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That ubiquitous “Beat LA!” so many of us baseball fans enthusiastically chant against the detestable Dodgers didn’t originate with that team. Not even with that sport. Its origins didn’t even directly involve an LA team at all. Kyle Ramos had the story for NBA.com, back in 2015:
Instead, it began in 1982 when Boston was facing elimination against the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals. With the Sixers comfortably ahead and the end of the Celtics season in sight, the Boston fans opted not to wallow in their somber defeat, but to offer some simple instruction and encouragement to the soon-to-be-victorious Philadelphia team, chanting, “Beat LA! Beat LA! Beat LA!”
The best thing to come out of Boston since Paul Revere, New Edition, and Dunkin Donuts’ bacon and egg on a croissant.