“START THE PARTY LOS ANGELES — YOUR DODGERS HAVE WON THE WORLD SERIES!”
In a year that had been so improbable, the seemingly impossible happened; and then, the inevitable: a party—36 years in the making—erupted in the streets of Echo Park, shutting down Sunset Boulevard from Silverlake, up to the stadium itself.
In a sudden burst of aerosol flame, and countless fireworks later, the amassed frustration from years of Dodger playoff futility gave way to a spontaneous parade-before-the-parade of epic proportions; replacing Sunset Boulevard traffic with a Dodger Blue wave of euphoric human gridlock as far as the eye could see.
From moments after the final out, until my phone battery died at around midnight, I joined in the festivities to celebrate, document, and cherish just being around our fellow fans in what has to be the happiest moment of my Dodgers-obsessed lifetime.
As artful artillery echoed across Echo Park, a spark of an idea hit me: I could provide “boots on the ground” coverage of moments like these from my own backyard, smack-dab in the middle of its beating, Dodger-Blue-bleeding heart.
In other words, it was time for Dodger Blog — for fans, by a fan.
But not just any Dodger Blog, this one’s purposefully built different.
Ours will be more culturally and creatively lensed: a place where the “human side” of our fandom can be documented to the same nth-degree as the stats on the field; a place where Dodgers-themed street art gets as much air-time as the next marquee signing, and the Dodger Dogs are to be adored and booped; not put on a menu.
If this project was born out of the celebratory firework ashes, it will be sustained by the unending creativity, league-leading vibrancy, and ‘never say die’ passion of the Dodger fans who make it all happen— I can’t wait to meet you all, and to help tell your stories.
With that said, all that’s left is to welcome you to the blog, and to wish a very pleasant good evening to you wherever you may be.
Cool blog! Can’t wait to see what’s next.