my last fastball in junior college.  

Best ballgame I ever went to? Could be a tie - except one was at the Phone Booth, and the other was at Chavez Ravine.  The first was the game Gagne came inside on (shoot can't remember his name - role player on the gants, average build black guy, outfielder)... anyway, he came in tight, and the gnat started to move out toward the Goon, and Gagne threw his glove down and beckoned him out.  Awesome.  The other game was just last year, as thebrookster and I got together for dinner and a game - the final "Stinky vs. Sunshine" game of 2011.  Amazingly awesome game to witness.

I started on the Auld Bored in 2000 when I lived in Big Bear Lake, CA.  Folks left, and I was actually invited by KB and Zwilnik to help start and moderate the BBWC.  It's been an adventure ever since.

Like brookster said, I'm also in a SIM league with him, Brendt, KB, MSTI, thebulander, and BadAZ (who is not part of the BBWC, but some of you know him as the winner of the 2011 BBWC Fantasy Football League).

That was Sunshine's 20th.  Also a game in which Kenley mowed down the Giants in the 8th in like 11 pitches.

DoppelgangBang said:

Who who - who who - I really wanna know!

Dammit, I came on here just to post that!  

bigblaster said:

I'm Greg, I'm 55 and a native SoCal.  My earliest memories was of laying in bed, listening to the radio in the other room, while my parents listened to Vin and Jerry doing games from exotic locations like Milwaukee and Pittsburgh.  I'm told my Dad took me to my first Dodger game at the Coliseum when I was 3.  Don't remember it, but I do remember going to Dodger Stadium and seeing Sandy and Don and Maury play.  I moved to the east coast nearly 20 years ago, where I met Linda, my 2nd wife.  I have a daughter from my first marriage, 30, and a stepson, 28 and daughter-in-law, all of whom live in the east.  Linda and I moved back to LA two years ago.

I had a wicked curve in high school, but it was my only effective pitch and the coach cut me a mere three weeks into my career.  Spectator ever since.  I joined the Auld Board about the same time as Grabby and some of the others.  When it became crap, I was invited to migrate over by zwilnick and have been with this gang ever since.

Best baseball moment:  Sitting in the loge section, around the left field foul pole, on October 15, 1988, with my father, my best friend and his father, all watching a guy named Gibson hobble up to the plate.

What happened to Zwilnik???  He was a Nevada Pale Ale man...

Brookster said:

BluePastorKyle said:

I'm Kyle (duh...) and I'm a .... pastor (duh again...), and I like the BLUE.  I'm a genius when it comes to thinking up nicknames.  

I'm 44 and moved to Tucson, AZ, in 2006, accepting the role of pastor at CrossRoads Church.  I'll celebrate 21 years of marriage this month to Jessica, and we have 4 kids, the youngest of which is 16.  

I grew up in Monterey County and became a Dodger fan in 1976, the same year I started playing little league ball.  My dad was a gnats fan, and my best friend had just moved up from LA and was a Dodger fan, so naturally - being the rebellious one, I sided with my buddy.  I eventually turned my dad to the Blue in the late-80's, right around the same time I swung at my last fastball in junior college.  

Best ballgame I ever went to? Could be a tie - except one was at the Phone Booth, and the other was at Chavez Ravine.  The first was the game Gagne came inside on (shoot can't remember his name - role player on the gants, average build black guy, outfielder)... anyway, he came in tight, and the gnat started to move out toward the Goon, and Gagne threw his glove down and beckoned him out.  Awesome.  The other game was just last year, as thebrookster and I got together for dinner and a game - the final "Stinky vs. Sunshine" game of 2011.  Amazingly awesome game to witness.

I started on the Auld Bored in 2000 when I lived in Big Bear Lake, CA.  Folks left, and I was actually invited by KB and Zwilnik to help start and moderate the BBWC.  It's been an adventure ever since.

Like brookster said, I'm also in a SIM league with him, Brendt, KB, MSTI, thebulander, and BadAZ (who is not part of the BBWC, but some of you know him as the winner of the 2011 BBWC Fantasy Football League).

