Well, I am with the biggest superstar on the Dodgers right now. No,
not Freddie Freeman or show Heyo Tani, not even Gavin Lux. I
am with the bat boy and also the most famous clubhouse attendant in Major League
Baseball, the one and only Javier Herrera, the man that saved show Heyotani's
life in Chicago. Thanks a lot for the time. I know you're not
comfortable with the attention, but we're happy to have you here on Dodgers Radio.
All right, on, Dave, Thanks thanks for having me. Dude,
how has your life changed since that last game in Chicago? Not much,
to be honest, I mean it's not to me. It's not a
big deal. It's you know, he's none of the game. And then
let's say we so we're here in San Francisco. Is gonna play? All
right? So the dugout at guaranteed Rate Field, very dangerous angle there,
so you had to be on your toes. Can you take us through what
you saw and what Otani told you after you saved his life? So,
I mean it's pretty close by. It's what twenty feet maybe twenty five feet
from home plate to the dugout. So I had to keep my eyes wide
open, be be aware of anything. So I think the first the first
game, Crochet was pitching. He was doing hard, and he stood behind
me saying like, oh, I don't want to He didn't say anything,
but I knew he didn't want to get hit. But I did tell him
like, don't worry, I'll protect you. I got your back. And
then Game three in Chicago, I caught that line drive and the night when
I caught it, he turned around. I turned around and gave him knuckles
and I told him I told you, I got you. And then he
was happy about that. Man, it was so smooth too. You didn't
make a big deal about it. You caught it and you handed it to
the authenticator. Yeah. Yeah, I mean it was a foul ball.
I mean, the game's still going and nothing really, no one got hurt.
That was the best part. I did my job, all right.
So after that, we saw each other after the game. By the time
we saw each other, things kind of got went viral. How many texts
did you get from around the league from former Dodgers current Dodgers about how it
went viral. I got a good amount of texts from family friends, even
people that I don't even know, to be honest, but they're not saving
in my contexts. But David probably did reach out DP J T. Turner,
Justin Turner reached out. Catboy reached out, you know, just saying
good hands, like you know, saying that. I say I saved show
his life. But I think he probably you know, I think he probably
would have avoided a little bit. But you know I did my thing,
Yeah you did. Javier Herrera is our guest. He is the bat Boy
clubhouse attendant that protected show he Otani's face from being smashed in by a key.
K Hernandez spou Ball. Did KEI k realize what happened when he came
back to the dugout, I don't think so. I don't think anyone realized
what happened. I didn't know what I mean. I just caught the ball,
that's it. But until after the fact I saw that video, it
was like, oh man, maybe I think I did say it was for
something like that. So everybody's asking now, I don't know if it's a
joke or if they're being serious that Otani owes you a Porsche feels like Otani
owes everybody a Porsche has there been any talk of a thank you. Oh
no, yeah, he did say thank you right away after I caught the
ball. He said, thank you, give him knuckles. That was fine.
That's fine enough for me. If he's gonna give me a porch out.
I mean I bladly accept it. Don't get me wrong. But you
know it's it's he's everyone's safe. No one got hurt. That's the best
part. All in the day's work, right, right, that's right.
Can you give us some background on how you have those great monos, because
if I'm standing in front of Otani, uh, the Dodger season is over,
basically, But how do you have those type of hands and quick like
reactions. It's just it's a gift. Really. You know, did you
play baseball? Oh? Yeah, I played baseball. I was five years
old, so I mean, yeah, I kept my own the ball,
that's it. I mean, the ball's gonna hit me also, so I
had to protect it. Yeah, protect myself first. But yeah, I
mean I caught that ball. I saw it. I just knew. I
just knew I was gonna catch it. What's the highest level of baseball you
played? Oh, high school? High school baseball, that's it. And
what positions or oh you gotta have good hands at shortstop, that's what makes
sense. All right, Well, how is the hand feeling right now?
Oh, hand's great. I'm ready to catch more. Really yeah, no,
man, ishert you're not going on the il No, not at all.
All right, no, no, no, thanks a lot for stopping
by. Appreciate it. And uh, man, I'm happy for you.
You're a great guy. Appreciate that you deserve all the attention and celebration that
you're getting. All right, thanks, they appreciate that. All right.
There he is the man, Javier Herrera. He saved Sho hal Tani's beautiful
face, and some people say, save the Dodger season.