Do you hate the Dodgers?

but the only team I hate…is the Lakers……………………..seething at the thought of the Lakers…but the Dodgers are close to that…

and my grandmother is still a Dodgers fan.

My dad grew up watching Koufax and Drysdale.

I can’t ever hate them.

I hate the Red Sox.

…but they’re pretty darn close.

I hate the Yankees and the Raiders. I really dislike the Dodgers and the Giants…

The Cubs (because of the ignorant fans) and the Yankees (because they have sold their souls to the devil). Other than that, it’s just strong dislike.

as a kid when we didn’t have a team here. So, I can’t hate them. I’m not a fan but they do have some exciting players (Kemp, Ethier, Loney) and I don’t really hate any team. I really want to get even with those Red Sox, though.

THE GREEN BAY PACKERS. I HATE THEM WITH A PASSION.

But I don’t hate them. Though the turd-in-a-towel incident could change that. Do we know which player? Cos then we could REALLY hate him.

I don’t hate opposing teams. I just root against them and that’s that.

are teams from Boston, ie Red Sox and Patriots, and the Yankees. The Boston teams (and yes, I know the Pats are technically in Foxboro, but its close enough) just have such an arrogant attitude about them that it just makes me red with rage. Right after they won the World Series in ‘04, they seemed to turn into a clone of the Yankees with their "We’re better than all of you and we deserve to be in the World Series because we’re the Red Sox" attitude.

And don’t get me started on the Pats. You can’t watch a NFL sportscast without all the “analysts” spouting the teams’ praises and acting like they are trying to outdo each other to be first in line to get teabagged by Tom Brady.

with all of my heart is the Oakland Raiders. Its been a little harder to hate them with how horrible they have been lately. Its just fun to watch now. Long live Al Davis!

I don’t like them….but “hate” is a bit strong.

I hate the Red Sox in baseball.

In Pro Football, I hate the Raiders and almost hate the Redskins (growing up a Cowboys fan) but my interest in the NFL is at an all time low…so “hate” for either of these is a bit much.

Now…as an Okla. U fan….I HATE, HATE the Texass Shorthorns. I especially hate the color burnt orange. Or Orange in general. In fact…if a team’s predominate color is orange, I dislike them just by association to Texas

(Even though, as a Dbacks fan, I wasn’t invited to comment)

My hate is reserved for the Red Sox and Yanks.
But a nice healthy dislike…that’s what I have for the Dodgers.

They’re up there with the Lakers and Chargers….

But honestly, I like a very large portion of their players. Ethier, Pierre, Loney, Martin and O-Dawg are pretty awesome. But as a team…..screw em.

I don’t hate the Dodgers. :)

Actually, I hate the Rockies the least of the four division opponents of the Dodgers, mostly because I have family in Colorado and some of them like the Rockies.

I think hating other teams or fans of other teams is childish.
vr, Xei

I’m changing my vote to hate after hearing Matt Kemp today, talking about keeping his foot on the Rockies collective throat and then proceeding to demonstrate by grinding his foot into the ground… So yes I now hate the Dodgers….and Matt Kemp….

until 07 when they were actually a threat to the Dodgers, and then i didn’t have to hate them again until a week ago when they were, again, a threat.

Man, I’ve been a Dodger fan my entire life and I’ve only hated the Rockies parts of the last 3 seasons.

What does that say about the Rockies ability to contend :P

I kid I kid.

But really, 2 nights ago was not pretty when Hawpe hit that game tying HR against Kershaw. I was so ecstatic when Kershaw struck his ass out in the 7th :)

But I do love a great division (or Wild Card) race. Should be very interesting the next month….even if “interesting” means my health worsening from the stress, lol.

Which I guess is limited to just the Dodgers and Lakers, since the Clippers don’t have fans and the Angels are not from LA as far as I’m concerned. I think for the most part though, it’s just because of the type of fans they are. The majority aren’t true fans…they don’t know a thing about the team, show up late to games and only care about “being seen.” On top of that, the majority are also front runners and/or bandwagon fans. They’re almost as bad as all the Cubs and Red Sox “fans” in Denver, who are just sad and pathetic. I may not like fans of teams like the Raiders or Philly fans in general, but at least I can respect them because they’re true, loyal fans.

Maybe this will sound stupid, but I think the kind of sports fan you are is very telling of the kind of person you are in general. If you can’t remain loyal to a measly sports team when things aren’t going well, how can someone expect any different from you in other facets of life? If you can’t support something at it’s worst, you sure as hell don’t deserve it at it’s best. That’s why I can’t stand bandwagon fans. Unless you’ve endured all the bad seasons, you shouldn’t be able to enjoy the good seasons. That type of thing just bugs me to no end.

Wow….talk about going off on a tangent.

For example, during the Rugby World Cup and the Six Nations, I support Italy with enthusiasm, and Scotland and England with a little less enthusiasm. The rest of the time, Rugby does little to nothing for me.

However, the people who switch allegiance within the same sport/competition are no better than sheep molesters.

(NB I can understand if you move town/state you can develop an enthusiasm for the team of your new location, but you’d better not give on on your roots)

I officially hate the Dodgers now.