A lovely story unfolded at Dodgers camp recently. The group uses a clubhouse attendant named Francisco Herrera. He has been around considering that 2008. Herrera, 30, belongs to the material of the organization, among the countless workers who grease the wheels of the baseball season. The gamers call him Chico.
Herrera stepped from behind the sports drape as the Dodgers carried out intrasquad scrimmages. A shortage of players pushed Herrera into action. From his position in left field, he uncorked a series of tosses that pleased the Dodgers and went viral on social media.
” You dont operate on Chico,” the commentators crowed. A few days later on, after Herrera made a jumping catch at the wall: “The legend of Chico continues.”
The story of Herrera provided a touch of whimsy, one of baseballs most resistant qualities, as the 2020 season began. Justin Turner took batting practice in a cutoff tee that checked out …
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