That was Sunshine's 20th.  Also a game in which Kenley mowed down the Giants in the 8th in like 11 pitches.

Was at that game, sitting behind home plate (one section back, not in the 1% seats).

I'm another David.  So-Cal resident since about 3 days old (born in Peoria, Illinois - home of Jim Thome).
I'm 34 and live in South Gate, while growing up in Downey.

Been a Dodger fan pretty much since birth.  Have been told that I have been able to sit through a televised game since around 3. 

Like most, started out on the Auld Board, but left when most of the posters did.  While this is my home base, I still frequent a few others (MSTI, Scout.com) for pure Dodger info and a few more (Baseball America, MLBTradeRumors, PG Crosschecker, etc ..) for baseball info, particularly where the draft is concerned.

The best game I ever attended was back on August 13, 1988 - Ramon Martinez' MLB debut.  Everyone should remember this game pretty well.  Dodgers vs. Giants.  Multiple Ejections (Lasorda, Mike Davis and if I remember correctly Pedro Guerrero) for arguing with the umpires.  And the piece de resistance, pinch hitter Tim Leary's single up the middle in the bottom of the 11th with the bases juiced to win the game 2-1.

I am Brendt, am 43 years old, and have lived in Bakersfield for the last 16+ years, where I met my wife of thirteen years.  I have a daughter and a son, from whom my board name comes from, and am a physical education teacher at a local junior high.  I have been a fan since the early 80's but didn't get really hard core until the mid-90's.  Somewhere around the turn of the millennium I found the Auld board and began posting and being harassed by KB and Grabs. Despite their efforts, I hung around and began dishing as well as I got.  I guess that endeared me in some way, 'cause I was invited to join the group when we migrated from that board and become a moderator here.  It's a testament to all the people involved here that I can't remember the last time the moderating team has had any kind of behind the scenes discussion.

I have been driven back to the Auld Board by the firewall at work blocking the BBWC, and once you block the few idiot's there, it's . . . . well, somewhat tolerable.  Still, there is nowhere I've found that has the knowledge base, intelligence, and open respect for one another that the BBWC offers.

I was never much of a baseball player, choosing instead to grow up playing soccer and swimming (spending the formative years of childhood and elementary school in Germany and England will do that to a young chap).  I gravitated to baseball as a young adult and now spend more time with baseball than any other sport... Probably ALL other sports combined!  I love the Dodgers and baseball in general, hate McAsshat, think Colletti is the dumbest, most witless GM in the game, and have participated in the McAsshat boycott by not attending games that last two years.

I participate in two fantasy SIM leagues mentioned by others previously, running one of them for the last five years, and devote much more time than is probably humanly healthy to my baseball obsession... Not that I plan to give it up any time soon!

I'm James, as my name states. I have to believe that I'm the youngest person in this site at 22. I currently live in Riverside, I'm a student at the University of California in Riverside, but will be moving back to Long Beach. I recently put in a transfer to USC (Fight On!) so I'm hoping that I get in. I have lived in SoCal for the bulk of my life, and I intend on keeping it that way also. 

Well, lets start with me and the missus.   Me, I am a retired barrister and ambulance chaser as KB is wont to say.   Been married twice, first to a witch who still haunts me to this day and now, for the past twenty plus years to the most gorgeous woman I have ever met and a mean golfer too boot.   She sometimes post around here as the Brazilian (her picture is around here someplace) and while she doesn't seem to understand the game, she is one helluva soccer hooligan and a huge football fan.   Spent over twenty years in Seattle attending tons of Mariner and Seahawk games, but came back to Cali when the wife lamented that she hated rain.  

