Between lightning storms, last-minute injuries, a homeless MLB team, racial justice rallies, several new MLB rules, and a date four months later than usual, Thursday’s opening day will likely be one of the strangest in baseball history.
And yet the strangest moment of the day seemed to come out of nowhere.
During the eighth inning of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ season opener of the season against the San Francisco Giants, a deflated balloon descended to midfield, greeted by a timely game of “99 Luftballons” by Dodgers organist Dieter Ruehle. . Given that there were no fans at Dodger Stadium and that the ballpark is located at the Chavez Ravine, no one knew where the balloon could have come from.
It was hard to imagine the source of the balloon coming to light. There was never an actual resolution when a sack of flour inexplicably fell at Dodger Stadium in 1971, so what chance did detectives have of a drifting balloon that could have floated from anywhere?
And yet we might have an answer.
Celebrity stylist takes responsibility for Dodger balloon
Chaz Dean, a famous stylist with a hair care line and salons in Los Angeles and New York, was celebrating his birthday on Thursday. And, when AM 570 LA Sports unearthed, it lost a very familiar-looking balloon.
Dean posted a video of the floating balloon in his Instagram story on Friday night, saying he had run away from his party.
Screenshot of Chaz Dean’s Instagram Story
One of my birthday balloons got away today. She said it was an honor for Millie, my birth mother, who passed away four days ago.
Screenshot of Chaz Dean’s Instagram Story
Little did we know that he would finish at Dodger Stadium for the first game of the season and land on the field in the first homer of the season.
Unless another identical balloon has been launched in the skies of Los Angeles at the same time, this is probably the origin of baseball’s little floating mystery.
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