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Drivers Donate $61,000 for Giants Fan Beaten Into a Coma at Dodger Stadium

Motorists driving by Dodger Stadium on Monday donated $61,000 to help San Francisco paramedic Bryan Stow, the Giants fan who was beaten into a coma last month by two men. It was the second time in less than a month that the parking lot hosted a fundraiser -- on March 14, passing drivers and pedestrians helped...

Major League Baseball Sends Relief to Japan

Baseball players from Japan are leading a major-league push to send relief to their disaster-ravaged country. After the earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the northeast coast of Japan on Friday, Japanese players from around Major League Baseball frantically tried to reach family members. Charles Krupa,...

Fan Dies After Collapsing on Field at Dodger Stadium

Don Hawkins, a leader of a Mormon church group that had thousands of members at Dodger Stadium on Thursday night, collapsed on the field during batting practice and later died. According to reports, Hawkins collapsed near the third base coaching box as the San Diego Padres were taking batting practice. Medical staff...

Man Stabbed Outside Dodger Stadium

Note to self: Do not attend any baseball games in Los Angeles without a kevlar vest on. It's just too dangerous.Last week after the Angels opened their season in Anaheim a fan named Brian Powers lost his life after he got into a fight with a couple of other fans as they were leaving the ballpark, and he struck his head on...

Angel Stadium Is Literally Infested with Rats

The Angels rank fifth in the major leagues in terms of home attendance this year, which leads me to believe they've sold a lot of hot dogs and nachos. But if I were a visiting fan, I'd think long and hard about eating before I went to the ballpark. From the Orange County Register:Discarded peanut shells, the remnants of...

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WATCH: Man Beaten At Dodger Stadium Speaks Out For The First Time

Surrounded by fans at Dodger Stadium, this man wasn't sure if he was going to make it out alive.

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Men Won't Face Felony Charges For Stadium Fight

Los Angeles County prosecutors declined to file felony charges Tuesday against four men arrested for a postgame beating and brawl outside Dodger Stadium, an incident that stoked memories of the vicious beating last season of a San Francisco Giants fan, but proved far less serious.

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WATCH: ANOTHER Beating At Dodger Stadium

After a minor traffic accident following the game Sunday, the drivers of both cars involved got out of their vehicles, exchanged words and a fight began, CBS reports.

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05/24/12 WATCH: Man Beaten At Dodger Stadium Speaks Out For The... Source: The Huffington Post - Local Surrounded by fans at Dodger Stadium, this man wasn't sure if he was going to make it out alive.
05/24/12 Winter Classic at Dodger Stadium? Source: The Big Lead Naturally, Dodger Stadium, which is a James Loney ground ball away from downtown LA, seems like the ideal place to hold the Winter Classic on New Year's Day. From the LA Times : The NHL has yet to award its New Year's Day showcase to a warm-weather city.
05/23/12 Men Won't Face Felony Charges For Stadium Fight Source: The Huffington Post - Local Los Angeles County prosecutors declined to file felony charges Tuesday against four men arrested for a postgame beating and brawl outside Dodger Stadium, an incident that stoked memories of the vicious beating last season of a San Francisco Giants fan, but proved far less serious.
05/22/12 DA: No felony charges for four arrested in Dodger... Source: CBSSports.com Los Angeles County prosecutors declined to file felony charges Tuesday against four men arrested for a postgame beating and brawl outside Dodger Stadium, an incident that stoked memories of the vicious beating last season of a San Francisco Giants fan, but proved far less serious.
05/22/12 D.A. won't file charges in Dodger Stadium parking lot... Source: The Homicide Report The Los Angeles County district attorney's office declined Tuesday to file felony charges against four men arrested after a brawl outside Dodger Stadium.

Background on Dodger Stadium

Dodger Stadium, also sometimes called Chavez Ravine, is a stadium in Los Angeles. Located adjacent to Downtown Los Angeles, Dodger Stadium has been the home ballpark of Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers team since 1962. Dodger Stadium was constructed from 1959 to 1962 at a cost of $23 million, financed by private sources.

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