The Los Angeles Dodgers are entering a float in the Rose Parade to mark their 50th year in Los Angeles, and they need fans to help build it. Volunteers are asked to complete an online form.
The volunteer dates are:
Today and Sunday: 8:30am - 4:00pm
Dec. 1-2, 8-9, 15-16 and 22: 8:30am - 4:00pm
Dec. 23: 8:30am - 1:30pm
According to the floatmaker's Web site, which includes a rendering of the float, "Dodger Stadium will be depicted, complete with 12 Dodger Baseball legends and Nancy Bea playing game-day favorites on the stadium organ. Fifteen fans will also be on board, cheering from the bleachers for the 35 foot tall MLB player with the Grand Slam swing."
According to City News Service, the float is expected to carry:
-- Former manager Tommy Lasorda
-- Former pitcher and longtime Torrance resident Don Newcombe
-- broadcaster Vin Scully, Spanish-language broadcaster Jaime Jarrin and broadcaster and former pitcher Fernando Valenzuela
-- former first baseman Steve Garvey
-- Carl Erskine, the winning pitcher in the Dodgers’ first home game at the Coliseum on April 18, 1958
-- Wes Parker, a six-time Gold Glove-winning first baseman
-- current Dodgers Nomar Garciaparra and James Loney
-- “Peanut Guy” Roger Owens, a 50-year employee who began his career at the Coliseum
-- Billy DeLury, a 58-year employee who began working with the team at Ebbets Field and currently serves as special assistant to the team’s broadcasters
-- Kathy Robinson Young, the niece of Jackie Robinson
-- Ann Meyers Drysdale, the widow of Hall of Fame Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale and a former Hall of Fame basketball player at UCLA
-- Stadium organist Nancy Bea Hefley, who will perform on
the float
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