Ticket sales for the San Francisco Giants showed the Dodgers weren't the top draw in the Bay Area.

Art Rosenbaum, The Times' correspondent in San Francisco, reported
that Giants fans wanted to see the Milwaukee Braves, St. Louis
Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates more than the Dodgers. The Giants and
Dodgers had been rivals in New York but Rosenbaum said San Francisco
fans believed "the rivalry must be built locally to be firm–such as
the Rams-49ers in football."

So they waited until football season to chant "Beat L.A.?"

–Keith Thursby