The Los Angeles Dodgers are in San Francisco for a three-game sequence towards their greatest rivals this weekend.
The Dodgers enter the sequence with a 12-game lead over the fourth-place Giants within the Nationwide League West, and are coming off an offseason through which they signed two of the Giants’ high free agent targets in Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
The Giants have struggled to remain related within the NL West for the previous 10 years, profitable only one division title in 2021, the place they had been then ousted by the Dodgers within the NL Divisional Sequence in 5 video games.
The Giants have been unable to compete with the Dodgers within the NL West, so that they’ve been lowered to poking enjoyable at them by way of giveaways.
With the Dodgers on the town this weekend, the Giants are making a gift of not one however two Dodgers-related giveaways.
On Saturday, the Giants are making a gift of “Beat L.A.” aloha shirts.
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On Sunday, the Giants are making a gift of Mickey Mouse ears.
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The “Beat L.A.” shirts are extra clearly related to the Dodgers as they actually point out Los Angeles. The Mickey Mouse ears, nonetheless, look like an ode to what individuals wish to name the 2020 World Sequence — a “Mickey Mouse World Sequence.”
The Giants are focusing extra on the Dodgers than themselves, and our Doug McKain allow them to hear about it on the Dodgers Dougout Reside Present.
“Are the Giants this obsessive about the Dodgers at this level? That they should have a giveaway the place it’s a Hawaiian shirt. They provide you a ‘Beat L.A.’ Aloha shirt on Saturday, June 29. You see in the direction of the underside the place it says ‘Beat L.A.’ to make use of the Dodgers all season lengthy like that they had as a result of the Dodgers are the one factor that’s conserving the Giants fascinating. They’re those which might be placing butts within the seats. They’re those that they’re that includes of their advertising campaigns and their giveaways. And look, I assume it’s so costly to stay in San Francisco that, hey, it’s good for the Dodgers as a result of the Dodgers live rent-free within the minds of the San Francisco Giants’ advertising division. I simply don’t get it. Why can’t you simply love your personal workforce? Why can’t you simply give out stuff that highlights your personal gamers? Look, I imply, I get it like there’s no ‘Beat S.F.’, there’s no ‘Beat N.Y.’, there’s no Beat Boston’. ‘Beat L.A’. is iconic, however nonetheless, I simply can’t consider it. I imply, hating the Dodgers is the Giants’ character trait at this level. And all they’ve proper now’s to root towards the Dodgers. It’s simply unhappy. It actually is unhappy.”
Doug McKain by way of Dodgers Dougout Reside
First pitch for Friday evening’s recreation is 7:15 p.m. PT. Then, Saturday’s recreation begins at 4:15 p.m., whereas Sunday’s recreation begins at 1:05 p.m. Whereas the Giants shall be targeted on making enjoyable of the Dodgers, the Dodgers shall be targeted on extending their lead within the NL West.
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