Los Angeles Dodgers Tickets

There is a new air of excitement in Tinsel Town these days. Everybody's looking for Los Angeles Dodgers tickets because the Dodgers are looking like the favorites to win the National League West. The additions of longtime Yankee manager Joe Torre, as well as star centerfielder Andrew Jones, should dramatically boost a team that was just a few games from a playoff spot in the 2007 season. Los Angeles Dodgers tickets will be scarce as Torre's leadership and experience will help turn this team--with several star players like Brad Penny, Russell Martin and Nomar Garciaparra--into an immediate contender.

There is nothing like taking in a game at Chavez Ravine and having a few Dodger Dogs while you're there, and Just Great Tickets is the place to get all of your Los Angeles Dodgers regular season tickets, Los Angeles Dodgers Playoff tickets and Los Angeles Dodgers World Series tickets.

Speaking of World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise is rich in tradition--and World Series Championships. For a team that was established in 1883, there is a lot of history--first in Brooklyn until 1958 and then in Los Angeles. Whether they were in Brooklyn or after the move to LA, Los Angeles Dodgers tickets were always highly coveted.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are a storied franchise that has been involved in some of the most important events in baseball history. The Dodgers' Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to play for a Major League baseball team. April 15, 1947 is a day that changed the world as General Manager Branch Rickey spearheaded the effort to get the speedy, heady, intense Robinson into the starting line-up, despite the protestations of many other owners, fans, and even players on his own team. Dodgers tickets were in demand as Jackie Robinson ignited fervor throughout the baseball community.

But Robinson won everyone over and became a integral cog on the Dodgers, from their last days in Brooklyn to their first in Los Angeles. Robinson, along with Gil Hodges, Duke Snyder and Pee Wee Reese, led the Dodgers to National League Pennants in 1947, 1949, 1952 and 1953 -- only to lose the World Series each year to the powerful New York Yankees. But next year finally came for the Dodgers in 1955 where the fabled "Boys of Summer" beat the "Bronx Bombers" in a seven-game series to win the World Championship.

After the move, Los Angeles Dodgers tickets were desirable and hard to obtain. The Dodgers began their stay in Los Angeles with what became the very successful decade of the 1960's, led by the dominant pitching tandem of Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale, who led the team to World Series Championships in 1963 and 1965. LA residents clamored for Los Angeles Dodgers tickets from the regular season to the World Series. In the 1965 series, Koufax incredibly tossed shutouts in games five and seven, with only two days of rest in between, to win the World Series MVP.

In the 1970's and 1980's, the Los Angeles Dodgers were captained by the fiery manager Tommy Lasorda. Everyone wanted to grab their Los Angeles Dodgers tickets to witness Lasorda's squad. Lasorda's Los Angeles Dodgers were fiercely competitive, winning two World Series and playing in two others during his tenure. In the first, in 1981, the Dodgers were led by an infield of Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Bill Russell and Ron Cey, and a certain pitching phenom named Fernando Valenzuela. When Valenzuela burst onto the scene, Los Angeles Dodgers tickets were at a premium. In 1981, Valenzuela became the only pitcher ever to win the Rookie of the Year and the Cy Young Award in the same season, not to mention leading his team to a World Championship.

In 1988, few but Lasorda remained from the 1981 Champions, but the Dodgers won yet another World Title, and Los Angeles Dodgers tickets were again in demand. This time, they did so in miracle fashion, upsetting the powerful and heavily favored Oakland A's in five games. In perhaps one of the most famous moments in Major League Baseball history, Kirk Gibson, coming off an MVP season but hobbled by injures, homered off A's unhittable closer Dennis Eckersley to give the Dodgers the dramatic win in Game 1. Orel Hershiser won games two and five in dominant fashion, snaring the Series MVP award.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have not been to the World Series since 1988, but many think this will be the year. Now the Dodgers look to bring another World Championship to Chavez Ravine. Los Angeles Dodgers tickets are always hard to come by, but Just Great Tickets has all the action, from opening day this April to the World Series. Turn to us for those hard-to-get Los Angeles Dodgers tickets, and don't miss a minute of the action!