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Message: [QUOTE="j66kicker, post: 3618963, member: 4447"] I was in LA during the first few years of Fernando's career there. He was truly a phenom. And the Dodgers were much smarter marketers than their cross-town rivals the Angels. The Angels at the time played at the old Anaheim Stadium, as did the Rams. They had high ticket prices and attracted the affluent, conservative Orange County crowd, but usually not much of a crowd. These guys might buy a Coke or an ice cream at the game. OTOH the Dodgers still had $3.00 bleacher seats and attracted a large contingent of local Spanish speaking fans (Los Angeles has the second-largest Spanish speaking population of cities in the Western hemisphere, next to Mexico City). These people were thrilled to come out to see their Mexican superstar Valenzuela, and other Spanish speaking Dodger stars like Candy Maldonado and Pedro Guerrero. As you said, the stands were frequently packed, and much of the crowd was young guys who might drink $25+ worth of beer at the game. [/QUOTE]