Posted on 10/31/2025 4:58:51 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
In deep Big Papi voice: Daa ... Doyers lose!
After being outlasted in Game 3 at Dodger Stadium — a marathon of a watch that is tied for the longest game in World Series history — the Toronto Blue Jays are now one victory away from the franchise’s first championship since 1993 (they also won it in 1992). The series, which stands at 3-2 in their favor, will now resume in Canada.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Dodgers, who walked through the playoffs like Thanos with all the Infinity Stones, have struggled to get hits from its very expensive lineup. They were so dominant in the postseason that their coronation as the first team to win back-to-back World Series — since the New York Yankees three-peated between 1998 and 2000 — felt inevitable.
So much so that the prospect created an ethical dilemma for many Latino Dodger fans: Is it OK to root for the team during the World Series, despite the franchise staying silent amid the immigration raids that rattled Southern California over the summer?
After team management said they would not be commenting on the matter, there was enough public backlash that the organization eventually committed $1 million “toward direct financial assistance for families of immigrants impacted by recent events in the region.”
My colleagues Gustavo Arellano and Nathan Solis recently tackled the internal conflict among many Dodgers supporters in their respective stories.
For his column, Gustavo watched Game 1 (a brutal loss) with Conrado Contreras: his sister’s father-in-law and a lifelong fan, who survived a stroke and had to relearn baseball last year.
So, how does Don Conrado view things?
“Sports shouldn’t get into politics, but all sports owners are with Trompas,” he said. For the non-Latinos reading this, “Trompas” refers to Donald Trump. “So...”
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
No.
Nope.
I see that the deadbeat freeploader Bookshelf the Schlep is still spamming your keywords...
It’s OK to root for the Dodgers if you approve of their embrace of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
I tried to root for them being USA adjacent. I could not do it. I dispise them.
Just go on rooting for the Cuban national team, Fidel, and leave the rest of us alone.
Summer of riots, defying the law, violence, lies, and fires. Not ready to root for them.
I live near LA... There hasn’t been nearly enough immigration enforcement to suit me. I want everyone here to be legal and not through amnesty either.
Go Jays!
In a quandry as a lifelong SF Giants fan—how can I root for the dreaded Dodgers? “Da Bums...” But then again how can I root for one of those Amercan League teams—Canadian at that! How can Canada be considered American?
Though I am a supporter of Alberta independence, there was one thing I liked about Quebec. It was the Expos. Since they expired, there remains one thing I like about Eastern Canaduh. That is the Blue Jays.
GO JAYS GO!
Is this sort of like that super bowl thing?
j/k but who cares
It’s not the Dodgers so much I hate. It’s their fans....Hollywood liberals and Mexi-Angeles.....
These commies are really upset that Trump is deporting their voters aren’t they..but they said NOTHING when an illegal alien murdered 3 innocent people on a highway in Ontario, two of the victims that we know of were black, so there goes the “The Dem party cares about the minority community” the ONLY community the left cares about are the ones loyal to THEM..and those are illegal aliens, who will forever be the Dems slaves
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