The Struggles of Being a Dodger Fan

Let’s face it – over the course of the last decade it has not been easy being Dodger fans.  We have had our ups and downs since winning it all in ’88 but the last 7 years in particular have stung the most – and Giants fans have not let us forget it.

Many are all too familiar with the infamous Dodgers-Giants rivalry; however, for those who don’t know, it dates back to their early days in New York.  Along with the New York Yankees, the Giants were the team to beat having won 5 World Series’ in 14 appearances compared to the Brooklyn Dodgers 1 win in 8 tries before both teams moved out west.

Now the rivarly spans the entire state of California with the blue/orange line drawn somewhere between Bakersfield and Fresno.  Since moving to Los Angeles, the Dodgers have tacked on 5 more World Series’ wins in 8 tries compared to the Giants who had a drought from 1954 until 2010.  That’s 56 years folks.

And the feuding between the two teams has not died down one bit – fans and players alike.  The Dodgers just finished up their series at AT&T park in San Francisco, unfortunately losing the series 1-2, with their only win coming off of Clayton Kershaw’s 7th victory yesterday afternoon.  The Dodgers have yet to win a series against SF this season and are now 4-7 against their arch-rivals despite the fact that the Giants were, at one point, the worst team in the MLB.

The enmity of the matchup began to show amongst the players in yesterday’s game after Yasmani Grandal flied-out off Giants’ pitcher, Johnny Cueto.  Words were exchanged, benches cleared and, with no ejections being made, everyone returned to their positions as the game went on.

The intensity of the rivalry is nothing new to fans.  In some ways, it can actually be enjoyable to banter with an opposing Giants fan; however, we have all experienced times when it has been taken too far – on either side of the color spectrum.

As Dodger fans, we have had to suffer through watching the Giants win 3 World series over the past 7 seasons adding salt to our already exposed wounds.  Though our current drought is only half as long as the Giant’s previous drought, we will continue to stand firm with our team.  Even though we may get beat up from time to time, our blood runs deep with the color blue.  The Giants’ success is behind them.  They aren’t the same team they used to be and they are well aware of it.  The Dodgers success, however, is forthcoming.  We have a lot of young talent with names like: Corey Seager, Yasiel Puig, Joc Pederson, Chris Taylor and Cody Bellinger.  And with a sophomore manager who took them to the NLCS in his rookie season, this team is bound to be around for a long time.

The past is behind us…and the Los Angeles Dodgers – 2017 World Series Champions sure has a nice “ring” to it.

BakoBoyInBlue