The longest home run at Dodger Stadium in 2020 came in a game that didn’t even involve the Los Angeles Dodgers, nor even the National League at all.
Instead, it was hit in the playoffs by an Oakland A’s slugging right-handed third baseman — but not Matt Chapman.
Welcome to October baseball, where you couldn’t write the script if you tried. (And believe me, I’ve tried.) Here’s how we got here.
The A’s are playing the 2020 ALDS at a neutral site, as part of a postseason bubble to protect against the coronavirus pandemic.