*** Quoting Jeff Ball to Raymond Martin dated 02-28-97 ***
>  RM> Dodgers Dodgers Stadium
>  
>      It's Dodger (not "Dodgers") Stadium.  And if you are suggesting
>      that the team and the stadium debuted concurrently, you are way
>      off-base (pun intended).  The team predates the stadium by more
>      than 60 years.
> 
>  RM> Padres Padres Stadium (changed now)
>  
>      There never was a "Padres Stadium".  The team, both as a minor
>      and major league franchise, has played at Lane Field, Westgate
>      Park, and their current home, which was originally called "San
>      Diego Stadium".  Several years ago, it was renamed "San Diego
>      Jack Murphy Stadium", to honor a former sportswriter who was a
>      major force in bringing pro football and major league baseball
>      to San Diego.  BTW, the stadium is about to have yet _another_
>      name: this week, the San Diego city council voted to lease the
>      naming rights to Qualcomm.  For the next 20 years, the new-and-
>      improved name will be "Qualcomm Stadium at Jack Murphy Sports
>      Complex"--quite a mouthful for announcers!  The Padres will not
>      play there much longer, though.  They hope to get the city to
>      build them a baseball-only park by the year 2000.
>         
>  RM> Giants Giants Stadium (changed now)
>  
>      Isn't this the baseball echo?  The only Giants to play in Giants
>      Stadium wear shoulder pads and helmets.  The baseball Giants used
>      the Polo Grounds during their tenure in New York.  Since moving to
>      San Francisco, they have played in Seals Stadium and Candlestick
>      Park, which was renamed "3Com Park" a couple of years ago.
> 
>      The official box score shows you with three errors in one message,
>      Raymond.  But on't feel too bad--at least you weren't on national
>      TV, as Willie Davis was when he made three errors in one inning in
>      the 1966 World Series. 
I know that The dodgers predated the Stadium...as far as the Padres well I 
was told that from a friend...and I threw in the Giants just cause...:)
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