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Root for your home team as they take on one of
L.A.’s finest.
 Sports fans have no excuse to fall behind on the action. Never mind the
area’s glaring lack of a pro football team. L.A. has no less than three
pro basketball teams (Clippers, Lakers and the WNBA’s Sparks), two
baseball teams (Angels and Dodgers), two hockey teams (Kings and Mighty
Ducks) and pro soccer’s Galaxy.
To give this activity a trial run, we sent a group of Pomona students
who call New York home to watch their beloved Yankees play in a rare,
interdivisional series against the Dodgers. What we discovered is that
it takes some grit to root for the visitors in a place like Dodger
Stadium, especially when you’re lumped with the infamously rowdy Yankees
fans on unsympathetic turf.
“I kept quiet most of the game not only because the Yanks were not
giving anything about which to cheer but also because dumb, drunk Yankee
fans were getting into fights all around the stadium,” says Sean Higdon
’06. “This one woman had 20 Dodger fans pelting her with peanuts, and
she kept egging them on despite having a beer in each hand.”
But Higdon still managed to have a good time. “Getting to see the
Yankees play anytime is unbelievable, especially in Dodger Stadium,” he
says. “I would not hesitate to do it again, though hopefully next time
the Yankees will be on the winning end.”
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