Piazza Clear Dodger Stadium Roof

Los angeles this is not a defense of the dodgers trading mike piazza in 1998.

Piazza clear dodger stadium roof. And he was a rookie. The only dodger to hit a home run on the roof was mike piazza on september 21 1997. Dodger coach mcgwire cleared the left field pavilion as a member of the st. And he was a rookie.

It was tough to take then and has aged even worse. It is the oldest ballpark in mlb west of the mississippi river and third oldest overall after fenway park in boston. Dodger stadium is where the majors went modern. Signs outside the pavilion areas at dodger stadium commemorate the over the roof home runs by willie stargell 1969 and 1973 mike piazza 1997 and mark mcgwire 1999.

Signs outside the pavilion areas at dodger stadium commemorate the over the roof home runs by willie stargell 1969 and 1973 mike piazza 1997 and mark mcgwire 1999. Because the ball was hit during sunset it took a television replay to confirm that piazza indeed had joined the select company of stargell. He should have because it s three ownership groups ago now and he should have had his number 31 retired at dodger stadium but alas. Because the ball was hit during sunset it took a television replay to confirm that piazza indeed had joined the select company of stargell.

Home runs have cleared the pavilion s zigzag folded metal roof just five times and only once by a dodger mike piazza. Mcgwire s hit off right hander jamie arnold traveled 483 feet. Giancarlo stanton did the unthinkable on tuesday night and cleared the bleachers on a home run at dodger stadium. Louis cardinals on may 22 1999.

The roof and the. But it should be noted that in a roundabout way the piazza trade at least helped andre ethier become a dodger. And what a dark day that was. Trade trees sometimes wind their way into such unexpected outcomes.

Piazza s 1993 season was just the seventh 30 100 season by a dodger in the 36 years since the team moved to los angeles. Dodger stadium is a baseball park in the elysian park neighborhood of los angeles california it is the home stadium of major league baseball s los angeles dodgers opened 58 years ago on april 10 1962 it was constructed in less than three years at a cost of us 23 million.