Dodgers vs. Lakers

[Western87]

I grew up during the Shag/Kobe years so the lakers are my first team, ive only gotten into the dodgers recently but if they left at least the angels are competitive unlike the clippers

[Lovetheoutdoors]

Western87 is so right. To be honest, I keep forgetting about the Clippers. I think they should head back down to San Diego as L.A. really only needs one NBA team.

[ProgShred]

Both teams are the same as other LA teams. If they are winning, they have thousands of fans waving those stupid flags on their cars. If they are losing, nobody cares and nobody wants to talk about them.

I think the term bandwagon fan started in SoCal.

[ProgShred]

Originally Posted by Charles

As much as I love Dodger Stadium and considering all the fun times I've had there, it should be realized that Dodger Stadium, or Chavez Ravine, has a darker history than many people realize.

"Chavez Ravine was a bucolic Latino community through the 1950s, until the City of Los Angeles forcibly evicted the residents with promises of affordable housing. Mrs. Aurora Archega, whose family had resided in Chavez Ravine for 36 years, refused to leave her home, and was carried out by the police, with all of her belongings, on May 9, 1959, in a scene captured in this classic photograph. She was then jailed for 30 days. The City authorized the sale of Chavez Ravine to the Dodgers for a stadium 50 years ago on October 7, 1957. The Dodgers drowned Chavez Ravine in a sea of asphalt to build Dodger Stadium and a parking lot for 50,000 cars and not a single place for children to play. The Dodgers promised to spend $500,000 on a recreation facility in the area but have never done so. Los Desterrados, the people who lost their homes and way of life at Chavez Ravine, still meet regularly to commemorate the community there."

from

Chavez Ravine on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cityprojectca/832179286/in/set-72157600858687663/ - broken link)

What is really strange is that it is a horrible place for a stadium. I hate going to Dodger Stadium. I've tuned down free tickets to games there more times than I can remember. The parking lot is a mess, with hills everywhere. You can only enter through the one gate that will give you access to your seat, so you might have to walk all the way around the stadium after hiking the from you car.

By contrast, the Big "A" in Anaheim is a great stadium.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by Lovetheoutdoors

I think they should head back down to San Diego

Or Buffalo, where they were before they moved to San Diego.

There used to be a team called the San Diego Conquistadors of the ABA:

Remember the ABA: San Diego Conquistadors