Dodger Stadium sellout marks America's largest sports crowd since pandemic.
on social distancing, and no more limits on capacity at restaurants, bars, supermarkets, gyms, stadiums or anywhere else. Masks are no longer mandated for vaccinated Californians in most settings.
Dodgers star Mookie Betts, accustomed to packed houses in an eight-year career with the Dodgers and Boston Red Sox, belted a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning. “At the beginning I soaked it in while I could. After that I tuned it out and took care of business. I’m used to playing in front of big crowds,” Betts said."It was a jolt," Roberts said."For them to get here and hope that your superstar player performs go-ahead homer, it was big jolt. The dugout felt it, the fans felt it.", following a truncated MLB season of just 60 regular season games, a fraction of a normal 162-game campaign.
The Dodgers on Tuesday wore uniforms with gold trim to celebrate the 2020 title and held pre-game ceremonies similar to traditional Opening Day festivities.
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