{"id":702212,"date":"2026-05-18T12:42:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T12:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/702212\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T12:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T12:42:18","slug":"viral-video-shows-dodgers-fan-catching-wild-opossum-at-angel-stadium-during-freeway-series-sweep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/702212\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral video shows Dodgers fan catching wild opossum at Angel Stadium during Freeway Series sweep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The upper deck at Angel Stadium is an interesting place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/los-angeles-dodgers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> completed a humiliating <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/17\/sports\/dodgers-sweep-angels-behind-roki-sasakis-best-career-start\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">three-game sweep over the Angels<\/a> in the Freeway Series on Sunday, one fan apparently decided that pest control duties were also part of the experience.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a vital TikTok video posted Sunday, the Dodgers\u2019 fan, wearing a Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez gold World Series collection jersey, is seen wrangling a wild opossum behind the final row of seats in Section 534 near the right-field foul pole.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The crowd in the section screams and roars as the fan grabs the animal by the tail and holds it up like it was the last out of the World Series. Located somewhere between brave and a terrible-decision, the moment turned into absolutely theater.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stadium security was waiting with a cardboard box and the fan aggressively dropped the animal inside before celebrating. Hilariously, he then wipes out into the row below crashing into an Angels fan wearing a Mike Trout jersey. Poetry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Angel Stadium is definitely having a rough few weeks. A few weeks ago, The California Post was the first to break the news that the fourth oldest stadium in baseball had an entire section shut down by Orange County Public Health Services after they<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/27\/sports\/angel-stadium-section-shutdown-after-rodent-infestation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> discovered a rat infestation<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39411159\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/los-angeles-dodgers-shohei-ohtani-128080448_042aba.jpg\" alt=\"Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels interact on the field.\" class=\"wp-image-39411159\"  \/>Los Angeles Dodgers\u2019 Shohei Ohtani, right, and Los Angeles Angels\u2019 Mike Trout, left, interact before a baseball game, Sunday, May 17, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo\/Jessie Alcheh) AP Photo\/Jessie Alcheh<\/p>\n<p>The internet had a field day in the comments section<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo Angel Stadium is the new Oakland Coliseum,\u201d one fan joked online.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another added: \u201cDodgers fans really doing everything for the Angels this weekend. Sold out the stadium, took over the crowd, swept the series, and even handled the pest control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, hard to argue with that. The Dodgers outscored the Angels 31-3 in the sweep. By Sunday night, even the opossum was waving the white flag.<\/p>\n<p>Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters <\/p>\n<p>California Post News: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheCaliforniaPost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@CaliforniaPost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TikTok<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@thecaliforniapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Vb6a2IV1NCrL6q2AWq0E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">WhatsApp<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/company\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a><br \/>California Post Sports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/capostsports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/capostsports\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@capostsports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TikTok<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CaliforniaPostSports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/capostsports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X<\/a><br \/>California Post  <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Opinion<\/a> <br \/>California Post Newsletters: <a href=\"https:\/\/email.nypost.com\/#california-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sign up here!<\/a><br \/>California Post App: <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/california-post\/id6751343487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Download here!<\/a><br \/>Home delivery: <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.californiapost.com\/defaultCAP\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up here!<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/california-post\/id6751343487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><br \/><\/a>Page Six Hollywood: <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/hollywood-signup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sign up here!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The upper deck at Angel Stadium is an interesting place.\u00a0 As the Los Angeles Dodgers completed a humiliating&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":702213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2390],"tags":[291,5,2178,1165,446,3223,774,56,57,3224,3222,603,4,468,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-702212","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-angels","8":"tag-angels","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-la-angels","13":"tag-laangels","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-los-angeles-angels","16":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","17":"tag-losangeles","18":"tag-losangelesangels","19":"tag-mike-trout","20":"tag-mlb","21":"tag-shohei-ohtani","22":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116595638104716816","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}