""The Dodgers express our deep sorrow and share our condolences over the passing of longtime fan Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele," the team's message read."
""Ready for a great story? My dad took me to my first game," Reiner said. "It's 1951 at Yankee Stadium, and it's a doubleheader. The Yankees were playing the Washington Senators. It was Mickey Mantle's first year in the Majors and Joe DiMaggio's last. "I was four years old and I stayed through both games. I was fascinated. I was hooked at that point.""
""I'll never forget it," Reiner said. "It was the first time we were ever ... together, and Kirk Gibson, I hate to say it, was the aphrodisiac.""
Rob Reiner and his wife Michele died on Sunday, and the Los Angeles Dodgers expressed deep sorrow and offered condolences. Reiner was an award-winning filmmaker known for films such as A Few Good Men and The Princess Bride. Reiner became a Dodgers fan after moving to Los Angeles as a teenager and had been a season-ticket holder for about 60 years as of 2023. Reiner remembered his first game at Yankee Stadium in 1951 at age four and described being hooked on baseball. Reiner attended Game 1 of the 1988 World Series with Michele, witnessing Kirk Gibson's walk-off home run, and married Michele in 1989.
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