With a very close, back and forth Freeway Series unfolding on the field at Dodgers Stadium the past couple nights, it’s no surprise that there has been some tensions bubbling up between the fans of both the Angels and Dodgers. Things got especially beefy this afternoon, when video of an Angels fan getting bloodied up at Chavez Ravine started going around social media like wildfire.
The fans were barking and chest-thumping at each other all afternoon, and tonight’s game at the Big A had not only the second largest crowd for the Angels (since the 1998 renovations), but it had a palpable sense of a classic sinister sports rivalry, the type that would get approving (but just barely) nods from soccer’s most loyal hooligans.