Dodgers to help raise funds for prostate cancer research as part of Father’s Day
Text HRC to 20222 to donate
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Father’s Day at Dodger Stadium will be used to raise funds for research and increase awareness of prostate cancer, honor the winner of a new contest and continue the team's recent tradition of letting fans on the field to play catch.
Like with Sunday's other Major League Baseball games, all on-field personnel—players, managers, coaches, trainers, umpires and groundskeepers—for the Los Angeles Dodgers-Houston Astros game will wear blue wristbands and blue ribbon uniform decals symbolizing prostate cancer awareness.
The blue ribbon logo also will appear on the official dugout lineup cards, which will be blue. There will also be messages giving health information about prostate cancer.
Father's Day marks the conclusion of the “Home Run Challenge” where fans have the opportunity to make monetary donations and pledges to the Prostate Cancer Foundation at www.homerunchallenge.org or make a $10 donation by texting HRC to 20222.
Michael Milken, the once imprisoned junk bond financier turned founder and chairman of the Prostate Cancer Foundation, will participate in a pregame ceremony on the field, along with former Dodger manager Tommy Lasorda and outfielder Matt Kemp.
Dale Kerns of Hesperia will be honored in a pregame ceremony as the Dodgers' winner of Major League Baseball's inaugural “My Dad, My MVP” contest, which recognizes extraordinary fathers and father figures. More than 3,200 stories were submitted. Winners were selected by a celebrity panel and online voting. Kerns was nominated for the award by his daughter Kristy.
Kerns, who is undergoing treatment for kidney cancer, will be joined by his two children, five grandchildren and wife Rita. Kerns and his wife had their first date at Dodger Stadium.
Kerns will take the field with the Dodgers as the game begins and announce “It's time for Dodger baseball'' at the start of the game.
For two hours after the game, the Dodgers will conduct their eighth annual Father's Day Catch, with families invited onto the field to play catch. Participants will receive foam baseballs.
By Steven Herbert | City News Service
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The City Council today threw its support behind an effort to give Los Angeles Dodgers fans a chance to own the ball club.
The council approved a resolution calling on Congress to make such an ownership change possible. Councilwoman Janice Hahn, who is running for Congress and introduced the motion, said she is not proposing the city of Los Angeles take ownership of the team, but rather to let fans invest during a public offering.
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Former major league baseball star Lenny Dykstra posted bail recently with help from actor Charlie Sheen, a celebrity website said.
TMZ.com reported that Sheen fronted $22,500 for Dykstra's $150,000 bail for a federal case in which Dykstra, 48, of Encino, is accused of selling or destroying $400,000 in property that was part of his 2009 bankruptcy case.
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Frank and Jamie McCourt announced today that they have reached a divorce settlement over ownership of the Dodgers, ending what is believed to be the costliest marital split in California history.
“The terms of the settlement, which is already in effect, will remain private,” according to a joint statement issued by the McCourts. “Jamie will be withdrawing her opposition to the Dodgers proposed sale of media rights and instead will be filing papers in support of the process proposed by the Dodgers.”
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Major Los Angeles-area landmarks—including City Hall, the Capitol Records building and the pylons at LAX—will be “turning blue” this week to raise awareness of prostate cancer.
The disease is a major American health problem that has long been misunderstood and insufficiently discussed by men and their families, according to the Los Angeles-based Prostate Cancer Foundation.
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Prominent Los Angeles religious leaders throw their support behind Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, saying they sent a letter to Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig and urged him to approve a $3 billion deal between McCourt and Fox.
“As religious leaders in the Los Angeles community and lifelong fans of the game of baseball, we are writing to express our sincere displeasure with the manner in which the Los Angeles Dodgers and Frank McCourt have been treated by Major League Baseball,” according to the June 3 letter.
