The Fake Fans of the Los Angeles Dodgers

For those not tuned in to the MLB yet as the NHL and NBA playoffs heat up, let me set the scene before I begin to rip apart Los Angeles Dodgers fans:

This week, the Arizona Diamondbacks released what some people (well, at least this blogger) believe to be the greatest alternate uniforms in baseball history. The Nike City Connect Serpientes purple & teal beauts have gotten raving reviews from all around the league. Along with this, the D-backs organization and MLB dropped a whole line of incredible City Connect–inspired apparel for fans to purchase. I have already spent an embarrassing amount of money of course.

This is where my gripe and complaints begin.

This past Monday, the City Connects were released to the public. As part of the rollout, CEO Derrick Hall joined the broadcast team to promote the new gear, including showcasing some of the fan apparel. While explaining the process, he said something that threw me off, and it’s stuck with me since. They apparently timed the release knowing the Los Angeles Dodgers were coming into town for the first time in 2025.

Okay, I get it, I was there too I bet ya. You want to add buzz when your bitter rival, currently in first place, shows up for a big four-game set. Makes sense.

NOPE. Try again.

He said the release was partly a sales pitch...because Dodgers fans (yes, you heard that right) tend to buy up D-backs City Connect merch. With the previous sand/desert-themed City Connects, they apparently noticed LA fans were also buying them in bulk. So the expectation is that it'll happen again with the new purple & teals.

I was watching this thinking: What?! Shocked. Disgusted. And also convinced it had to be some kind of troll job of the Dbacks. There’s no way Dodgers fans actually plan on buying their rival’s gear... Right?!? Cause lets just think of how embarrassing that would be... YIKES!

I got reciepts! Yep the proof started pouring in...

First, a couple of students told me their "Dodgers-fan" friends were planning on getting the hat, shirt, or jersey. Then another student went to the game and came back stunned by how many LA fans were in OUR team shop! I still couldn’t believe this was real. And then the final straw...I found this on Twitter...

Bro actually took a picture (or let someone take it) of him buying a BITTER RIVAL'S gear!! Not only that, he looks like he’s enjoying it! ALSO I see lame ass Dodger blue in the background....

Evidence is making this easy on me! Dodger fans are the most fake and unserious fan base in all of sports. In what world would any true fan buy merch from their rival team?! That is bananas-land behavior, boys.

Look, I get it, our stuff as D-backs fans is just so much cooler. You’re all envious of Arizona’s style. We’ve known this for years, especially as Dodger fans, who keep moving to AZ. That wannabe energy has always been in the air. But to actually buy AND wear your rival's gear?

UNHEARD OF.

True fans will feel me on this. Think of your own teams rivals. No way in hell...even frozen over...will I ever wear Dodger blue. I can't even imagine purchasing, with my own money, USC, Stanford, or Michigan gear as a Notre Dame fan.

I mean, damn...Seattle Kraken barely have a real rival yet, we kind of have the Battle of Northwest with Vancouver(word also is, it's either the Sharks or now the Utah Mammoth, who are both exactly 840 miles away), and you still won’t catch me in any of that gear. When you tell me a team is our rival, that means root against them and shun them in any situation. Buying and wearing their logo... IN PUBLIC?! Get the heck outta here, man. That’s the most naive behavior in the sports world.

Just when I thought I couldn’t hate the Dodgers organization more, they go and do this. This is a team that gets whoever the hell they want, including maybe one of the greatest players of all time. They get it all. And how do their fans "repay" that?

Oh no big deal just...by buying the gear of the division rival who by the way swept them in the playoffs two years ago with a bunch of rookies. Thank you very much.

It’s to the point where, if I were the Dodgers players, I’d strike. If I’m Ohtani, Betts, or Freeman, I’d be demanding a trade. It’s time someone teaches this privileged fanbase a lesson.

Look...I’m not here to gatekeep fandoms. Y’all can like whoever you want. But when you join a sports fandom, there are rules. Go ahead like, love, obsess over the teams you want, sure...but respect the rules of your team. You buy in? Then you adopt their identity.That’s part of it. Those are the unwritten rules.

If you’re a Red Sox fan, you’re not buying Yankees stuff. Bears fans don’t wear Packers cheeseheads. And Dodgers fans, if they were serious, would never touch D-backs gear.

But they’re not. They never were. And this just proves it again.

Final Verdict: Fake Fans Period.