The Great Bambino sits in the Dodgers bullpen. (Photo by Mark Morocco)
THE VIDEO SURFACED ON Instagram earlier this month: two men yelling at each other in the Dodger Stadium concourse.
“That’s what you deserve! You deserve an ass beating because I had to take my dog to the fucking hospital,” yells the man behind the camera. “Your dog bit my dog! He shouldn’t fucking be here!”
The other man, wearing a medical walking boot and holding a muzzled dog on a leash, calls out for security. Nearby fans look like they would rather not get involved.
Fiery exchanges between fans are hardly unusual at Chavez Ravine. But this fight involved a feud that began not with people but with a bite between two of the Dodgers’ most famous canine fans — The Great Bambino, a Shar Pei, and Dodger, a German Shepherd mix — several years back. And this year’s fracas happened at the team’s annual Pups in the Park event, a celebration for pet owners.
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