The Fans

Two die-hard Dodger fans, two very different backgrounds. King, 78, attended his first game in 1943 -- in his hometown of Brooklyn. Four years later, King was on hand for Jackie Robinson's first game at Ebbets Field (the talk show host interviewed Robinson twice). King moved to Miami to break into broadcasting in 1957, the last year the team played in Brooklyn. When he moved to L.A. in 1997, he renewed his love for the club. "I've bled Dodger blue all my life," says King, a season ticket holder who can be seen regularly in the Dugout Club. Lopez, 51, a Mission Hills native who has a "Lopezuela" jersey in honor of former star pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, recalls fondly his grandfather taking him to his first Dodger Stadium game when he was 6. Says Lopez, "I've been to Rome, I've been to the Vatican, and this is the Vatican west."