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It's no secret that a lot of people feel the same way. Especially when it comes down to rooting for the Braves, who are trying to join Minnesota as the only teams ever to bounce back from last place to first, or the hated Dodgers.
And, it might go beyond that. Because Dodgers general manager Fred Claire called "heads" in a coin flip last month, Los Angeles won the toss and the right to host a one-game playoff Monday night. That, too, will be on TV.
All week, the Giants have been looking forward to doing it again to the Dodgers. They beat them in 1951 on Bobby Thomson's home run in the playoffs, knocked them out again in a three-game playoff in 1962 and denied them an NL West title in 1982 when...
"I hate the Dodgers," Giants pitcher John Burkett said. "I've been in this organization since 1983, and there's always been a rivalry, even in A ball. We had five, six brawls against them one season."
"I'll manage like they're World Series games," said San Francisco's Roger Craig, who pitched Brooklyn to a victory in the 1955 World Series, the first time the Dodgers won the championship.