Dodger Thoughts

Jon Weisman's outlet for dealing psychologically with the Los Angeles Dodgers, baseball and life

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Remembering ’65: Memorial Day time capsule

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By Jon Weisman

The 1965 Dodgers spent the last 28 days of May in first place — including Memorial Day, May 31, when 50,997 at Dodger Stadium saw the Dodgers and Reds split a doubleheader — but it was hardly an uneventful month. Here’s a word album of what was happening 50 years ago …

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A good day for a parade

Derrel Thomas, "Sweet" Lou Johnson and Dennis Powell ride on top of the Dodger fire truck at today's 29th Annual Kingdom Day Parade.

Derrel Thomas, “Sweet” Lou Johnson and Dennis Powell ride on top of the Dodger fire truck at today’s 29th Annual Kingdom Day Parade More photos can be found here.

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