Dodgers Finally Get MLB Schedule

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Dodgers Finally Get MLB Schedule

After months of negotiating between Major League Baseball and the Players Association the Los Angeles Dodgers and all other teams finally have a schedule. The Dodgers will open the regular season at home July 23 with a four-game series against their rival the San Francisco Giants. The game will be televised on ESPN with the first pitch at 7:08.

Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

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