WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:04.440 We are here with the first ever Dodger to win the Home Run Derby, 2 00:00:04.519 --> 00:00:09.279 and he brought the trophy the one and only te Oscar Hernandez. Welcome home 3 00:00:09.400 --> 00:00:12.800 as the home Run Derby champ. Thank you man, Thank you appreciate it. 4 00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:16.879 It feels good to be back home, especially because I got a chance 5 00:00:16.920 --> 00:00:20.600 to bring this, uh with Can you show off the trophy to everybody at 6 00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:22.359 home? They want to see that, they want to see it here. 7 00:00:22.399 --> 00:00:25.879 It's a little it's a little dirty, but you know, it's nice to 8 00:00:25.960 --> 00:00:29.320 have this and be the first Dodgers to win it. Yeah, no doubt. 9 00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:33.159 And this is something that you told me you wanted to do going back 10 00:00:33.240 --> 00:00:37.920 a month. How rewarding is it to not only be invited, but to 11 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:42.520 win it, you know, to have the opportunity. Uh, I already 12 00:00:42.560 --> 00:00:49.320 tend thanks everybody that has UH to do anything with my participation in the derby 13 00:00:49.359 --> 00:00:56.320 this year for the chance and more special because it's the first time. This 14 00:00:56.399 --> 00:01:03.399 is uh bring this is bring here to LA. So really happy. I 15 00:01:03.520 --> 00:01:07.959 enjoy the best. It was an incredible moment. How did you feel after 16 00:01:08.120 --> 00:01:12.920 everybody talks about how exhausting the Home run Derby is? Did you feel exhausted 17 00:01:12.959 --> 00:01:17.959 after not really I was you know, I was good, a little sore, 18 00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:22.439 but nothing big. It just it was a really, really good moment. 19 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:26.760 I wasn't thinking about anything else and the excitement that I get in the 20 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:30.359 competition. How big of a role did Dino Ebel play and you winning this? 21 00:01:30.959 --> 00:01:37.560 I mean, I think there's not a chance if you don't have anybody 22 00:01:37.599 --> 00:01:42.000 throwing good pitches to here. And Dina was amazing. It was thanks to 23 00:01:42.079 --> 00:01:47.760 him that I got this today. This had to be an amazing All Star 24 00:01:47.879 --> 00:01:52.000 experience for you, not only winning the home run derby but also starting in 25 00:01:52.079 --> 00:01:56.519 center field. Was it as great as it seemed to be for you? 26 00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:02.920 It was amazing experience. It was great. I enjoy my family, enjoy 27 00:02:04.040 --> 00:02:07.400 my brother's got a chance to be there for the first time. I was 28 00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:12.599 there with my whole family, parents, friends, Coustin's, my wife, 29 00:02:12.680 --> 00:02:19.199 my kids. This is my first time that the kids we're there in twenty 30 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:23.240 one. I only have two. Julian wasn't here, but you know, 31 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:25.680 it was a great moment for my career and for my family. Hey, 32 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:29.960 it's great. The kids haven't broken the trophy yet. I don't think they're 33 00:02:29.960 --> 00:02:34.680 gonna broke baseline because it's really heavy, it's metal. So you know, 34 00:02:34.879 --> 00:02:38.120 happy, happy to win this and just to be the first one to bring 35 00:02:38.120 --> 00:02:42.879 it here. Tay Oscar, we saw your old friend Vladimir Guerrero Junior wearing 36 00:02:42.919 --> 00:02:46.120 your Blue Jays jersey. Did you send him home with a Dodger jersey? 37 00:02:46.680 --> 00:02:51.719 No, not not yet, not yet, but he said that he won 38 00:02:51.919 --> 00:02:55.599 one of my jerseys. Obviously, I'm gonna give one to him. You 39 00:02:55.639 --> 00:03:01.039 know, his special He's spared my family now and he was there supporting me 40 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:07.319 the same way that I was there when he competed in those It was in 41 00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:13.919 Cleveland in nineteen and then Seattle last year. I was not in the LSAR 42 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:16.240 game, but I was in Seattle, so I was watching. I call 43 00:03:16.360 --> 00:03:21.080 him and just you know, just cheering for him. Now, back to 44 00:03:21.159 --> 00:03:24.400 work. First half begins tonight against the Red Sox. Do you feel like 45 00:03:24.520 --> 00:03:29.879 the All Star break came at the perfect time to wash away that last road 46 00:03:29.879 --> 00:03:31.280 trip? Yeah, it was. It was not great for us, you 47 00:03:31.319 --> 00:03:35.960 know, especially because we had a lot of injuries at the end, but 48 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:38.879 that's war a baseball. We just have to keep fighting, be better and 49 00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:43.400 just trying to win. To come back to Dodger Stadium tonight. I'm sure 50 00:03:43.800 --> 00:03:47.199 it's going to be electric with the Boston Red Sox here, But more importantly, 51 00:03:47.759 --> 00:03:52.120 you and the rest of the team back here in action. Are you 52 00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:57.439 anticipating a huge ovation when you take the field, when you step in the 53 00:03:57.479 --> 00:04:00.120 batter's box, because you know they're going to show highlights of the home run 54 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:05.400 derby. I wasn't thinking about it, you know, but it's definitely feel 55 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:10.240 great to be back home, especially to hear them from the fence, and 56 00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:14.439 like you say, facing that organization, the Boston Rexas, they've been playing 57 00:04:14.439 --> 00:04:16.839 a really good baseball, which is things gonna be a good show tonight. 58 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:19.879 Man. I wish I had some seeds for you right now. I wish 59 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:24.040 I was at the derby. I could have thrown some seeds when you won 60 00:04:24.079 --> 00:04:27.480 that derby. That's okay, we can do it today. We can celebrate 61 00:04:27.519 --> 00:04:30.839 today if I hit home. All right. Great to see you and great 62 00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:35.199 to see that smile all week and Arlington, Texas with ti Oscar Hernandez. 63 00:04:35.240 --> 00:04:42.319 Congratulations. Everybody says you deserve this. You're a great player, but everybody 64 00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:46.879 that knows you knows how great of a person you are. So well deserved. 65 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:48.480 Thank you, appreciate it. Hold up that trophy one more time. 66 00:04:48.519 --> 00:04:51.279 Come on, there you go. Can I touch it? Oh? Right, 67 00:04:51.319 --> 00:04:53.560 there we go, There we go.