Dodgers Fans Invade Yankee Stadium, Do Their Own Roll Call Ahead Of Win

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Yankee Stadium, the older Yankee Stadium at least, used to be a terrible place for fans of the opposing teams — especially boisterous supporters — to go and watch a game.

The times, however, they’ve changed and so has the stadium, apparently ushering in a new, gentler class of Yankees fans.

That was on full display Monday night when the Yankees welcomed the Los Angeles Dodgers to town to open a three-game series in the Bronx. The Yankees also welcomed thousands of folks in Dodger blue to the ballpark.

Dodgers fans came out in droves for the opener, with a big pocket of supporters even holding a Dodgers flag in the left-field seats.



Things got even worse for Yankees fans when the opposing fans broke into a roll call of their own, borrowing the tradition from Yankees fans who call out the names of every New York player on the field in the first inning.

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The Dodgers gave their diehards plenty to cheer about, too. L.A. rolled to to an 8-2 win

Photos via Brad Penner/USA TODAY Sports Images

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Nikola Mirotic posts funny tweet ahead of USA-Spain semifinal matchup

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As Spain looks ahead to a highly-anticipated semifinal matchup against the United States in the Olympic men’s basketball tournament on Friday, forward Nikola Mirotic’s Twitter game is in top form.

On Thursday, Mirotic posted an image of him and Chicago Bulls teammate Jimmy Butler, who is competing for Team USA, with a caption quoting a famous slogan of American president (and noted Bulls fan) Barack Obama.

"Ey JIMMY… YES WE CAN " pic.twitter.com/be8dMppF9T

— Nikola Mirotic (@threekola) August 18, 2016

Mirotic has reason to feel confident after his 23 points led Spain to a blowout quarterfinal victory over rivals France on Wednesday. Still, with the United States heavily favored to win and Pau Gasol possibly out with a calf injury, Mirotic may have to prepare himself for a more graceful showing in defeat than he exhibited last time around.

Image Credit: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports

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