I've been noticing a number of San Francisco Giants fans online who either a) are looking to rub in their World Series appearance and potential title on Dodger fans or b) seem annoyed that Dodger fans haven't given the Giants enough credit.
I say this from the most sincere and truthful place that I can: In all the times the Dodgers have been in the playoffs in my lifetime — 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2009 — I never once gave a thought to how Giants fans felt about it.
Getting to the playoffs and sometimes winning the World Series wasn't about sticking it the Giants. It was about getting to the playoffs and sometimes winning the World Series. When the Dodgers popped the champagne in '81 and '88, it wasn't, "Take that, Giants!" That wouldn't have even occurred to me. It was, "We are the champions, my friend."
San Francisco, you deserve congratulations for your great season. But at this point, it has nothing to do with the Dodgers. Most of you probably realize this, but if you're a Giants fan thinking about Dodger fans this week, I promise you, your attention is in the wrong place.
Rangers at Giants, 4:57 p.m.
I say this from the most sincere and truthful place that I can: In all the times the Dodgers have been in the playoffs in my lifetime — 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2009 — I never once gave a thought to how Giants fans felt about it.
Getting to the playoffs and sometimes winning the World Series wasn't about sticking it the Giants. It was about getting to the playoffs and sometimes winning the World Series. When the Dodgers popped the champagne in '81 and '88, it wasn't, "Take that, Giants!" That wouldn't have even occurred to me. It was, "We are the champions, my friend."
San Francisco, you deserve congratulations for your great season. But at this point, it has nothing to do with the Dodgers. Most of you probably realize this, but if you're a Giants fan thinking about Dodger fans this week, I promise you, your attention is in the wrong place.
Rangers at Giants, 4:57 p.m.
ABOUT THIS BLOG
A native of Los Angeles, Jon Weisman has been writing about the Dodgers at Dodger Thoughts since 2002 and thinking deeply about them since the 1970s. He is the author of 100 Things Dodgers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, published in 2009. Weisman began covering sports professionally in 1985, complemented by adventures in writing for and about the screen that have culminated in his current position as a features editor at Variety. Any downtime he can muster will be happily spent with his wife and three young children.
TEAM LEADERS
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Matt Kemp
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| OTHER LEADERS | ||||||||||||
| HR | M. Kemp | 12 | ||||||||||
| RBI | A. Ethier | 40 | ||||||||||
| R | M. Kemp | 29 | ||||||||||
| OPS | M. Kemp | 1.173 | ||||||||||
| W | C. Capuano | 6 | ||||||||||
| ERA | C. Kershaw | 1.90 | ||||||||||
| SO | C. Kershaw | 51 | ||||||||||
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