I was in Southern California on Monday July 5, 2004 and attended the Dodger-Diamondback game. The Dodgers do a trivia question event at each game in the fouth inning. Jim Gott hosts the activity. A question is put on the scoreboard with three answer choices and a family holds up a sign to represent the answer they think is right (1, 2, or 3). So we had arranged to be the family that Jim asks the question. A Dodger employee brought us down into the Photographer Well which is right next to the Dodger dugout. It was so much fun. As it turns out, another family that had won a silent auction was in the stadium that night to do the trivia question as well. Jim Gott was very gracious explaining the mix up to us. He gave my youngest a bunch of giveaways (trading cards, key chains, etc.) and invited us to stay and watch some of the action from that wonderful vantage point. And to top it off, the Dodger catcher that night hits a foul ball into the photographer well and my wife grabbed the ball and handed it to our youngest. It totally made all of our day!
P.S. This was the game that ended Eric Gagne's save streak. It is probably the only time a pitcher has gotten a standing ovation for blowing a save!
» Paul lives with his wife and four children in Portland, Oregon. He and his wife Heather have passed on their passion for the Dodgers and baseball in general to their children.
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Posted July 13, 2004.
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