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Touch 'Em All: Dodger Stadium hit with another crime

Looks like the era of good feelings in Los Angeles had a short shelf life. Less than a month after new ownership seemed to sweep away the gloom generated by the seedy Frank McCourt era and last season's hideous mugging of a fan on opening day, criminals struck again.

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Looks like the era of good feelings in Los Angeles had a short shelf life.

Less than a month after new ownership seemed to sweep away the gloom generated by the seedy Frank McCourt era and last season's hideous mugging of a fan on opening day, criminals struck again.

A fender bender in a stadium parking lot led to the beating of a driver and the arrest of four people, police said Monday.

The latest attack occurred Sunday when a man in his 20s had a collision with another driver and three men pinned him down, police said. The other driver kicked and hit the victim in the head and face while he was on the ground, police Sgt. David Armas said.

The victim, whose name was not released, did not suffer life-threatening injuries, Armas said. The four men, all in their 20s, were arrested for investigation of assault with a deadly weapon. They were not immediately identified.

Clemens trial moves on

Judge Reggie Walton ruled Monday that Brian McNamee, Roger Clemens' former personal trainer, could tell the jury in the pitcher's perjury trial, that he gave former Yankees Chuck Knoblauch, Andy Pettitte and Mike Stanton human-growth hormone in 2001 and 2002.

The judge instructed the jury that the names could only be used to help establish McNamee's "credibility as a witness" and cannot be used to "infer Mr. Clemens' guilt."

Clemens is charged with lying to congress in 2008 when he said he never used steroids or HGH while playing.

Another milestone

The hits just keep on coming for Jamie Moyer, who now has played in more Major League parks than any player going back at least to 1921.

Moyer started for Colorado in Miami on Monday night, making his debut at the newly opened Marlins Park. The 49-year-old lefty now has played in 50 parks.

Rudy Seanez, whose last big-league appearance was in 2008, appeared in 47 ballparks.

Last month, the former Souderton High and St. Joseph's star became the oldest pitcher to win a major league game.

This article contains information from the Associated Press.