I’m Gary
and at 62 definitely one of the old timers on this board.  I’ve lived in NJ for most of my adult life
and now split my time between NJ and Miami.  I became a Brooklyn Dodgers fan because my
parents and older brother were before me but when the Dodgers moved to LA I was
the only one to remain a fan.  I saw
several games in Brooklyn including the second to last game in Brooklyn and (unfortunately)
being at Game 7 of the 1956 World Series and seeing Berra’s two homers lead the
Yankees to a 9-0 win over the Bums.  For
whatever reason, I became more and more interested in the team after it moved,
listening to games on the radio when it was clear enough to hear them, watching
the Game of the Week on TV when the Dodgers were on, and going to many if not
most of the Dodgers games whenever they played in Shea Stadium.  One of the greatest days for me was the time
I went to a doubleheader there in which Koufax and Drysdale started for LA and
Warren Spahn was one of the Mets starters. 
The Dodgers swept.  Of course, these
days with satellite, cable and internet it is as easy watch them as it would be
to watch a team in my own cities.  It’s a
good thing that wasn’t the case when I was a kid or I never would have slept
(except perhaps in classes).

I am Greg, 38, and have been a Dodger fan since I can remember. My first game (that I remember) was the year Sciosca was the catcher. Born and raised in Las Vegas, and still live here. I played through high school, 2 years of Juco (Taft College) and a year at Fresno State. Being a left handed pitcher allowed me to play that long, even though I would have a hard time breaking a plate of glass. My last 6 years have been spent coaching my 13 year old son. I am on my last year of coaching him before he enters the high school programs. That will be interesting to say the least.

I saw the El Presidente perfecto against us (hated that), and got to attend my first playoff game when we got beat by Philly in Game 4 (Broxton giving up a jack to Stairs). My Dad worked for Western Airlines/Delta back in the day when favors/relationships were very prevalent between the airlines and hotels here in Las Vegas. Dad was good friends with Mel Exber, who I think ran the sports book at the Las Vegas Club. We would get tickets usually once a year in the summertime and fly to LA to watch the game where we were a few seats away from Captain and Tenile(sp). 3rd base side, right behind the dugout, about 6 rows from the field. Mint seats for sure! Oh! As my Dad was in the airline industry, he was friends with the pilot of the Dodger charter plane (707), and we got to take a flight around the valley in the plane, go to the cockpit, etc. The plane was "parked" here, as the price to house it in LA was considerably more expensive, or so I was told.

Favorite game is probably watching Maddux and Schmidt duel it out for a Sunday night game for 10 innings, taking only a little over 2 hours culminating in a walk off jack by R. Martin. Being a pitcher, I like pitching duels and fast games, thus my loathing for games played in the AL East. I do not like 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 hour tilts, and I don't care if it is the playoffs.

I am Tim, 50 years old, and a Dodger's fan since watching Sandy Koufax in the 1965 World Series at 4 years old on tv. Grew up in a little dinky town about an hour from the Oregon border (Weaverville) in the middle of Gints country in a family of die hard Gints fans. It always about killed my Dad how much I liked the Blue. Of course, my favorite player is Sandy Koufax and I have been lurking and occasionally posting here since I think 2007 or so. I honestly cannot remember how I found this board but seems someone on another board suggested it. I would post more but with a wife, 4 kids and a job 12 hours a day, it is only odd times I can get on.  I love the knowledge, passion, and politeness here on this board.

Why do no hitters seem to happen against the Dodgers?  I remember the 1981 nationally televised game where Nolan Ryan threw a ho-hitter.  I was begging for a hit against him!  I watched it on a 13 inch black and white tv in the kitchen because my Dad hated the Dodgers.

Mike Scioscias tragic illness said:

I am a guy who used to post here a lot and now rarely does, and had to try like 14 different permutations of email/password to log in.

I think it is because you have become too famous....but what do I know.....

I am Evan, 50 year old Dodger fan since birth.  My first Dodger memory was as a 4-year old when my brothers went ape while watching Juan Marichal club Roseboro over the head with a bat on TV.  So I can say that my first memory in life has to do with hating the Giants.  (Go figure, I have lived in Giant country the last 16 years of my life).  My dad worked for a company that was one of the Dodgers sponsors, so he landed tickets to 6 or 7 games each year about 5 rows behind the visitors dugout each year.  I'll never forget those early days of Dodger Stadium.  The smell of cigar smoke, the fans chanting for Maury to "Go," the vivid colors and excitement of the crowds.  I was hooked early on.

