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Photos: Fans roll to Dodger Stadium ‘drive-in’ for NL Championship Series The Blue Crew is stuck in a seemingly endless road trip for the rest of the playoffs, so this will have to do for their loyal fans amid the pandemic. Fans sit in their vehicles watching the Los Angeles Dodgers take on Atlanta Braves during game one of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium, Monday, October 12, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Fans sit in their vehicles watching the Los Angeles Dodgers take on Atlanta Braves during game one of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium, Monday, October 12, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Fans sit in their vehicles watching the Los Angeles Dodgers take on Atlanta Braves during game one of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium, Monday, October 12, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Fans sit in their vehicles watching the Los Angele

Baseball's first fans of 2020 see Dodgers-Braves NLCS opener ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Scott McIlroy reached out with his left hand as a batting practice home run clanged off a railing and hit him in the palm, the ball popping in the air before settling back into his grip as he held a cell phone in his right hand. Count the Texas resident and Los Angeles Dodgers fan among the first in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season to catch a pre-game souvenir — and among the first ticket buyers to see live baseball in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series on Monday night. Major League Baseball said it was selling 11,500 tickets per game at Globe Life Field for the series between the Dodgers and Atlanta Braves and plans a similar allotment at the same ballpark when it hosts the first neutral-site World Series starting Oct. 20. McIlroy got a call from a friend knowing the longtime Dodgers fan would want to make the two-hour drive to the Dallas area. “We were wondering what the mixture