April 16th, 2025 by Matthew Brown It started with a dummy in Dodger blue and ended with one of baseball’s most surreal showdowns. On August 28, 1988, legendary Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy ...

This day in Los Angeles Dodgers history saw the team part ways with Emmett Kelly, the famed clown who had been hired by owner Walter O’Malley in 1957 to work as their mascot. Kelly’s contract ...