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Legendary Dodgers scout Mike Brito, who died Thursday at 87, turned scouting into performance art, standing behind home plate and charting pitches.
[29] [30] Since 2000, Hart has also had a home in Palm Desert, California [31] where she has supported local charities. [32] She is a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers and has performed the national anthem prior to games on several occasions. [33] [34] She can often be seen, from the centerfield camera, behind home plate at Dodger Stadium. [35] [36]
He was a scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers for nearly 45 years. He signed Fernando Valenzuela. Brito was easily recognizable on Dodger home game telecasts by standing immediately behind home plate, wearing a white Panama hat and holding a radar gun. [1] [2] [3]
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Ironically, the Giants went on a fourteen-game winning streak that started during Marichal's absence, and by then it was a two-team race as Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and Milwaukee fell further behind. However, the Dodgers then won fifteen of their final sixteen games (after Marichal had returned) to win the pennant.
Asked whether he was a baseball fan, the 82-year-old founder of the Temptations coughed and said in a low, sing-song voice: “Dodgers.” Sixty years after its debut, the Temptations' “My Girl” has become a hit at Citi Field since New York Mets star Francisco Lindor began using it as his walk-up song in late May.
The All-Star Game returns to Dodger Stadium for the first time since 1980 and there is no better place to hold it because baseball in Southern California is the best.
The sculpture weighs 800 pounds, and stands in the centerfield plaza of Dodger Stadium. It depicts Robinson stealing home plate, an act described by Cadet as "both real and symbolic; it required focused determination, courage and precise timing—synergistic qualities that were also present when the color barrier was finally broken in Major League Baseball, heralding a new era."