NYC: Statues on Parade – Los Angeles Dodgers
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To celebrate the 2008 Major League Baseball All Star Game, which took place in Yankee Stadium, in its final season, on July 15, 2008, Major League Baseball launched "Statues on Parade." Forty-two replicas of the Statue of Liberty were stationed around the city leading up to the game–each uniquely designed with bold graphics and colors featuring each of the 30 Major League Baseball clubs, the Brooklyn Dodgers, the New York Giants, the American League, the National League, four All-Star statues and statues commemorating the final season of Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium. The 8½ feet tall, 250-pound statues are made of resin and rest on a 530-pound cement base.
The Los Angeles Dodgers statue stood outside Niketown at 6 East 57th Street.
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Dodgers’ Hong-Chih Kuo trying to get a grip on anxiety disorder
The reliever, an All-Star last season, has been on the disabled list for a month while dealing with affliction that has caused him to lose the feel for the ball. He makes 14 pitches in a rehabilitation start for Rancho Cucamonga on Thursday. The first pitch floated in and soared out, banging hard against the left-field wall, turning the quaint stadium deathly quiet.
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