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    Bill Plaschke: Dodgers deliver emotion, history and lay down the hammer in home opener

    LOS ANGELES — It was dark, it was chilly, and the national anthem was interrupted by the flyover. There were empty seats, rushed introductions that didn’t give the fans enough time to properly serenade Clayton Kershaw, and an initial feeling that this was just another weekday night. Then the Dodgers showed up, and thousands of their neighbors roared, and their 60-year-old house shook, and ...
    by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times Apr 15, 2022 3 minutes
    The Los Angeles Dodgers' Freddie Freeman follows through on a first inning single against the Cincinnati Reds at Dodger Stadium on Thursday, April 14, 2022, in Los Angeles.

    LOS ANGELES — It was dark, it was chilly, and the national anthem was interrupted by the flyover.

    There were empty seats, rushed introductions that didn’t give the fans enough time to properly serenade Clayton Kershaw, and an initial feeling that this was just another weekday night.

    Then the Dodgers showed up, and thousands of their neighbors roared, and their 60-year-old house shook, and suddenly it all made sense.

    Welcome back. Welcome home.

    For only the fourth time in the last 46 years, the Dodgers’ home opener was at night Thursday, and

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