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By Jeremy | September 19, 2006
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By Jeremy | September 19, 2006
Topics: sports | 5 Comments »
September 19th, 2006 at 10:31 am
OK – so I’m a Yankee fan – been once sine I was a child. I have true Yankee pedigree and history. No doubt there. BUT – I live in Nor Cal and when I came here in 1995 I had to adopt a national league team, the Giants, dem bumbs. If the Giants and Yankee’s were in the Series, I’d have to go with the Yanks… See – that’s loyalty.
However – Pac Bell / SBC / ATT / BALCO Park is a GREAT place to see baseball… really – it’s right on the Bay… I’ve been to Yankee Stadium – I LOVE Yankee Stadium – but where the Giants play… Man… They have a mean ‘Cha Cha Bowl’ in the outfield stands, and you can’t beat the garlic fries.
Saying that – I’ve grown to HATE the Dodgers. I have a serious dislike for Dodger fans, Dodger blue, Dodger Dogs and anything in general from Dodger Land (LA). LA is an armpit… really (sorry Rudy, I luv PEOPLE in LA, the town is a dump..) It’s not as intense as my disdain the Red Sox, but close.
So – to recap – here’s my order of baseball preference:
1) Yankees
2) Anybody who is playing against the Red Sox
3) Giants
4) Anybody who is playing against the Dodgers.
How appropiate the Dodgers get Nomar…. But, heck, I wish the Giants would have picked him up;)
September 19th, 2006 at 10:48 am
John, generally I’m with you on the anti-Dodgers train. I greatly enjoyed razzing the Mezas and friends at Living Hope about their inneptitude against the Padres all year. But I gotta give it to them about last night’s game. What a thrilling way to reclaim 1st place.
That said, LA’s going down in the Playoffs. One way or the other, New York will see to that!
September 19th, 2006 at 2:00 pm
Last nights game was truly amazing! Hats off to the boys in blue for the comeback that will go down as one of the greatest in history. Four straight homeruns?….two of which came off Hoffman, arguably one of the top two closers the game has seen over the last 7 years…It’s been over 40 year since major league baseball has witnessed anything like that! And just to set the record straight, Nooomaaah is actually from LA..born and raised in East Los. In addition to that, big props to my man Jack Del Rio (USC alum) for shutting down the Champs last night. Hhhhmmmm….are you starting to see the common denominator here? LA is usually connected to all great happenings in one way or another! And to my new friend John from NO Cal….how many world championships to the Giants have? And if you think that the Dodger – Giant rivarly is grand, waite till things heat up between the two cities to see who will win the rights to host the Olympic games in 2012. Currently the 3 finalists from North america are LA, SF and Chi-town. I gaurantee LA will win the bid. Why, cuz its a first class city through and through! Well enough of my shameless plugs for the greatest city in world!
September 20th, 2006 at 12:58 am
Brian, you’re welcome to trash talk here any day. The more smack you spew, the more fun it’ll be when LaLa gets trounced, one way or another, by New York in October.
September 20th, 2006 at 1:27 am
Well boys – let’s see- Nor Cal has Napa Valley, the San Fran Bay Bridge, the great cities of San Fran, Oakland and San Jo, Yosemite – heck we’ll even throw in Lake Tahoe… LA has smog, congestion, no football team… hmmmm
Maybe fate has delt LA a kiss by letting the dodgers have a ring or two…
However – I’m glad LA has good folks like Brian there…