I’ve lived in the San Francisco Bay Area longer than anywhere else, but by the time I got here, I was already a diehard Los Angeles Dodgers fan, thanks to my roughly three years of living in LA and attending several games at Dodger Stadium. When you’re on the wrong side of a rivalry as storied and intense as that of the Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants, it can create some awkward situations. I don’t know exactly how many of us NorCal Dodgers fans are out there, but if you think blue like I do, you probably know every single feeling on this list. Feelings like...
Trying to get tickets to a Dodgers-Giants game at AT&T Park
But it’s cool, because you know Dodger Stadium is the better ballpark by far (Seriously, look at this!)
Muting the TV for Dodgers games and listening to Vin Scully call them on the radio instead
When you’re the only Dodgers fan in a room full of Giants fans
Seeing someone who was a Giants fan last year suddenly rocking A’s gear
When you and an actual A's fan bond through mutual hatred of the Giants
When you find literally anyone who's also a Dodgers fan
When Giants fans call Clayton Kershaw a playoff choker, even though it’s usually the bullpen who messes it up for him
When Giants fans use #TORTURE to describe a game they won
When the Dodgers are behind in the postseason
When the Dodgers are ahead in the postseason (because you know they'll probably blow it any second now)
Hearing Giants fans rave about Even Year Bullshit (aka EYBS)
How Giants fans see themselves when EYBS happens
How you see the Giants when EYBS happens
When EYBS gets the Giants to a World Series ring
When similar random chance keeps the Dodgers from reaching the World Series at all
Gradually going more insane every time EYBS happens
Watching EYBS finally collapse this year
When Kershaw gets the save to take us to the NLCS after one day’s rest
