Problem is perennial for Dodgers

Stop the presses! Dodgers’ owner admits that the team’s parking situation is less than stellar.

“We hoped we knew what fans wanted in a stadium -- good parking,” the Dodgers’ owner said. “We could still have done more there.”

The speaker was Walter O’Malley, in an interview with Roger Kahn for the book, “A Season in the Sun.”

The year was 1976.

At least there will be no lines

If you think the Dodgers’ parking situation is bad, how about those fans in Cleveland holding tickets for this week’s Angels-at-Indians series?

They have to park in Milwaukee.

Trivia time

Snow and sleet in the Cleveland area forced the postponement of last weekend’s four-game series between the Indians and the Seattle Mariners.

When was the last time an entire series was postponed because of weather?

Proof: Teflon does tear

The recent Midwestern snow-outs have sparked discussion about building more domed stadiums in cold-weather baseball cities. But in baseball, a roof over one’s head isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be.

High winds whipping through the Twin Cities April 26, 1986, tore a hole in the Metrodome’s roof, causing the roof to partially deflate and some moments of high anxiety during a game between the Angels and the Minnesota Twins.

As the ceiling started to sag, massive speakers supported by cable began to twirl and bob, yo-yoing precariously over the heads of the Angels fielders, who quickly found themselves positioned defensively in more ways than one.

The Angels bolted for the safety of the visitors’ dugout like nine Chicken Littles, sprinting with hands over their heads as if the sky indeed were falling.

After a nine-minute delay, the roof was re-inflated and the game resumed, much to the eventual dismay of the Twins. The Angels rallied for six runs in the ninth inning to win, 7-6.

Weird season, 1992

Domed baseball stadiums come equipped with other issues, of course.

On May 30, 1992, Detroit’s Rob Deer popped out to Twins shortstop Greg Gagne on consecutive at-bats after both balls ricocheted off the Metrodome ceiling.

On July 5, 1992, the Twins’ Chili Davis hit a towering fly ball to deep right field, a sure home run -- until it hit one of the suspended speakers and bounced back into play. The ball bounced off the speaker and dropped into the glove of Baltimore second baseman Mark McLemore, who recorded the out in shallow right field.

Trivia answer

Hurricane Frances forced the postponement of a three-game set between the Chicago Cubs and the host Florida Marlins, a series originally scheduled for Sept. 3-5, 2004.

And finally

Masters champion Zach Johnson appeared on Monday’s “Late Show” to read “Top Ten Things I Can Say Now That I’ve Won the Masters.” Among them:

* “I’m going to spend the prize money on Mountain Dew and beef jerky.”

* “It’s so weird -- before this weekend, I’d never broken 100.”

* “Even I’ve never heard of me.”

* “I just wrote down 3 for every hole. Nobody checked.”

* “It’s a magical week: First I win the Masters, and now I get to tell lame jokes on a third-rate talk show.”

* “Thanks to global warming, next year I’m playing without pants.”

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mike.penner@latimes.com