{"id":2291,"date":"2023-10-09T01:32:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T01:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/?p=2291"},"modified":"2023-09-16T13:05:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T13:05:02","slug":"chap-21-the-bombing-at-dodger-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/?p=2291","title":{"rendered":"Chap. 21 – The Bombing at Dodger Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chapter 21<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bombing at Dodger Stadium<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Back in Los Angeles, the Dodgers were one game from making the World Series and Rick Feldman, Skip\u2019s former major-league-buddy-turned-horticulturalist, had left two tickets at \u201cWill Call.\u201d  Skip invited Ken, our L.A. activist\/gigolo, to take the other ticket.   Ken was driving them to Dodger Stadium in Rosie\u2019s car when Ken got a phone call that there was an emergency back at Rosie\u2019s place.  Somebody had drowned in Rosie\u2019s swimming pool.  The cops were there; Rosie couldn\u2019t be reached; nobody was at the house; a neighbor had called Ken.  \u201cWe gotta go back \u2013 we\u2019ll just have to get to the game late,\u201d Ken said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Traffic was heavy and they were still on their way back to Rosie\u2019s when the pre-game show on the radio was interrupted with breaking news,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cA bomb has just exploded at Dodger Stadium!  No reports yet on injuries or deaths.  Police and fire rigs are arriving as we speak.\u201d  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Skip and Ken could hear the sirens in the background as the Dodger\u2019s announcer continued his on-the-scene reporting.  \u201cHoly Christ!\u201d Skip said, \u201cThat could have been us!\u201d  The announcer was now saying the Stadium was being evacuated, the game likely cancelled, as police tried to piece together the events of the last minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Almost back to Rosie\u2019s, Ken made a confession, \u201cYou have to keep this just between you and me, okay?  If anyone, I mean ANYONE, ever hears this . . . we – you too – could end up death row, lifers at best.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cI don\u2019t want to know,\u201d Skip said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cOkay, but I made up the story about the drowning \u2013 to save our lives \u2013 I faked that call.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Curiosity skinning the cat, Skip exclaimed, \u201cYou knew there was going to be a bombing!!??\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cYeah, you know that guy you stayed with up in Sacramento, Gordy?  When he heard I was going to the game, he felt he had to warn me off.  Gordy did time with a guy who\u2019s now up in Vancouver and part of a terrorist cell.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Skip could not believe his ears \u2013 hearing Gordy <\/em>again (last name unknown, the guy he stayed with in Sacramento) and Vancouver <\/em>again (where Susie’s son Joey knew certain persons he warned his mom to steer clear of) \u2013 and decided, at least for the moment, to keep it to himself what he <\/em>knew about Vancouver and the possible connection to a murder in Montana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     The radio was now reporting that apparently nobody had been hurt in the explosion, but the Stadium was still being evacuated as a precaution.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chapter 21 The Bombing at Dodger Stadium      Back in Los Angeles, the Dodgers were one game from making the World Series and Rick Feldman, Skip\u2019s former major-league-buddy-turned-horticulturalist, had left two tickets at \u201cWill Call.\u201d  Skip invited Ken, our L.A. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2291"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2602,"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291\/revisions\/2602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}