The Los Angeles Dodgers are doing their best to get past their crushing postseason defeat to the Arizona Diamondbacks, the NL champions.
It was a tough defeat that should make the Dodgers take a serious and hard look at themselves in the mirror. The NL West rivalry was certainly renewed after years of dormancy, but for one former D-back infielder, the rivalry never went away.
The Dodgers were in a four-year division title drought and had a chance to clinch the NL West crown in 2013 at Chase Field. LA locked up the first of eight consecutive west titles on September 19, 2013; it was the earliest they had ever clinched the division title at the time and the largest deficit they had ever overcome to win the division.
However, the story doesn't stop there. The team went wild during their celebration, famously jumping into the pool at Chase Field as the party raged on.
To this day, it's still a widely discussed topic among the two fan bases, and it seems some of the players certainly haven't forgotten, including former Diamondback Willie Bloomquist.
Ten years later, Bloomquist is still salty about the infamous pool celebration and isn't shy to tell us how he really feels.
Talk about holding grudges. Bloomquist spent three seasons in Arizona from 2011-2013 and was front row into the Boys in Blue celebration.
Look, when you accomplish something so rare at the time for the Dodgers, you have the right to do as you please, responsibly, of course. LA may have gone over the top, but they did win it against their division rival and couldn't pass up on that golden opportunity.
Over the top, maybe; disrespectful, maybe; legendary, hell yes!
LA had the right to do so, and I'm sure no members of that Dodgers team don't regret it one bit.
At the end of the day, this sounds like more of a Willie Bloomquist problem. Boo hoo.
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