NEW YORK — Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Kiké Hernández made an error whereas within the midst of a reside tv interview Friday evening throughout a 2-1, 11-inning win over the New York Yankees.
Hernández had a microphone and earpiece in his left ear as he spoke with Wayne Randazzo and former pitcher Dontrelle Willis on the Apple TV+ telecast within the second inning. After speaking about Hernández’s choice to put on colourful cleats and the environment at Yankee Stadium, there was one out, nobody on and a 1-2 rely on Gleyber Torres when Willis requested: “You guys are [a] very close-knit ballclub. The place does that come from?”
Torres hit a grounder to 3rd, prompting Willis to say: “After this play.”
The ball hit Hernández on his naked proper hand and ricocheted off his groin. By the point the third baseman recovered and threw to first, Torres had crossed the bag.
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Requested after the sport whether or not the interview impacted him on the play, Hernández responded: “Perhaps a little bit bit, however I feel I let the ball eat me up. It had a bizarre hop.”
Hernández stated he would not rethink whether or not to do in-game interviews sooner or later.
“No, as a result of we’re getting paid,” he stated. “I like cash.”
Baseball’s collective bargaining settlement requires a participant to obtain a $10,000 stipend for carrying a two-way microphone for not less than one inning of a regular-season recreation. The quantity rises to $15,000 within the postseason.
Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts stated he wasn’t conscious Hernández was being interviewed whereas within the area.
About one minute after the error, following ball one to DJ LeMahieu on a pitch clock violation by Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Hernández stated on the telecast: “What was the earlier query, earlier than I made that error?”
Responded Willis: “I do not wish to ask it once more, as a result of I do not need you besides the ball once more, to be trustworthy with you. I am going to take that E for you, huge canine.”
Torres reached third on Trent Grisham’s two-out single however was stranded when Jose Trevino struck out.
Hernández then reached on an error within the third by Torres, when the second baseman dropped his popup to quick proper area. However the Dodger was picked off by Cody Poteet.