Matthew said:

DoppelgangBang said:

Who who - who who - I really wanna know!

Dammit, I came on here just to post that!  

By the way, that really should have been Chin-Lung Hu's entrance music.  

It was!  They played "Who Are You?" every time Hu came to bat in Vero Beach's Holman Stadium.  They also alternated Carlos Santana songs for the budding star, Carlos Santana.

Brookster said:

Why do no hitters seem to happen against the Dodgers?  I remember the 1981 nationally televised game where Nolan Ryan threw a ho-hitter.  I was begging for a hit against him!  I watched it on a 13 inch black and white tv in the kitchen because my Dad hated the Dodgers.

I had the misfortune of attending that game.  FUgly.

I am Keith, 35 years old and live in the Fort Worth area in Texas hence the name. I was born and raised in Alaska and since we did not have any professional teams I did not really start to follow professional sports until I moved to California. My Grandmother was a Dodger fan since she was a girl so as a kid I always said I liked the Dodgers. I moved to Orange county in 1994 and it was then that I became a huge fan of the Dodgers and have followed the ups and downs ever since. I moved to DFW in 1997 and while my allegiance eventually changed to local teams in all other sports the Blue are still my number 1. I faithfully don my blue apparel any time they travel to play the Rangers. I managed my son's little league team this past year and of course we were the Dodgers and beat the Padres twice on our way to the championship only to be beaten by the Astros by one run. My assistant coach is from the bay area and a huge Gints fan so I very much enjoyed making him wear the team uni!

My favorite game I remember attending had to be the one I took my childhood friend and future wife to see her first game. When I told her I was taking her she agreed but I could tell she was not excited. When we pulled in to the parking lot and got out of the car she was in awe of the stadium and I had to keep up as she bounced her way to the entrace. It was a game late in the year and watched as the Blue came back to over take the Rockies for fist place in the division race.

Like others I was part of the Auld board and have been a part of the BBWC since the start. Though I do not post often there is not a day goes by I do not enjoy reading the posts here and use this site to stay on top of what the team is doing. I can not wait until this team is sold so I can get back to dreaming in the off season of how we will assemble the team and what the season will bring. The last two years left me disgusted in the team that was assembled and not looking forward to the season. I hope the new owners will come in and build a solid team around Sunshine and the Bison and put the excitement back for us fans.

I'm Dan, 26 years old, in the first year of a Phd program at UCLA...Grew up in LA and have been a Dodger fan since I can remember. Used to fall asleep listening to Vinny on the radio at night, would cry every time the Dodgers lost (cried a lot in the 90's). Had my bar mitzvah at Dodger Stadium (at the time we had a pretty close contact within Tommy's family, so we were able to rent out the entire stadium for the party, which for a 13 die hard Dodger fan, was the most incredible thing ever). As a peewee, Kal Daniels was my favorite because I thought his name was really cool, and because I played first base from little league through high school, I always liked Karros. Piazza obviously was a favorite,as was Mondesi, Nomo, etc. 

I always though Kevin Elster was PHAT for the way he christened the Giants new ballpark.

Hi, my name is Mary and I am married to Chris who calls himself that weird name that I cannot even pronounce. I do not know much about baseball and when I tried to play softball I was terrible.   I cannot even catch the ball.  I wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.  Chris says I throw like a girl, so I guess that is a compliment because I am one.  I think I hit the ball really well, but that is my opinion.  

KevinElsterWasFAT said:

I'm Dan, 26 years old, in the first year of a Phd program at UCLA...Grew up in LA and have been a Dodger fan since I can remember. Used to fall asleep listening to Vinny on the radio at night, would cry every time the Dodgers lost (cried a lot in the 90's). Had my bar mitzvah at Dodger Stadium (at the time we had a pretty close contact within Tommy's family, so we were able to rent out the entire stadium for the party, which for a 13 die hard Dodger fan, was the most incredible thing ever). As a peewee, Kal Daniels was my favorite because I thought his name was really cool, and because I played first base from little league through high school, I always liked Karros. Piazza obviously was a favorite,as was Mondesi, Nomo, etc. 

