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Bill Plaschke: Dodgers’ Pride Night feels like a rainbow of love

LOS ANGELES — Dodger Stadium has rarely looked more empty. Dodger Stadium has rarely felt more full. An hour before the Dodgers hosted the San Francisco Giants on Friday night, in the strangest of sights, there were no players in the dugout, no players on the field, and barely a couple of hundred fans in the stands. Sister Unity and Sister Dominia didn’t mind. They stood in front of the ...
Protesters pray and rally against the Dodgers’ inclusion of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in their Pride Night program at Dodger Stadium on Friday, June 16, 2023, in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES — Dodger Stadium has rarely looked more empty.

Dodger Stadium has rarely felt more full.

An hour before the Dodgers hosted the San Francisco Giants on Friday night, in the strangest of sights, there were no players in the dugout, no players on the field, and barely a couple of hundred fans in the stands.

Sister Unity and Sister Dominia didn’t mind.

They stood in front of the third-base line and embraced their Community Hero Award medals as if they were accepting an Oscar.

They waved to a handful of people waving back. They basked in the scattered cheers. They swept dramatically off the field smiling with painted faces and swooshing their blue and black habits.

Outside the gates, several thousand were protesting

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