Dodgers: Balloons, Kiké, 5 things we learned from opening night win

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 23: Enrique Hernandez #14 of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits a two run homerun off of Conner Menez #51 of the San Francisco Giants, to take an 8-1 lead during the eighth inning, on MLB Opening Day at Dodger Stadium on July 23, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. The 2020 season had been postponed since March due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) /

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Los Angeles Dodgers television broadcast team (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images) /

3. Thank goodness for Joe and Orel

It didn’t take long for ESPN to mess up opening night for Dodger fans. After waiting since last October to see the team play a real baseball game, ESPN came out of a commercial break late, causing fans to miss the first batter of the season.

Giants centerfielder Mike Yastrzemski reached on an infield error by shortstop Corey Seager. At least that’s what the box score says, because nobody other than the players and the cardboard cutouts in the stands saw it happen.

Inexplicably, the Worldwide Leader made the same mistake again in the top of the second, missing the first pitch of the inning.

And that was just the beginning of the annoying mishaps by the national broadcast.

For some reason, they decided to interrupt an entire half inning by interviewing Oakland Athletic Matt Chapman. You know, because everyone watching the Giants vs the Dodgers wants to hear from a random player on another team about their yoga routine.

Let’s just say Dodger fans will be happy to hear Joe, Orel, and Alanna on SportsNet LA on Friday. A huge takeaway from Opening Night: watching Dodger games on ESPN is insufferable.

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