The codgers amongst us all remember when the Braves nemesis was the Dodgers. From 1969-1993 the East Division had two teams from the Central Time Zone and the West Division had two teams from the Eastern Time Zone. No, this didn’t make any sense. But it meant that the Braves had the most travel of any team and we spent a lot of time on the West Coast, and the Giants and the Padres were rarely top-drawer (to be fair, the Braves were rarely top-drawer) and the Dodgers were usually pretty good. Thus, hate.
At least we only make one trip a year now to LA.