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Ryan cherishes memories of Dodger Stadium
- Updated: May 17, 2016
LOS ANGELES — Through 13 years of professional baseball with four organizations, Angels shortstop Brendan Ryan has played in 1,316 games at a myriad of locations. No professional ballpark, however, means more to him than his hometown Dodger Stadium.
Ryan’s first trip to Dodger Stadium as a player was a whirlwind. After all, he had just graduated from high school that morning and found himself in a tight ballgame in the CIF state championship game.
At the ballpark where he’d seen so many games growing up, Ryan and his Notre Dame High School teammates were in a tied game in the final inning. They lost in walk-off fashion, a memory he recalled on Tuesday as he prepared to wrap up his first series at the park since 2010, when he was with the Cardinals.
“It’s your last high school game, it’s at Dodger Stadium, and everyone was fired up,” Ryan said. “For me, this was …
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