Bill Plaschke: Attending a game at marvelous Dodger Stadium is a maddening experience
LOS ANGELES — For one shining night it will be baseball's national treasure, a temple filled with history and beauty and stars.
But what are they going to do about that filthy bathroom floor?
For four memorable hours, a national television audience will be constantly reminded how the league's most uniquely remodeled monument sparkles with statues and exhibits and community.
But what happens when that concession stand runs out of relish and ketchup?
Truly, it's really cool that for the first time in 42 years, Dodger Stadium is again hosting baseball's All-Star Game.
But how on Earth are they going to prevent the gridlock?
While the rest of the country will surely watch Tuesday's festivities in jealous awe — the pristine seats rising from the parklands of Chavez Ravine, the San Gabriel Mountains looming in the distance — the locals know a harsher truth.
Dodger Stadium is a distinctly wonderful place to watch a baseball game, but a most difficult place to attend a baseball game.
Dodger Stadium makes you work. It makes you sweat. It
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