I am not going to argue that there are times when the crowd gets rowdy and that some of the language is not what I would want any kids to hear.

Now, since the guy never raised it at the game, I am not sure what the Dodgers could do and certainly I heard enough Mets fans whooping it up at times during the playoff game to tell me that did not dish it out as well.

Look, if you go to a big game (playoff, bitter rivalry, etc.) and you are supporting the opposing team, then you have to be expecting some fan's to comment. Now it should never be rude or violent but that is what generally happens. Though during the two big Padre games I saw in September (fortunately I saw the two the Dodgers won), the fans where I was sitting were pretty respectful to any Padre fans that were there.

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There were literally beers flying through the air the entire seventh inning of the playoff game. As a season ticket holder, it bothers me. But is the fan conduct in LA so different from other cities? I don't have enough experiences in other stadiums to have an opinion. I NEVER feel personally threatened, but then again, I'm sporting an "LA" on my hat.

A season ticket holder just above me always gets into fights. Sometimes with the aid of "over service" and sometimes just because. He's the nicest guy to me, but man, he packs a punch for anyone wearing Giants gear.

There is a part of me that feels that behavior like this is never acceptable. However, another part of me feels like it is part of the package when attending a sporting event.

Actually, I'm not that good at math. I've always been in advanced classes and done fairly well, but I also always make silly mistakes that I can't eliminate. And I mean always...

Basketball for some reason remains a civilized sport to attend. I've never witnessed a fight at any Laker or Clipper game and I average about 50 games a year for the last 15 years.

If ever there were a hypothesis I wished more to test. . .

That one might have to be tested multiple times just to make sure...

This can lead to not so good circumstances. Once at a game in "stadium-nom-de-jour" in Nashville, some drunks were cursing and bullying an older couple near myself and some friends, the oldest of which was right next to them and basically told them to simmer down or they'd be removed. They chose to be removed before half-time. After the game I spotted these goons tailing my friend, 60-something, so I slow down and tail them (all of us walking). Just as they were about to cold cock this guy, I tell them not to even think about. It took all my skills not to get in a fight in which I would have hurt these guys, and I had my cell phone ready to call friends in the local Police dept. AND this was from fans of the same team. These creeps were gonna cold-cock a guy 3 times their age. Unbelieveable.

Just as scary is that you can get a cremation Urn with a dodger logo on it.

sad to hear dodger fans acting so poorly too.

And while I was partly expecting peanuts and perhaps some beer to be thrown at me, that never occurred.

In general, aside from this unfortunate fool, I really do still think Dodger fans are for the most part far better behaved. It may be partly due to where I've usually sat--sometimes field, sometimes inner reserve--but I've never seen a full-blown fistfight at DS. A few people ejected, but I know from a BoSox fan that it was once a regular occurrence to see real punches thrown at Fenway on a Friday night. And this is part of that grain of truth being why northeast fans look down on Dodger fans as overly laid-back, although, I think this is really just a sign of how we conduct ourselves better.

I'm not saying fan behavior is perfect at DS, but I think it's significantly superior to many other ballparks.

WWSH

i have to disagree strongly with anyone who thinks that other teams fans are as bad as dodger fans, or that dodger fans are even better behaved than other teams fans. i havent seen them all but ive been to 7 or 8 baseball stadiums and dodger fans are by far the rudest, most agressive, most likely to pour beer on you or fight you just because youre wearing another teams jersey, bunch of jerks ive ever seen. i am a third generation dodger fan and season ticket holder to dodger stadium so dont think im another teams fan railing on the blue crew fans. anyone who has never seen a fight at dodger stadium needs to get to the stadium more often... or not, if you have children or are sensitive to R rated experiences including offensive language and violence.

ive been deep in enemy territory in both good seats and cheap seats at phone company of the month stadium and the worst thing anyone ever said to me was "at least we have a football team". i simply informed him that USC would crush the niners any day of the week and that was the end of that. i had more people be friendly to me than rude to me there. i even went out for drinks after a game once with some people i met at the stadium.

in SD the rudest person ive come across was a red sox fan who was stationed in socal and checking out a padre game.

arizona is a bunch of people who were dodger fans until they finally got there own team. not one bad scenario.

oakland fans were mildly roudy but more just friendly jabbing than any serious or threatening comments.

anaheim is anaheim.

the only fans i could even consider to be rude were mets fans. and even then it was mild. i went to espn zone in times square before game 1 last week and was surrounded by mets fans. and not 1 was rude. most wanted to talk about what west coast stadiums ive been to and tell me what east coast stadiums theyve been to. (they all love camden yards... ill have to make that my next stop). and then at the game there were the standard things to expect. they pat you on the back when their team scores a run (more in a to be funny manner than in a to be rude manner). tell you to sit down as you are 1 of 3 groups in your area standing and cheering as your team ties it up. and then as soon as the game was over, a guy sitting across from me came over and shook my hand and said "you guys (dodgers) played well". another guy that was walking down past me also shook my hand and said something to the same extent "well played" "you (dodgers) put up a good fight". very classy.

sorry for such a long post, but i get sick of people talking about how great dodger fans are and im sorry to say it, but theyre not. theyre rude, agressive, and there is no excuse, short of having young children at an extra innings game on a week day, to leave a game early. every city has traffic. it is no excuse. i was at the marathon game in oakland this year and there were as many fans left in the 14th innning in oakland as there are in the 8th inning at dodger stadium.