The Trojans’ home field undergoes major changes in preparation for a Dodgers-Red Sox exhibition game in nine days
By Ben Malcolmson USCRipsIt PeteCarroll.com
Things are changing at the home of the Trojans.
With the Los Angeles Dodgers and Boston Red Sox set to play an exhibition game at the Coliseum on March 29, the venerable home of USC football is undergoing some massive modifications right now.
See what the Coliseum looks like with nine days to go before the game:
Behind-the-plate seats will be directly above the tunnel.
The left field line is shorter than normal because of the configurations of the Coliseum.
From behind home plate, you can see the makeshift fence that has been set up in right field.
A view of the new-look Coliseum from what is usually the end zone.
High above the field from the corner.
A look down the left field line from the outfield.
A short porch in left (about 200 feet down the line) is countered by a tall net, much like the original configuration when the Dodgers played at the Coliseum between 1958 and 1961.
A view of the two foul poles from the corner.
The left-field foul pole rises underneath the torch.
The net in left field, which is about 50 feet tall, counteracts the 200-foot porch down the line.
A glance at the makeshift bullpen in foul territory by third base.
The third base dugout undergoes construction.
Third base rests almost exactly where the goalpost sits for football games.
A member of the grounds crew prepares the home plate area.
• Ben Malcolmson is the Director of Online Media for USCRipsIt/PeteCarroll.com. You can contact him at Ben@PeteCarroll.com.
