The biggest superstition or ritual for each MLB team

By Brad Weiss | May 13, 2019

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 9: CC Sabathia #52 of the New York Yankees delivers the first pitch in the first inning during Game 4 of the ALDS against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Alex Trautwig/MLB Photos via Getty Images) /

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A view of the interior of Dodger Stadium after the Dodgers beat the Padres on opening day of the 2017 season April 3, 2017 with a score of 14-3 at Dodger Stadium in Chavez Ravine in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Paul Chesne/Getty Images) /

Los Angeles Dodgers: Opening Day tailgate

If there is one thing that professional sports are synonymous with it is the tailgate, and few franchises did it better than the Los Angeles Dodgers. In fact, the Dodgers tailgate became so popular that eventually, Los Angeles police officers had to be brought in to put restrictions on the activities.

While Dodgers fans would tailgate before all home games, there was nothing quite like the Opening Day tailgate, which is arguably the biggest ritual in team history. People would take off work to attend the event, spending hours in the parking lot drinking and dancing, before all of the restrictions were placed on the partying.

Since the beginning of the 2015 season, fans are not allowed to park their cars at the game until two hours before the game. Still, fans have gotten around that by parking over a mile from the ballpark, and then walking their grills and other items to the ballpark to party before first pitch.

The years prior to the 2015 restrictions being enforced produced quite the party, as 50 Mexican brass bands went to Elysian Park and played for hours. There has been violence before and after Dodgers games in the past, which led to the team enforcing these rules, but for years, Dodgers fans relished their tailgates, and particularly on Opening Day.

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