My most memorable game was the second to last game of the 2004 season when Steve Finley hit the grandslam against the Gints to clinch a playoff spot. The best part was that I had driven down to the stadium from university (UCSB) with my two college buddies who were die hard Gint fans. You can just imagine the satisfaction I felt the whole car ride back up the 101. College is also when I developed my absolute hatred for the Padres. Had a bunch of friends from SD, and they are the most obnoxious fans I've ever met. They talked so much trash(obviously with nothing to back it up) and I definitely got in a couple drunken brawls with SD fans who wouldn't stop running their mouths. Gotta defend the Blue.

My name on this board is weird. I joined the board in '07 when living in London and in trying to figure out a name, Ron Coomer for some reason popped in my mind. While remembering his fat frame, I couldn't for my life remember his name, and for some reason thought it was Kevin Elster. Anyway, realized my mistake a couple years later, but oh well.

This past season was my first in which I didn't attend a single Dodger game. Sad, really, but I will not support Frank McCourt.

What are you getting your PhD in? I'm (hopefully) finishing one up in Riverside, mine is in Biochem

I'm Jarett, 27, For the time being I live in riverside and attend UCR for graduate school. I was born a Dodger fan, my dad and uncle are both big dodger fans, but I didn't really follow the team until college when I was at UCSB (hence the name) where I was able to get into some very spirited conversations with giants fans. Like many of the people that post I haven't been to a game or purchased my badly needed LA hat replacement until the current regime changes, which is soon I hope because I could really use a new hat. I think the most memorable game that I attended was when the Angles no hit the dodgers and lost, slow game but being no hit and still coming out with a win is such an oddity that it can be nothing but memorable.

UCSB07 said:

KevinElsterWasFAT said:

I'm Dan, 26 years old, in the first year of a Phd program at UCLA...Grew up in LA and have been a Dodger fan since I can remember. Used to fall asleep listening to Vinny on the radio at night, would cry every time the Dodgers lost (cried a lot in the 90's). Had my bar mitzvah at Dodger Stadium (at the time we had a pretty close contact within Tommy's family, so we were able to rent out the entire stadium for the party, which for a 13 die hard Dodger fan, was the most incredible thing ever). As a peewee, Kal Daniels was my favorite because I thought his name was really cool, and because I played first base from little league through high school, I always liked Karros. Piazza obviously was a favorite,as was Mondesi, Nomo, etc. 

My most memorable game was the second to last game of the 2004 season when Steve Finley hit the grandslam against the Gints to clinch a playoff spot. The best part was that I had driven down to the stadium from university (UCSB) with my two college buddies who were die hard Gint fans. You can just imagine the satisfaction I felt the whole car ride back up the 101. College is also when I developed my absolute hatred for the Padres. Had a bunch of friends from SD, and they are the most obnoxious fans I've ever met. They talked so much trash(obviously with nothing to back it up) and I definitely got in a couple drunken brawls with SD fans who wouldn't stop running their mouths. Gotta defend the Blue.

My name on this board is weird. I joined the board in '07 when living in London and in trying to figure out a name, Ron Coomer for some reason popped in my mind. While remembering his fat frame, I couldn't for my life remember his name, and for some reason thought it was Kevin Elster. Anyway, realized my mistake a couple years later, but oh well.

This past season was my first in which I didn't attend a single Dodger game. Sad, really, but I will not support Frank McCourt.

What are you getting your PhD in? I'm (hopefully) finishing one up in Riverside, mine is in Biochem

Spanish and Portuguese language and literatures..Good luck finishing up man!

My name is Mike, I'm 54 and live in Greenwich, CT. I've somehow managed to spend my entire life in Connecticut without ever having been to Dodger Stadium. How did I become a Dodger fan you might ask? Well the book of Jewish sports heroes is slim indeed so growing up jewish I naturally latched onto Sandy Koufax at age seven and have been a Dodger fan ever since. I have posted with this group since the old LA Times discussion forums, and followed them through the Auld Board to this site. I'm so sick of McCourt and Colletti that I don't post as often as I used to, but I have been known to create and post the occasional amusing photographic and written satirical pieces. I am opposed to the DH, I still don't really like the whole wild card playoffs thing, I have no use for interleague play and I have no idea why Wins Over Replacement is so damned important. Finally, I really don't understand why I can't use swear words on here, being also opposed to censorship in all it's forms as I am.

