Projo Sox Blog

Journal photos / Bob Breidenbach

The Red Sox and Dodgers played at the Los Angeles Coliseum Saturday night in a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the team moving to the West Coast. (The Dodgers played their first four seasons in L.A., from 1958-61, at the Coliseum while Dodger Stadium was being built.) The field was squeezed into the space at the since-reconfigured Coliseum, allowing only a 201-foot left-field line (top photo). Both teams played their left fielder toward left center and the shortstops and third basemen covered short left-field area. In the bottom photo, Red Sox shortstop Julio Lugo fields a grounder that caromed off the left-field wall.

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