Interleague play
Since Interleague play started, the teams have had limited meetings. The Yankees visited newly built Pac Bell Park in March 2000 for a preseason series marking their first visit to San Francisco in 38 years. June 6, 2002 saw the first meeting between the two clubs since the 1962 World Series. The Giants had come back to play at the old Yankee Stadium. Barry Bonds remarked how he wanted to touch something of the Babe's as a respect for the history there. Bonds would hit a home run to eventually obtain the record of being the only player in MLB history to have hit in all existing baseball stadiums during his playing career.