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Well, I am with the biggest
superstar on the Dodgers right now. No,

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not Freddie Freeman or show Heyo Tani, not even Gavin Lux. I

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am with the bat boy and also
the most famous clubhouse attendant in Major League

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Baseball, the one and only Javier
Herrera, the man that saved show Heyotani's

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life in Chicago. Thanks a lot
for the time. I know you're not

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comfortable with the attention, but we're
happy to have you here on Dodgers Radio.

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All right, on, Dave,
Thanks thanks for having me. Dude,

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how has your life changed since that
last game in Chicago? Not much,

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to be honest, I mean it's
not to me. It's not a

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big deal. It's you know,
he's none of the game. And then

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let's say we so we're here in
San Francisco. Is gonna play? All

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right? So the dugout at guaranteed
Rate Field, very dangerous angle there,

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so you had to be on your
toes. Can you take us through what

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you saw and what Otani told you
after you saved his life? So,

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I mean it's pretty close by.
It's what twenty feet maybe twenty five feet

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from home plate to the dugout.
So I had to keep my eyes wide

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open, be be aware of anything. So I think the first the first

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game, Crochet was pitching. He
was doing hard, and he stood behind

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me saying like, oh, I
don't want to He didn't say anything,

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but I knew he didn't want to
get hit. But I did tell him

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like, don't worry, I'll protect
you. I got your back. And

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then Game three in Chicago, I
caught that line drive and the night when

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I caught it, he turned around. I turned around and gave him knuckles

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and I told him I told you, I got you. And then he

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was happy about that. Man,
it was so smooth too. You didn't

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make a big deal about it.
You caught it and you handed it to

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the authenticator. Yeah. Yeah,
I mean it was a foul ball.

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I mean, the game's still going
and nothing really, no one got hurt.

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That was the best part. I
did my job, all right.

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So after that, we saw each
other after the game. By the time

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we saw each other, things kind
of got went viral. How many texts

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did you get from around the league
from former Dodgers current Dodgers about how it

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went viral. I got a good
amount of texts from family friends, even

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people that I don't even know,
to be honest, but they're not saving

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in my contexts. But David probably
did reach out DP J T. Turner,

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Justin Turner reached out. Catboy reached
out, you know, just saying

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good hands, like you know,
saying that. I say I saved show

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his life. But I think he
probably you know, I think he probably

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would have avoided a little bit.
But you know I did my thing,

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Yeah you did. Javier Herrera is
our guest. He is the bat Boy

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clubhouse attendant that protected show he Otani's
face from being smashed in by a key.

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K Hernandez spou Ball. Did KEI
k realize what happened when he came

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back to the dugout, I don't
think so. I don't think anyone realized

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what happened. I didn't know what
I mean. I just caught the ball,

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that's it. But until after the
fact I saw that video, it

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was like, oh man, maybe
I think I did say it was for

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something like that. So everybody's asking
now, I don't know if it's a

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joke or if they're being serious that
Otani owes you a Porsche feels like Otani

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owes everybody a Porsche has there been
any talk of a thank you. Oh

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no, yeah, he did say
thank you right away after I caught the

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ball. He said, thank you, give him knuckles. That was fine.

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That's fine enough for me. If
he's gonna give me a porch out.

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I mean I bladly accept it.
Don't get me wrong. But you

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know it's it's he's everyone's safe.
No one got hurt. That's the best

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part. All in the day's work, right, right, that's right.

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Can you give us some background on
how you have those great monos, because

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if I'm standing in front of Otani, uh, the Dodger season is over,

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basically, But how do you have
those type of hands and quick like

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reactions. It's just it's a gift. Really. You know, did you

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play baseball? Oh? Yeah,
I played baseball. I was five years

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old, so I mean, yeah, I kept my own the ball,

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that's it. I mean, the
ball's gonna hit me also, so I

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had to protect it. Yeah,
protect myself first. But yeah, I

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mean I caught that ball. I
saw it. I just knew. I

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just knew I was gonna catch it. What's the highest level of baseball you

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played? Oh, high school?
High school baseball, that's it. And

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what positions or oh you gotta have
good hands at shortstop, that's what makes

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sense. All right, Well,
how is the hand feeling right now?

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Oh, hand's great. I'm ready
to catch more. Really yeah, no,

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man, ishert you're not going on
the il No, not at all.

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All right, no, no,
no, thanks a lot for stopping

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by. Appreciate it. And uh, man, I'm happy for you.

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You're a great guy. Appreciate that
you deserve all the attention and celebration that

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you're getting. All right, thanks, they appreciate that. All right.

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There he is the man, Javier
Herrera. He saved Sho hal Tani's beautiful

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face, and some people say,
save the Dodger season.