Dodgers bat boy Javier Herrera has't gotten a Porsche from Shohei Ohtani for saving him from a line drive, but he's still enjoying his viral moment.
Javier Herrera set the snooze alarm on his 15 minutes of fame, the Dodgers bat boy soaking up the spotlight for one more day in the wake of his Shohei Ohtani-saving catch of a blistering line drive off the bat of Kiké Hernández during Wednesday night’s 4-0 win over the White Sox in Chicago.
Does Herrera have the softest hands of any clubhouse attendant in the league? “We use a lot of lotion,” he said. What did Ohtani, who was walking behind Herrera toward the bat rack and did not even see the ball coming toward the dugout, say to him? “He said, ‘Thank you,’ ” Herrera said, “and I said, ‘I told you, I have your back.’ ” And what about the rumors that Ohtani, who famously gifted reliever Joe Kelly’s wife a Porsche for relinquishing No.
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