Freeway Series gets weird after Dodgers Fan wrangles wild opossum in stands

Nypost · May 18, 2026 · 346 words · By Michael Duarte

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The upper deck at Angel Stadium is an interesting place.

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What happened

The upper deck at Angel Stadium is an interesting place.

Why it matters

As the Los Angeles Dodgers completed a humiliating three-game sweep over the Angels in the Freeway Series on Sunday, one fan apparently decided that pest control duties were also part of the experience.

Common ground

In a vital TikTok video posted Sunday, the Dodgers’ fan, wearing a Kiké Hernández 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.

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Claim 1: “the Los Angeles Dodgers completed a humiliating three-game sweep over the Angels in the Freeway Series on Sunday”

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The claim states the Dodgers swept the Angels. However, multiple web search results explicitly state the opposite: the Angels swept the Dodgers. Yardbarker reports 'Dodgers Swept By Angels' and GV Wire reports 'Angels Sweep Dodgers in Freeway Series for 1st Time...'

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 136th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 68th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 64th season playi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_seaso…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Los Angeles Dodgers season is the 137th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 69th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 65th season playin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_seaso…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West Division. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers

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Claim 2: “the fourth oldest stadium in baseball”

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Multiple independent web sources explicitly state that Angel Stadium is the fourth-oldest active stadium in Major League Baseball, trailing only Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, and Dodger Stadium.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Angel Stadium (originally and colloquially known as Anaheim Stadium) is a ballpark in Anaheim, California, United States. Since its opening 60 years ago in 1966, it has been the home venue of the Los …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Stadium

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Major League Baseball (MLB), the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, has undergone several rounds of expansion beginning in 1961, eventually reaching 30 teams with …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansion_of_Major_League_Base…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There are 30 stadiums in use by Major League Baseball (MLB) teams. The oldest ballpark is Fenway Park in Boston, home of the Boston Red Sox, which opened in 1912. The newest stadium is Globe Life Fiel…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_Major_League_B…

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Claim 3: “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 discovered a rat infestation”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general information about oranges (fruit) and Orange County (Florida/California), but contains no mention of the California Post, a rat infestation, or the shutdown of a stadium section by health services.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Florida Department of Health in Orange County is the county health department in Orange County, Florida, formerly known as Orange County Health Department, charged with protecting the health and s…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Orange County, officially the County of Orange, often initialized: O.C., is located in the Greater Los Angeles area in Southern California, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the popu…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Orange County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 1,429,908, making it the fifth-most populous county in Florida…
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Claim 4: “The Dodgers outscored the Angels 31-3 in the sweep”

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The provided evidence for this claim contains general information about the city of Los Angeles and the Dodgers franchise, but does not provide the specific run totals (31-3) for the series in question.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Below is a partial list of Minor League Baseball players in the Los Angeles Dodgers system.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers_minor_leag…

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Claim 5: “the Dodgers’ fan, wearing a Kiké Hernández 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”

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While evidence confirms the existence of Kiké Hernández and Dodgers fans, there is no mention in the provided search results or Wikipedia entries regarding a fan wrangling an opossum in Section 534 of Angel Stadium.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Enrique José Hernández González Jr. (born August 24, 1991), nicknamed Kike ( KEE-kay), is a Puerto Rican professional baseball utility player for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB)…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_Hernández_(baseball)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On November 1, 2025, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays played a series-deciding Game 7 of the 2025 World Series to determine the champion of the Major League Baseball season that year. The…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_7_of_the_2025_World_Serie…

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