Outside of the AL East there are only a handful of truly vicious rivalries that have the history of the Giants and Dodgers. But no matter how much bad blood between the teams historically there might be the 2011 versions of each team feel like they are going in very different directions.
Last year the Giants came from seemingly no where to win the World Series while the Dodgers parted ways with on of baseballs most iconic managers in Joe Torre.
While the Giants are battle hardened and learned exactly how to win games they now have a target on their back and will be taught a lesson that teams like the Red Sox and Yankees have faced: life is different when you get every team's best shot day in and day out.