Saturday was for the man in the gold shirt with the words “High Voltage” underneath the likenesses of Charlie Joiner and John Jefferson.
“They’re my team,” Dennis Williams Jr. said. “I built the bandwagon, and that (jerk) can’t take it from me.”
Saturday was for the guy who brought the adorable little blue and gold letterman-style Chargers jacket he wore as a toddler, the 30-year-old barbecue stains on the front now accompanied by the fresh autographs of Chargers greats.
“For me, this helps,” Donney Cummins said. “They’re here for us.”
In this instance, one more time before the team they used to play for officially commences its new existence, “they” were former San Diego Chargers players and “here” was the Del Mar race track.