The Dodgers and Padres have shared a division -- and Southern California proximity -- for more than five decades. For most of that time, it's been hard to call this a "rivalry" (whatever that word means,

The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres faced each other this week for the first time since the 2024 National League Division Series. Matchups between the teams have taken on added significance over recent years,

The Dodgers and Giants have a rivalry that predates the two teams' arrival on the West Coast in 1958. No current Dodger player — not even a current Dodger coach — was alive when the two teams called New York home.