We are here with the first ever Dodger to win the Home Run Derby,
and he brought the trophy the one and only te Oscar Hernandez. Welcome home
as the home Run Derby champ. Thank you man, Thank you appreciate it.
It feels good to be back home, especially because I got a chance
to bring this, uh with Can you show off the trophy to everybody at
home? They want to see that, they want to see it here.
It's a little it's a little dirty, but you know, it's nice to
have this and be the first Dodgers to win it. Yeah, no doubt.
And this is something that you told me you wanted to do going back
a month. How rewarding is it to not only be invited, but to
win it, you know, to have the opportunity. Uh, I already
tend thanks everybody that has UH to do anything with my participation in the derby
this year for the chance and more special because it's the first time. This
is uh bring this is bring here to LA. So really happy. I
enjoy the best. It was an incredible moment. How did you feel after
everybody talks about how exhausting the Home run Derby is? Did you feel exhausted
after not really I was you know, I was good, a little sore,
but nothing big. It just it was a really, really good moment.
I wasn't thinking about anything else and the excitement that I get in the
competition. How big of a role did Dino Ebel play and you winning this?
I mean, I think there's not a chance if you don't have anybody
throwing good pitches to here. And Dina was amazing. It was thanks to
him that I got this today. This had to be an amazing All Star
experience for you, not only winning the home run derby but also starting in
center field. Was it as great as it seemed to be for you?
It was amazing experience. It was great. I enjoy my family, enjoy
my brother's got a chance to be there for the first time. I was
there with my whole family, parents, friends, Coustin's, my wife,
my kids. This is my first time that the kids we're there in twenty
one. I only have two. Julian wasn't here, but you know,
it was a great moment for my career and for my family. Hey,
it's great. The kids haven't broken the trophy yet. I don't think they're
gonna broke baseline because it's really heavy, it's metal. So you know,
happy, happy to win this and just to be the first one to bring
it here. Tay Oscar, we saw your old friend Vladimir Guerrero Junior wearing
your Blue Jays jersey. Did you send him home with a Dodger jersey?
No, not not yet, not yet, but he said that he won
one of my jerseys. Obviously, I'm gonna give one to him. You
know, his special He's spared my family now and he was there supporting me
the same way that I was there when he competed in those It was in
Cleveland in nineteen and then Seattle last year. I was not in the LSAR
game, but I was in Seattle, so I was watching. I call
him and just you know, just cheering for him. Now, back to
work. First half begins tonight against the Red Sox. Do you feel like
the All Star break came at the perfect time to wash away that last road
trip? Yeah, it was. It was not great for us, you
know, especially because we had a lot of injuries at the end, but
that's war a baseball. We just have to keep fighting, be better and
just trying to win. To come back to Dodger Stadium tonight. I'm sure
it's going to be electric with the Boston Red Sox here, But more importantly,
you and the rest of the team back here in action. Are you
anticipating a huge ovation when you take the field, when you step in the
batter's box, because you know they're going to show highlights of the home run
derby. I wasn't thinking about it, you know, but it's definitely feel
great to be back home, especially to hear them from the fence, and
like you say, facing that organization, the Boston Rexas, they've been playing
a really good baseball, which is things gonna be a good show tonight.
Man. I wish I had some seeds for you right now. I wish
I was at the derby. I could have thrown some seeds when you won
that derby. That's okay, we can do it today. We can celebrate
today if I hit home. All right. Great to see you and great
to see that smile all week and Arlington, Texas with ti Oscar Hernandez.
Congratulations. Everybody says you deserve this. You're a great player, but everybody
that knows you knows how great of a person you are. So well deserved.
Thank you, appreciate it. Hold up that trophy one more time.
Come on, there you go. Can I touch it? Oh? Right,
there we go, There we go.