If we get a new owner, I may finally come out to LA this summer and see a game.

My name is Casey, 23, and I reside in downtown San Jose.  I emigrated from LA for college (Santa Cruz).  I didn't much care for baseball until 04-05, when I started following the Dodgers.  Before then, I watched a gluttony of Yankee games (my father being a die hard from Philadelphia) and following the American League more than the NL (though I attended about 10 Dodger games a year).

Coincidentally, my name is Mike.  I'm allegedly 51 (if I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself).  I spent the first 11 years of life split between the red clay hills of north Louisiana and the swamps of south Louisiana, so almost all of my early baseball exposure was at the minor league level.  The dad was news director of the NBC affiliate in Shreveport so we were able to go see the Texas League Shreveport Captains quite a bit.  I remember seeing major leaguers like Ralph Garr, Dave Roberts (the lefty pitcher) and a couple others that ended up in the show.  I was a fan of the Mets (no idea why) in those days and my mom kept a letter that I wrote to Gil Hodges in 1969 recommending the proper lineup.  It's pretty funny and I wonder what the response would have been if I actually had mailed it.

Moved to SoCal when I was 11 (1971) and was fortunate to move in next door to a family of huge Dodger fans. Also fortunate to have a teenager job at a store in Glendale where the owner of the store had 2 different sets of season tickets - one set on field level and the other in row 201 on the aisle in Loge (for reference that is right behind the plate).  So needless to say I went to a bunch of games.  I think my record for one year was something like 62.   Went to my first game in 72 and I have a couple of games that standout in my mind.  One was a midsummer day game, and Garvey was at the plate.  Right at that moment a very voluptuous blonde wearing nothing but a red/white/blue bikini started walking down the center aisle behind the plate on the field level.  The roar from the crowd was deafening and right at that moment Garv hits one out.  I think I might have been the only one in the stadium that noticed.  Another time we were sitting in the bleachers in left field in the first game the Cubs played in DS after Kingman's 3 home run game (WTF do you think is my opinion?).  So we were about 1/2 way up and the guys I was with start joking around stretching, etc. because Kingman is going to hit one over our head.  And that's just what he did.  Ball landed about 3 rows from the top.  Finally, I worked for the last 4 years for a company that has Dugout club seats in the front row next to the Dodger on-deck circle and got to go about 8 times in that time period.  It was fun having conversations with Bora$$, Dennis Gilbert, Lyons, and even high-fiving the great Robert Wuhl while watching a Laker playoff game in the club.  Alas, I have moved on to a different job, but I'll remember those times and being able to treat the kid to that forever.

Speaking of kids and family, I moved to the OC in 1984 after graduating from the "Harvard of the west San Fernando Valley" (that's Cal State Northridge for those wondering)  and I've been married to "The Redhead" since 1985.  My "kids" are 24 and almost 23.  The kid just graduated from Long Beach State and was very fortunate to turn an internship into a job as a computer analyst/programmer at a large multi-location data company.  The "RIT" (Redhead in Training) just left on Wednesday for a brief tourist stop in London before she travels to Zimbabwe to work in an orphanage for 5 1/2 months.

Like Shmolnick, I have absolutely no use for the DH (only reinforces the idea that pitchers aren't baseball players) and think interleague is the worst plague to ever strike baseball (except McCourt and Colletti that is)

Living in San Diego, I could barely get the Dodger games on the radio.  Most of my memories are of Vin Scully with mariachi music in the background.

Brookster said:

Living in San Diego, I could barely get the Dodger games on the radio.  Most of my memories are of Vin Scully with mariachi music in the background.

Living in way northern California, I had to wait for KFI radio to come in about 8pm on the radio and then listed to Vinny. Most nights went to sleep right after the game ended. 

