By Daily Press staff
LOS ANGELES — For decades, Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda has affectionately called Dodger Stadium “Blue Heaven on Earth.” Tomorrow, in honor of the Dodgers’ first home playoff game, Los Angeles fans are being encouraged to make Lasorda’s vision a reality.
The Dodgers are encouraging all fans in attendance to show their Dodger pride by wearing Dodger blue to the team’s Division Series home opener against the New York Mets.
“I just spent the last two days in New York and the fans there were outstanding. They were on their feet for nearly every pitch and they were loud,” said Lasorda. “I’ve always said that we have the greatest fans in all of baseball and we need to show the rest of the country that it’s the truth! I want all of them to show up wearing blue and support their team loudly from the first pitch to the last.”
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 7, 2006. Read the original PDF.