placidfalcon4 said:So what? Your big takeaway is that the Los Angeles Dodgers are to blame for this?
A derby is a derby. It’s a matchup between two rivals that carries weight regardless of how much the clubs are struggling or where they sit in the standings. People notice.
In our neck of the woods, this is still a massive rivalry. Over by you, it isn't, because nobody gives a damn about the New York Yankees or the Los Angeles Dodgers anymore. A bad performance by the Dodgers doesn't change the fact that people in Washington, D.C. couldn't care less about the Yankees.
People in Washington, D.C. care about a struggling Dodgers just as much as people in Los Angeles care about Inter Milan, Indianapolis, or the teams from the coast.😉
Look, I was trying to tell you nicely that we aren't in some crisis like you want us to be; we’re just showing who we really are without the sugarcoating. Yesterday in the stands, you saw the heart of the Washington, D.C. supporter scene. No casual tourists, no weekenders, no posers showing up to act tough. This was a real derby, stripped down to the essentials, without all those extra people cluttering the picture.☕...
And honestly? You should take your "victory" in the fact that regular people—the ones who would have padded the numbers or dressed up the stands just to make you feel good—don't give a damn about your Los Angeles Dodgers.😉