Brookster said:

Mike Scioscias tragic illness said:

I am a guy who used to post here a lot and now rarely does, and had to try like 14 different permutations of email/password to log in.

I think it is because you have become too famous....but what do I know.....

Probably. Actually, it's because of twitter and the comments on my blog, I don't really use discussion boards much any more. I am building a new MSTI site though. Maybe i should include a forum?

Mike Scioscias tragic illness said:

Brookster said:

Mike Scioscias tragic illness said:

I am a guy who used to post here a lot and now rarely does, and had to try like 14 different permutations of email/password to log in.

I think it is because you have become too famous....but what do I know.....

Probably. Actually, it's because of twitter and the comments on my blog, I don't really use discussion boards much any more. I am building a new MSTI site though. Maybe i should include a forum?

Couldn't hurt....

Claude Osteen said:

Brookster said:

Living in San Diego, I could barely get the Dodger games on the radio.  Most of my memories are of Vin Scully with mariachi music in the background.

Living in way northern California, I had to wait for KFI radio to come in about 8pm on the radio and then listed to Vinny. Most nights went to sleep right after the game ended. 

Sounds like my childhood.  On some nights, I could get better reception from the Cardinal broadcast on KMOX than the Dodger broadcast.  Some nights, KFI would come in beautiful and other nights, forget about it.  By the time we moved to the Bay Area, it was no go and I had to listen to the Gint or A's broadcast.  At least Bill King made the A's broadcast palatable.   Lon Simmons was nearly as irritating as Krukow with his attitude and monotone broadcast style.  

UCSB07 said:

I'm Jarett, 27, For the time being I live in riverside and attend UCR for graduate school. I was born a Dodger fan, my dad and uncle are both big dodger fans, but I didn't really follow the team until college when I was at UCSB (hence the name) where I was able to get into some very spirited conversations with giants fans. Like many of the people that post I haven't been to a game or purchased my badly needed LA hat replacement until the current regime changes, which is soon I hope because I could really use a new hat. I think the most memorable game that I attended was when the Angles no hit the dodgers and lost, slow game but being no hit and still coming out with a win is such an oddity that it can be nothing but memorable.

Whoa, no kidding?! I'm at UCR right now as well, not for grad but as an undergrad. What's your major? 

KevinElsterWasFAT said:

UCSB07 said:

KevinElsterWasFAT said:

I'm Dan, 26 years old, in the first year of a Phd program at UCLA...Grew up in LA and have been a Dodger fan since I can remember. Used to fall asleep listening to Vinny on the radio at night, would cry every time the Dodgers lost (cried a lot in the 90's). Had my bar mitzvah at Dodger Stadium (at the time we had a pretty close contact within Tommy's family, so we were able to rent out the entire stadium for the party, which for a 13 die hard Dodger fan, was the most incredible thing ever). As a peewee, Kal Daniels was my favorite because I thought his name was really cool, and because I played first base from little league through high school, I always liked Karros. Piazza obviously was a favorite,as was Mondesi, Nomo, etc. 

My most memorable game was the second to last game of the 2004 season when Steve Finley hit the grandslam against the Gints to clinch a playoff spot. The best part was that I had driven down to the stadium from university (UCSB) with my two college buddies who were die hard Gint fans. You can just imagine the satisfaction I felt the whole car ride back up the 101. College is also when I developed my absolute hatred for the Padres. Had a bunch of friends from SD, and they are the most obnoxious fans I've ever met. They talked so much trash(obviously with nothing to back it up) and I definitely got in a couple drunken brawls with SD fans who wouldn't stop running their mouths. Gotta defend the Blue.

My name on this board is weird. I joined the board in '07 when living in London and in trying to figure out a name, Ron Coomer for some reason popped in my mind. While remembering his fat frame, I couldn't for my life remember his name, and for some reason thought it was Kevin Elster. Anyway, realized my mistake a couple years later, but oh well.

This past season was my first in which I didn't attend a single Dodger game. Sad, really, but I will not support Frank McCourt.

