NEW YORK — Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Kiké Hernández made an error during a live television interview Friday night during a 2-1, 11-inning victory 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+ broadcast of the second inning. After talking about Hernández’s decision to wear colorful cleats and the atmosphere at Yankee Stadium, there was an exit, no one entered and a 1-2 count for Gleyber Torres when Willis asked: “You are (a) very close-knit club. Where did that come from?”
Torres hit a grounder to third, prompting Willis to say, “After this play.”
The ball hit Hernández with his bare right hand and ricocheted into his groin. By the time the third baseman recovered and threw to first, Torres had already crossed the bag.
Asked after the game if the interview impacted him on the game, Hernández replied: “Maybe a little, but I think I let the ball consume me. There was a strange jump.”
Hernández said he would not reconsider whether to do in-game interviews in the future.
“No, because we are getting paid,” he said. “I like money.”
Baseball’s collective bargaining agreement requires a player to receive compensation of $10,000 for using a two-way microphone in at least one inning of a regular season game. The value increases to US$15,000 in the postseason.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said he was unaware that Hernández was being interviewed while he was on the field.
About a minute after the error, following ball one to DJ LeMahieu on a field clock violation by Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Hernández said on the broadcast: “What was the previous question, before I made that mistake?”
Willis responded, “I don’t want to ask you again, because I don’t want you to kick the ball again, to be honest. I’ll take that E for you, big dog.”
Torres reached third on Trent Grisham’s single but was stranded when Jose Trevino struck out.
Hernández then reached on an error by Torres when the second baseman dropped his pop-up to short right field at third, but it was picked off by Cody Poteet.
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