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Dodgers News: LA Merch Being Sold Inside Oracle Park Receives Backlash

Dodgers merchandise was being sold....inside Oracle Park
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Dodgers News: LA Merch Being Sold Inside Oracle Park Receives Backlash
Dodgers News: LA Merch Being Sold Inside Oracle Park Receives Backlash

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The Dodgers could do no wrong as they finished off the weekend series with the Giants in another resounding sweep. Prior to this season, the Dodgers hadn't swept the Giants in a four game series since 1977, but the storyline this weekend lies off the field as Dodgers merchandise managed to creep into Oracle Park. 

A vendor took advantage by placing their kiosk inside Oracle Park with the idea that many Dodgers fans will find their way into the stadium. From the vendors perspective he was trying to make money, but if you were a fan of the Giants the last thing you want to see is your rival team selling their merch in your home stadium (caution for explicit language below).

The bad look set up the Giants to reassure fans they would not allow something like this to happen ever again (via Evan Webeck, The Mercury News).

"A Giants spokesperson said on Sunday that it was a result of a mix-up with a third-party vendor and that the organization has assured rival merchandise will not be sold again inside Oracle Park."

The vendor was later spoken to and told to never sell Dodgers merchandise again. It was later discovered that the third-party vendor was called Sevynn’s Negro League Apparel, a subcontractor of the Giants’ concessionaire, Bon Appetit. 

Giants senior vice president of public affairs and community relations relayed their message to Webeck:

“We’ve spoken to Bon Appetit and have been reassured that selling Dodgers merchandise will not happen again in the future."

Luckily for the vendor, he will be back in Oracle Park to sell their merchandise but the big money from Dodgers merchandise is no longer allowed. 

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RYAN MENZIE

Ryan Menzie | Lead Contributor Ryan is an LA Native who has grown up praising the greatest athletes LA has had to offer. A love for sports ranging between basketball, football, volleyball and golf, a future Sports Management Masters graduate, and being engulfed into organized sports since seven years old, the passion and love for sports never ends for Ryan. If the words he writes don't paint the full picture of his true fandom, he will find more ways than one to tell the story and be more than willing to open up a nice LA sports debate with you. Favorite Player: Mookie Betts Favorite Moment: 2020 World Series. The Lakers won the NBA title and the Dodgers secured the World Series only a couple of months later. During such a rough time with COVID-19 and such a bleak look at how sports has tried to overcome the circumstances, it was a relief to see the night sky lit up for many nights and a makeshift parade in LA when it seemed like we needed it the most.

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