The Dodgers are among only an Alfonsecan handful of teams to have only played two interleague series to date, but they will make up for lost time this week by welcoming the Oakland Athletics and Angels to Dodger Stadium for six games.
Up first are the A’s, who play in major league stadiums only half of the time as they call a Triple-A ballpark in West Sacramento their interim home for now. The Dodgers usually play the Angels twice per season, but one of the changes to the MLB schedule this season was that all interleague series are three games, so no more two-gamers against “natural rivals.”
The Dodgers swept the Tigers in their first interleague series this season, from March 27-29 at Dodger Stadium, then took two of three games against the Rangers from April 18-20.
Because this week features only American League opponents for the Dodgers, I wanted to think of the now 29 seasons of interleague play, which dates back to 1997.
Today’s question is what is your favorite interleague play memory?
This doesn’t necessarily have to be Dodgers-specific, but a few interleague moments that came to find were Chan Ho Park’s spinning kick of Tim Belcher in 1999, the Dodgers getting no-hit by the Angels but winning anyway in 2008, or even Shohei Ohtani’s walk-off grand slam to beat the Rays last season while clinching a 40-40 season.
Let us know your interleague memories in the comments below.