Weekend Preview: Our Padres vs those jerks up in LA
by Dex on Apr 14, 2005 4:10 PM PDT
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PrintI was scanning around looking for info about the upcoming series up in Chavez Ravine and I found this reflection by Eric Neel, Dodger fan. He begins the piece with:
People hate the Dodgers.
They're not the least bit shy about it either. They tell you about it like they're compelled to share, like they're eager to testify.
Here's my feeling. I don't necessarily "hate" the Dodgers (though I do intensely dislike Jayson Werth). It's their fans that do them in. The ill feeling that Eric Neel feels is actually directed more at those who root for the Dodgers than the Dodgers themselves. And I'll tell you why...They're not the least bit shy about it either. They tell you about it like they're compelled to share, like they're eager to testify.
Dodger fans are pricks.
Sorry about the langauge.
Obviously, I don't mean all Dodger fans. But I could confidently say most male Dodger fans between the ages of 13 and 40 are pricks. And if you're a female Dodger fan, you're not a prick, but your boyfriend is. So is your husband, your dad and any brothers or sons you may have.
Some quick fan to word association:
Yankee fans... Cocky
Cardinal fans... Smart
Red Sox fans... Whiny (jbox said to say this. I originally said, "Long suffering")
Padres fans... Classy (OK fine... Fairweather)
Dodgers fans...
You see? "Prick" was the first thing that came to mind. And seriously, it's not just cause I prepped you for it. It's cause you know it's true.
Example: Opening day this year. Padres vs Pirates. I'm watching the Pirates take batting practice. Everybody's having a good time. Two pretty boys step into the outfield stands yelling, "Let's go Dodgers!" Over and over they yell. They yell it at people. They yell it to nobody in particular. But they continue till people are irritated and giving them angry looks.
Pricks.
Even if Dodger fan actually does show up to the correct game, it doesn't get any better. You go to Chavez Ravine for your average home game and Dodger fan will show up late, leave early, and will be mesmerized by the eleven beach balls being bounced around the crowd. A boo in any other stadium means something bad happened to the home team. A boo in Dodger stadium means security just took away a beach ball. A cheer means somebody inflated a new one.
Anyways a preview... Here's what it looks like this weekend: Friday, Woody (1-0, 8.68 ERA) vs Elmer (0-0. 3.18 ERA). Saturday, Tim Redding (0-1, 0.00 ERA) vs Scott Erickson (0-0, 12.46 ERA). Sunday, Eaton (1-0,2.53 ERA) vs Weaver (1-0, 6.55 ERA). I love early season lines. Redding has a 0.00 ERA but took the loss? How did Woody manage a win with an 8.68 ERA? Erickson with 12.46 ERA and no decision? I don't know why I even bothered looking up the stats.
Jbox and I are headed up to the game on Sunday. We went to a game up in LA last year that also happened to be a Sunday, Eaton vs Weaver matchup. One hit ball for seven innings by Eaton and only one other hit by Hoffman. I'm hoping for something similar this weekend.
Any predictions? I predict Padres sweep.
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Sheffield vs Red Sox Fan
Maybe whiny is too good a word to describe Red Sox fan. Thanks to the fan that took a cheapshot at Sheffield. Seriously, who cares about your dumb 86 years between championships? That don't give you the right to take cheap shots at players. Here's hoping that you don't win another one for another 86 years if this is how your fans are gonna act.
at least
it didn't go all Auburn Hills, with a massive fight. those secuirty guys were way on it.
and when you say cocky, do you mean cock-like?
my stepbrother is the only non-annoying dodgers fan i've ever seen. he's actually a very nice guy, at least to me....maybe he's a jerk to everyone else?
I was thinking the same thing
"...and when you say cocky, do you mean cock-like?"
I think we are on the same page here.
I didn't use your word
...But I'm glad you got the intended meaning. Yes, that's actually how I feel about Yankees fans.
As for your stepbrother, I have friends who are Dodger fans, and yeah they're nice enough, but it's probably in there somewhere.
As for your stepbrother, I have friends who are Dodger fans, and yeah they're nice enough, but it's probably in there somewhere.
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