I’m off to Dodger Stadium tonight to see the Dodgers take on the A’s. This will be Part II of their tour of duty through the American League West, with a stop in Chicago to take on the Sox (the bad ones, not the good ones).

The Dodgers play three against Oakland at home starting tonight, three in Anaheim, three in Chicago, then three against Seattle back home to wrap up interleague.

If you just go by the standings, it would seem that the hardest part of that stretch is over. The Rangers were the toughest opponent by record, and were one of only two teams over .500. The Dodgers beat them two out of three.

The second of those two would be the other team that has given the Dodgers some trouble: theso-called “Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim,” or as I like to call them, “That team that used to be called the California Angels.”

The Dodgers are 1-2 against them this year, playing in three tightly contested games at Chavez Ravine. After taking on the A’s (who I could describe as mediocre, at best), the Boys in Blue will head to Anaheim to take on the Haloes on their home turf.

The Angels, and the entire American League really, have always seemed to give the Dodgers trouble, and it would be great for them to come out of interleague with their heads held high instead of having taken a thrashing.

The important thing is to take advantage of the weak schedule that they have been given. The only tough opponent left is the Angels, as the A’s, Mariners and White Sox have all be floundering in mediocrity for most of the season (aside from the Mariner’s brief show of brilliance early on).

The Dodgers need to capitalize on this and come out on top, starting tonight. Let’s hope the dominant Clayton Kershaw shows up, and not the one that gets knocked around.