Dodger Stadium hosts first Catholic Night, where Valley bishop throws first pitch

By Dana Bartholomew, Los Angeles Daily News
POSTED: 09/02/16, 12:41 PM PDT | UPDATED: 2 DAYS AGO

It’s not clear which team God might favor Friday at Dodger Stadium: the Los Angeles Dodgers backed by L.A.’s bishops, or a friar team dubbed the San Diego Padres.

But during the first-ever “Catholic Night” at Dodger Stadium Friday night, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles will get home field advantage: The first two ceremonial pitches will be thrown by local bishops, including newly appointed Auxiliary Bishop Joseph V. Brennan, head of the San Fernando Valley Pastoral Region.

“I never thought I would be on the field at Dodger Stadium, much less throwing a pitch,” said Brennan, 62, who went to Dodger games as a kid when the stadium was new, in a statement. “Many summer nights were spent with the transistor radio listening to that lilting voice of Vin Scully.

“Although I was a lousy baseball player as a kid, I still had ‘big league’ dreams and my favorite Dodger at the time was Jim Lefebvre.”

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