What are you getting your PhD in? I'm (hopefully) finishing one up in Riverside, mine is in Biochem

Spanish and Portuguese language and literatures..Good luck finishing up man!

Que bien, felicidades y buena suerte. 

I'm Jordan and I'm a writer and musician and at 42 that makes me professionally irrelevant now. My Mom is from Brooklyn and moved out to LA in 55 so I had no other option than to be a Dodger fan.

I started on the Auld Board after some encouragement from ( RIP) and started enjoying the off season and hot stove more than the regular season due to quality posts of guys like Grab, Ken, MTSI etc. not to mention the quality battles with oldbear , Ben Platt, and a few others.

Best game is hard but I think the comeback win capped by Finleys grand slam to beat the Giants and win the pennant. I was almost to the parking lot when the rally started.

Grew up loving Garvey and Lopes then Mondesi. Now I love whomever makes Frank McCourt miserable, poorer and it burn when he pees.

I’m Vic and I am Active Duty in the Air Force and 33 years old.  I am the son of a Marine but lived 12 of my first 22 years in Southern California (graduating from Barstow High School) and remember watching Dodgers Games while sitting with my Grandpa.  I really became a Dodger Fan in 1988 when we lived in Yuma Az (then Padre territory), in fact my mom woke me up in the 9^th inning right after Davis walked, it is an amazing memory who knew that 24 years later I would still be waiting for our next World Series.  My wife and I both went Azusa Pacific University just outside of Pasadena and although she is from the Bay Area and was a lifelong Giants fan I converted her.  We now have 2 little girls with our first son due in March.

I started off on the Auld Board when we my wife and I lived in Germany (prekids) and I used to post in the middle of the night on my night shifts mostly taking pot shots at Old Bear.  Since then I have posted from countries all over the world even Iraq and Afghanistan and have continued to post each time we move (Germany-Florida-Texas).  Most of my assignment s have been in the south so I have been blessed to see a lot of minor league games and therefore able to comment on them.   In fact right before I went to Iraq I got to see the Jacksonville Five play in Jackson MS and got Loney, Billingsley, Kuo, and LaRoche’s autograph at that game.   Mostly I have gone to games in Mobile, Montgomery and Round Rock.

Additionally I got to go to Vero the last year and got Clayton Kershaw’s and Matt Kemps autograph, well my wife got them for me to be honest.  Right now we live in San Antonio (we head up to Round Rock when the Topes come through) but we are off to Montgomery in the summer where I will be able to see the Lookouts come through.

I have struggled through the last 5 years with McBrokes and even before that with Fox with my favorite Dodger Mike Scioscia managing the Angels and then watching them higher back to back to back outsiders to manage with so many former Dodgers succeeding and I am secretly hoping that they come back soon.  God Bless.

Hi guys, my name is Mike and I just turned 40.  Live up in the Great White North, just a little north of Toronto (not that we've had much snow at all this winter).  Been around since the auld board, check in and read the posts almost everyday but don't post myself too much.  Been a Dodgers fan since I was 6 years old watching Garvey, Cey, Russell, Sax, et al. 

Favourite game is easy.  After over 30 years of being a fan and seeing them in various cities around your country and here in Toronto, I finally made it to a game in LA a few years back.  I work in the financial industry and had a connection who got me fantastic seats, 3 rows back, right behind home plate.  It was an awesome night!!

jamesmir11 said:

UCSB07 said:

I'm Jarett, 27, For the time being I live in riverside and attend UCR for graduate school. I was born a Dodger fan, my dad and uncle are both big dodger fans, but I didn't really follow the team until college when I was at UCSB (hence the name) where I was able to get into some very spirited conversations with giants fans. Like many of the people that post I haven't been to a game or purchased my badly needed LA hat replacement until the current regime changes, which is soon I hope because I could really use a new hat. I think the most memorable game that I attended was when the Angles no hit the dodgers and lost, slow game but being no hit and still coming out with a win is such an oddity that it can be nothing but memorable.

Whoa, no kidding?! I'm at UCR right now as well, not for grad but as an undergrad. What's your major? 

Im in the Biochem dept, whats your major?