The reasons some of us won't "Shut The Fuck Up" and CAN'T "Just Enjoy The Show"....

This post almost was far more vitriolic than it probably is going to end up being.

Still, there are three realities which go through this post:

1. There is an organized "Fuck The Dodgers" movement in Major League Baseball.
2. It was probably part of one of the most organized scam-jobs in baseball history.
3. It gives another reason why some of us can't "Shut The Fuck Up" and "Just Enjoy The Show".

So let's take a look at what has led us to the point where San Francisco and Los Angeles will shoot it out, best of five, which started last Friday night in Oracle Park (and, as of the edit to correct the tense and timing, is now 1-1 and headed to LA, Game 3 Monday).

Entering the season, according to a betting site of the state of New Jersey (through BetMGM), the Giants had a win total (over/under) of 75.5.  Projected tied for a distant third in the NL West.

By the All-Star Break, the Giants, inexplicably, were 57-32.

At the trade deadline, they were 65-39, the Dodgers were 63-43.

The Dodgers went 43-13 in August and September.

The Giants went 42-16, including 32 times that the Dodgers won and could make up no ground.

Now, for the Dodgers, not much of a surprise.  If this team were even remotely healthy, given what actually happened, 120 wins wouldn't have been THAT completely out of the question.

But a team who was supposed to win 75 games this year, per the Vegas bookies, wins 107...

• Only one team in the double-wildcard era (2018 BOS) has had more -- 108.
• It is the first time in MLB history that two teams actually won 106 or more games, regardless of division.
• As said before, 32 times since the trade deadline the Dodgers won and could make up no ground on the Giants.
• Why?  Here's a couple ideas:  Since the trade deadline, the D-Backs were 1-8 against the Giants.  Dodgers?  D-Backs were 2-7, but when one of those wins occurred, the D-Backs social media team actually tagged the Giants in the game-ending Tweet.
• The Rockies were even more pronounced:  Giants 9-1, Dodgers 3-3.

And that's just part of it.  THEN you have the Cardinals (one of Manfred's "Super Six":  Cardinals, Cubs, Astros, Yankees, Red Sox, Braves):

• After splitting a four-game set in LA Sept. 6-9, they then lose to Cincinnati.
• They win the next 17:  Two with Cincy, three with the Mets, four with the Brewers, three with San Diego, four with Chicago, and then another one over the Brewers to clinch that one-gamer with the Dodgers.

But the key, especially after the offense for the Dodgers sputtered in both the 3-1 walk-off victory over the Cardinals and a 4-0 shutout loss to the Giants to go 1-0 down, might be this play against Max Muncy in the final game of the regular season against the Brewers:

You can see on the replay that Jace Peterson of the Brewers extends his elbow to create the injurious contact.

And do I think for a SECOND that he didn't understand the ramifications of that act?  Not on your life!  He knew EXACTLY what he was doing, with the Brewers and Braves taking each other on in the other NLDS.

I'm not watching the games.  I might eventually check out pitch charts, etc.  But the fact is that you have to know that these things exist.  There is such a hatred for the Los Angeles Dodgers right now, because even the players and other teams KNOW that the Dodgers have something special going and are building for dominance for a long time to come.

If people need to know why people such as myself cannot "shut up and enjoy the show", here's your reason.  This is absolute and utter bullshit.  And I fear it's going to get worse.