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You can’t miss him. Dressed from head to toe in Dodger blue and possessing the kind of facial hair that would allow him to be cast as either Moses or a pirate, Weltman loves an audience.

“You going to the game tonight?” He asks a man in a Dodger hat. The man shakes his head.

“Did you know they were playing?” Weltman follows up.

The man says no.

“Then why are you wearing the hat?!” exclaims Weltman.

Born and raised in Los Angeles and a lifetime Dodger fan, Weltman is on pace to attend every Dodger home game this year — an achievement he credits to L.A.’s improved transit system.

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“Most of the time I get there comfortably before the game starts, and I don’t know if I could say that if I was trying to drive and deal through traffic and do it 81 times … the train is a lot more consistent.”

To get to Dodger Stadium, Weltman drives from his home in the San Fernando Valley to the North Hollywood Metro, which is a part of the Red Line. From there, he’ll shoot out to Union Station, then hop on the Dodger Express Shuttle to Dodger Stadium. 

The cumulative price of this journey?

Three and a half bucks, according to Weltman. Compare that to $10-$20 to park at the stadium, a toll that could really add up for season ticket holders like Weltman.

It is this ease and affordability that allowed Weltman to reach 80 games in 2013, just one game short of perfection.

An actor by trade, it’s remarkable that so far this year, none of his auditions or roles have conflicted with the team’s schedule. However, Weltman makes it clear that if a role were to come along, he wouldn’t sacrifice work to sit in the stands.

“There’s nothing that beats the high of performing in front of a live audience,” Weltman says. 

“When I was younger, before I got into acting, I had the dream of becoming a major league baseball player or a football player … I suppose [the high of being on-stage] would have equated to the high of hitting that game-winning home run in the 7th game of the World Series.”

Whether he will get to see a World Series played in Dodger Stadium is still up in the air. However, this season has already brought Weltman at least one major milestone: he recently witnessed his first no-hitter. 

Unfortunately for Weltman, it was Chicago Cubs pitcher, Jake Arrieta, who threw it against the Dodgers.

“I've always wanted to see a no-hitter at Dodger Stadium,” says Weltman, laughing. “I just didn’t want to see it pitched against us!”

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