Former Yankees player whining about Dodgers' victory lap shows NY will never recover

The Dodgers have calmed down significantly by now, with spring training right around the corner, but they reveled in their victory lap following their World Series win so much that it felt more like 20 laps. At certain points, with all of the golden soundbites they were dropping, it sounded like they were happier about how badly the Yankees lost than they were about their own commanding victory.

And how could they not be? The Yankees' implosion in Game 5 was one for the ages and won't soon be forgotten, so bad that even bumper stickers of FOX's score slab from that game are being mass-produced and proudly displayed on cars all around Los Angeles.

It felt like every Dodger was just waiting for their turn to take a shot at the Yankees. Max Muncy called the vibe at Yankee Stadium "weird," Joe Kelly said the Yankees were the "eighth or ninth-best playoff team" out of 12, Michael Kopech said the bullpen made jokes about how often Anthony Rizzo initiated mound visits.

It was a pile-on for the ages (though, in fairness, Kelly really didn't have any room to talk as a guy who didn't pitch at all in the postseason), and one former Yankee took exception. On "Foul Territory," Jon Berti expressed his issues with LA's victory lap.

"I don't know if I've ever heard World Series-winning team talk as badly as they did about the World Series loser. We were being disrespected to the point of where it felt like we didn't belong in the World Series," he said.

Former Yankee Jon Berti said Dodgers' trash talk after World Series win was "disrespectful"

It's important to note that Berti, now a Cub and free from whatever blanket gag-order the Yankees enforce with their players, didn't even play in the World Series. Before that, he appeared in just 25 games with them as a bench first and second baseman after the trade deadline. And his feelings were hurt?

"We won a lot of games last year," Berti said, "We won our division." We're all for team spirit, and all that, but the dude played in 25 games with the Yankees. Come on now, man.

Did the Dodgers' constant dunking get a little old at some point, especially when it was as nitpicky as Kopech's or as brutal as Kelly's? Maybe. But the Yankees also could've avoided that by just...being better? Not messing up so much? Either of those would've worked.