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TripletDaddy · 11-02-2007, 04:18 AM

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Where do you guys rank the Giants-Dodgers rivalry? Second only to the Yankees-Red Sox?

I know Cubs and White Sox fans hate each other pretty bad, but it doesn't really count as a rivalry because they rarely play each other. When they do it doesn't feel right. I can't really think of any other fierce rivalry's in the MLB.

I definitely put it behind the Sox/Yanks, but only as far as media pimping goes. If you go back to the late 80s and mid 90s when both teams sucked, nobody on the west coast watched those games. Yankee stadium was mostly empty and Fenway didnt even sell out. Admittedly, since the Yankees rebirth, it has become the best rivalry in baseball.

Having grown up with the LA/SF rivalry, I can tell you that the ravine is a great place to be when the Giants are in town, esp the pavilions. Remember, a giant fan got shot and killed several years ago after the game for fighting in the pavilion. It was because of this rivalry that the dodgers stopped selling beer in the pavilion seats and there are always cops all over the place for that series. I have personally seen about 10 fights over the years and I cant count how many food items I have seen thrown at Giants fans. I always hate if a Giant fan sits near me because it usually means I am going to get hit with something.

If you ever see replays of the Angels WS, you will see Dodger fans in the stands....simply there to cheer against the Giants. When you havent won a series in 20 years, this is all you have to live for...everything is fine as long as the Giants dont win.

il Padrino Ute · 11-02-2007, 04:32 AM

So, Triplet D, how many times have you personally thrown food items at Giants fans?

TripletDaddy · 11-02-2007, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

So, Triplet D, how many times have you personally thrown food items at Giants fans?

When I was younger I may have partaken a bit. some water bottles or maybe popcorn here or there.

I was hit with a hot dog from sitting next to a giant fan.

For anyone who has ever sat in the pavilion...there is only one staircase in and out of that place..right at the bottom of the entire section of seats, so pretty much everyone in that section has to use that stairway to get to their seats, to go down for food, bathrooms, etc.. It is tradition to watch people as they arrive at the Pav and either cheer or razz people as they come to the top of the stairs and look for their seats, depending on what gear they are wearing. This one guy was wearing Giants gear. He took his verbal ribbing, but made the mistake of standing there and putting his middle finger in the air. It was like something out of a cartoon or an old 3 stooges movie. Within seconds, the poor guy was bombared...and I mean BOMBARDED, with cokes, hot dogs, trash, programs, and anything else you could think of, not to mention a shocking amount of profanity. He was filthy and soaked. He did take a seat, but security eventually had to escort him away.

Another time, a giants fan threw something at Marquis Grissom when he was going to catch a fly ball. More hot dogs and cokes flew.

Another weird tradition at the ravine is the beach ball thing. I dont know why, but it is an institution in LA. For years, I never even touched the beach ball. Everyone I went with touched the beach ball. Finally, I broke through a few years ago. It was actually a seminal event in my baseball life.

My other oddball goal in life is to roll down my window on the freeway and catch a plastic bag when it is floating there in the lane. That one is tough!

il Padrino Ute · 11-02-2007, 04:49 AM

I've seen at least 20 games in Dodger Stadium. The grandpa of a friend of mine from high school was one of the first season ticket holders when the team at the outfield entrance to the Dodgers dugout at 3rd base. I was able to sit there for most of the games I've seen at the ravine.

cougjunkie · 11-02-2007, 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

I've seen at least 20 games in Dodger Stadium. The grandpa of a friend of mine from high school was one of the first season ticket holders when the team at the outfield entrance to the Dodgers dugout at 3rd base. I was able to sit there for most of the games I've seen at the ravine.

I think I have mentioned this before my little league coach was Maury Wills.

TripletDaddy · 11-02-2007, 05:00 AM

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I think I have mentioned this before my little league coach was Maury Wills.

Er....no, at least not to me. No offense, but what the heck was Maury Wills doing coaching little league? was it court ordered community service, like The Mighty Ducks?

The guy was one of the best base stealers of all time, a beloved Dodger, plus a multiple gold glover and world champ. Couldn't he at least get a base coach gig somewhere in the bigs? A scout? something?

One advantage to coaching Little League if you are Maury Wills: very low likelihood that fathers will yell at you for not knowing what you are doing.

cougjunkie · 11-02-2007, 05:05 AM

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Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

Er....no, at least not to me. No offense, but what the heck was Maury Wills doing coaching little league? was it court ordered community service, like The Mighty Ducks?

The guy was one of the best base stealers of all time, a beloved Dodger, plus a multiple gold glover and world champ. Couldn't he at least get a base coach gig somewhere in the bigs? A scout? something?

One advantage to coaching Little League if you are Maury Wills: very low likelihood that fathers will yell at you for not knowing what you are doing.

His grandson was on my team. We actually went to the California regionals for the little league world series, where we ran in to a buzzsaw called Long Beach. Sean Burroghs was a beast as a 12 year old.

il Padrino Ute · 11-02-2007, 05:08 AM

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Originally Posted by cougjunkie

I think I have mentioned this before my little league coach was Maury Wills.

Yes, you have mentioned this. That would have been lots of fun.

il Padrino Ute · 11-02-2007, 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

One advantage to coaching Little League if you are Maury Wills: very low likelihood that fathers will yell at you for not knowing what you are doing.

Never, ever, underestimate the idiocy of little league parents.

TripletDaddy · 11-02-2007, 05:11 AM

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Originally Posted by cougjunkie

His grandson was on my team. We actually went to the California regionals for the little league world series, where we ran in to a buzzsaw called Long Beach. Sean Burroghs was a beast as a 12 year old.

Didnt Burroughs come out of SD, not LBC? I dont really know, just asking. I thought he was home grown in Diego.

11-02-2007, 04:32 AM	#12
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	So, Triplet D, how many times have you personally thrown food items at Giants fans? __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

11-02-2007, 04:49 AM	#14
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	I've seen at least 20 games in Dodger Stadium. The grandpa of a friend of mine from high school was one of the first season ticket holders when the team at the outfield entrance to the Dodgers dugout at 3rd base. I was able to sit there for most of the games I've seen at the ravine. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.