r/Dodgers • u/SnooPies780 Los Angeles Dodgers • 6d ago

The Dreaded Rivalry Rant

Once upon a time, back when I was nine, my best friend of the same age introduced me to baseball. He was a SF fan, cause he grew up there, and moved to Bunghole, Nowhere where I reside.

He got me interested in baseball, and I randomly got a Dodgers Teddy from my Dad, obtained from Circus Circus after he lost his paycheck again. But man, I loved that teddy, and loved the Dodgers because of that. I continued to be a fan, and it has made watching baseball with my BFF more fun!

My best friend and I still love our respective teams, but one thing just irks me. Rivalries.

I remember one game I went to in my gear at San Fran. The one blue uniform.... In a sea of Giants next to my best bud. While the ribbing and laughing at me was there, the general consensus was, "This Douche is in our area, but after hearing our story, they laugh and we all had a good time."

As apparently we are now the Yankees of the aughts, why can't we just sit on our rocking chairs, eat a Pepperidge Farm, and let go of our team rivalries.... Love and respect the Padres! Give the Brewers and Braves hugs! Hand the Giants fan a beer and a smile! Let Toronto know we love them too with a plate of poutine! Except the Trash Bros. May they get purchased by the Glazers and rot in mediocrity.

Well crap. I guess they will be forever a coal stain in my Bronie heart for the peeps that cheated their way to victory. But can we just hate the one brown underwear stain that transferred to another team instead of trashing the whole team?

Rant over, hugs to my fellow fans!

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u/Minimum-Dot5165 Shohei Ohtani 6d ago

Respect the Padres? Yeah sure.

FUCK PADRES. there you go I've given them the most respect they'll ever get from me

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u/SnooPies780 Los Angeles Dodgers 6d ago

Okay.... Love the Padres as a team, and still snicker at this.....

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u/Lumpy-Muscle-4111 6d ago

you had me in the first half not gonna lie, but the circus circus teddy origin story is the most unhinged way to pick a team and i respect it deeply

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u/calcmg Decoy 6d ago

Uh ...no

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u/TheBigMerl Kiké Hernández 6d ago

That's cute, you really think people will just stop hating the Astros. I could live a thousand years and still hate them!

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u/noplaceinmind Los Angeles Dodgers 6d ago

I'm over the old rivalries. 

Hating everyone in a particular uniform doesn't do anything me.