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It is true Dodger fans hate the Angels however; Dodger fans would rather beat the Giants than save the world from complete annihilation. The Dodgers–Giants rivalry is the longest-standing and one of the most storied rivalries in the history of baseball. It all started back in the 19th century when both clubs were based in New York City. In 1957, Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley decided to move the team to Los Angeles. Walter somehow convinced Giants owner Horace Stoneham (who was considering moving his team to Minnesota) to preserve the rivalry by bringing his team to California as well. The cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco have long been competitors in economic, cultural, and political arenas, so adding the teams into the mix just stirred up the conflict even more.
Although the two teams were natural (geographically proximate and National League) rivals anyway, the conflict between the two teams runs deeper than simple competitiveness. In the early 1900s, the rivalry was heightened by a long-standing personal feud (originally a business difference) between Charles Ebbets, owner of the Dodgers, and John McGraw, manager of the Giants. The two used their teams to get back at each other, which caused incidents between players both on and off the field, and inflamed local fans' passions sometimes to deadly levels. In 1940, Umpire George Magenkurth was brutally beaten during a game by an enraged Dodger fan seemingly for making a pro-Giants call, and the rivalry is said to have been the motive for at least one fan-on-fan homicide, in 1938, and another in 2007 within close proximity to AT&T Park.
Unique to many other historic baseball match-ups , where one team remains dominant for most of their history, the Los Angeles Dodgers and San- Francisco Giants rivalry has proved to be long-standing balance in the accomplishments and successes of the two teams. While the Giants have more wins in franchise history, for example, the Dodgers have one more World Series title. Each team's power has endured for over a century, quantum jumped across an entire continent, as well as the rivalry's consistent growth, have led to the rivalry being considered one of the greatest in sports history.
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