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Dodger Fans Don't Hold Back After Team Collapses In The Postseason

By  Yusra Farzan
Published Oct 12, 2023 1:12 PM
Dodger players stand in a row leaning up against a fence looking out onto a baseball field.
Dodgers players look on from the dugout in the ninth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks during Game Three of the Division Series at Chase Field on October 11, 2023 in Phoenix.
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Last year, it was the San Diego Padres. This year it was the Arizona Diamondbacks who sent the Los Angeles Dodgers packing just as they stepped into the postseason. And in 17 years, this is the first time that the Dodgers didn’t win a single postseason game. Zilch. Nada.

And social media came in clutch with the memes.

Dodgers’ fans when their hitters just couldn't hit Diamondbacks pitchers:

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Some Dodgers fans were left wondering, what’s the point of a regular season?

@niners_edizz.124

“Its not fair” #fyp #fypシ゚viral #niners_editzz #blowthisup #mlb #dodgers #foryoupage

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It was a night of tossing and turning and some tears …

But once a Dodgers fan, always a Dodgers fan.

There’s always next year.

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