Has the Giants-Dodgers Rivalry Lost Its Heat?

The first weekend home series for the Giants this year was the Dodgers, and the Giants marketed it with the 60th anniversary of the teams’ move to California, celebrating 60 years of the rivalry. The video was filled with players on both teams, looking angry and yelling, rushing the field and taking swings, and Tommy Lasorda sitting there looking Lasordaly, and occasionally players of either team celebrating.

So...why do I feel so...meh...about this weekend series?

It’s not like these are not two good teams, and haven’t been competing this decade. I don’t need to remind you that the Giants came out of nowhere to win the World Series in 2010 with a group of misfits and castoffs. Nor that the…