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Photos: Dodgers fans flock to Chavez Ravine for 2022 home opener

Dodgers fans start to fill the left field pavilion before the team's home opener against the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday.
Dodgers fans start to fill the left field pavilion before the team’s home opener against the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday.
(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
By Myung J. Chun
 and Robert Gauthier
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It’s time for Dodger Baseball!

After opening the 2022 season on the road in Denver and Minneapolis, the Dodgers returned home to play their first game of the season at Dodger Stadium among throngs of early-arriving (yes, you read that right) Dodgers fans.

Los Angeles Times photographers Myung J. Chun and Robert Gauthier were at Dodger Stadium capturing the unique spectacle that is Chavez Ravine on an early spring evening.

Dodgers fan Carlos Aranibar prepares his Dodger dogs while attending the team's home opener with family.
(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
A young Dodgers fan watches players warm up before the game.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts (50) points to the stands before the game against the Cincinnati Reds
Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts points to the stands before the team’s home opener against the Reds.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Fireworks highlight the announcement of the Los Angeles Dodgers lineup during opening day against the Cincinnati Reds.
Fireworks highlight the announcement of the Los Angeles Dodgers lineup during opening day.
(Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts (50) is introduced before the game.
(Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)
Dodgers starting pitcher Walker Buehler slings his glove in apparent frustration.
Dodgers starting pitcher Walker Buehler slings his glove in apparent frustration after surrendering two runs in the sixth inning.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Cincinnati Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson applies a tag on the Dodgers' Mookie Betts after the right fielder strikes out.
(Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles, CA - April 14: Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman.
Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman acknowledges the crowd after hitting a double during the eighth inning.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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Dodgers catcher Will Smith circles the bases after hitting a three-run home run in the eighth inning.
(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

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Myung J. Chun

Myung J. Chun has been a photographer with the Los Angeles Times since 1999. He started as a still photographer and then moved to videography from 2007 to 2018. Chun won an Emmy in 2011 for his work on a multimedia project about innocent victims of gang violence. He previously worked for the Los Angeles Daily News, a position he started in 1988 while attending Cal State Northridge.

Robert Gauthier

Robert Gauthier has been with the Los Angeles Times since 1994. He was the photographer for a project detailing the failings of an L.A. public hospital that won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for public service. Before The Times, Gauthier worked at the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Escondido Times-Advocate and the Bernardo News in San Diego County, his hometown.

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