Most afternoons, shortly after he gets to work, Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Teoscar Hernández will hear a bright, “¡Buenas tardes!”
They sought each other’s company almost immediately when spring training opened, as two of the only fresh faces in a. They also share a friendly demeanor, quick to make fun of themselves and slow to get frustrated. And they are both playing well—Ohtani has an OPS of 1.038, and Hernández of .783, for the 18–12 Dodgers. Both say they feel comfortable with their new team—in part because of one another.
“He understands a lot of English and I understand a lot of English,” Hernández says. “But sometimes I say something and he don’t get it right away, so I have to explain it the way that I know, but I don’t know if he . But I think that’s part of our job, to get to know each other, to help each other, and just to learn. We learn together a language that is not his language or mine.”
Hernández disagrees. Ohtani’s Spanish, he says, “is really good. He knows a lot of things. And the things that he’s confused with, he asks me—‘How do you say this?’ ‘Why do you say this?’ ‘Why do you pronounce it like that?’”But fluency isn’t really the point. They are mostly trying to connect.
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