Shohei Ohtani sometimes performs the hero for no matter workforce he is enjoying on, so he positively is aware of one when he sees one. And there is no query he is totally conscious that bat boy Javier Herrera saved the day on Wednesday.
Within the third inning of the Dodgers’ 4-0 win over the White Sox, Herrera made a heads-up snag of an Enrique Hernández foul ball that was making a beeline for Ohtani within the dugout. A relieved Ohtani subsequently thanked Herrera for the help.
Herrera, 38, met the media (as detailed by the Los Angeles Instances) earlier than the Dodgers opened their set in opposition to the Giants on Friday evening, and Ohtani posted a photograph on Instagram of the scene overlaid with the all-caps proclamation, “MY HERO !!”
Herrera has acquired many plaudits for his fast reflexes; supervisor Dave Roberts quipped, for instance, that the workforce ought to prolong Herrera’s contract and provides him a increase. However do not count on the whirlwind fame to go to Herrera’s head.
“I used to be simply doing my job,” he mentioned Friday.
