A Dodgers bat boy provided the save of the season Wednesday in Chicago when he caught a rocketed foul ball headed Ohtani’s way in the dugout during the Dodgers’ 4-0 win over the White Sox.

June 26, 2024 Both hands reflexively swing up to make the catch — and the 38-year-old who has been a Dodgers bat boy for 20 years prevented what could have been a catastrophic injury to Ohtani.

Everyone has to buy in — including the bat boy. A Dodgers bat boy made one of the season's most valuable catches Wednesday when a foul ball took aim at the Dodgers' prized free-agent addition.

I always see that on the news, people hurt themselves when it's hovering or whatever and their hand gets caught in it," said the 22-year-old Thalblum, a sixth-year bat boy. "I tried to catch it by ...

A Los Angeles Dodgers bat boy may have saved the life of baseball's biggest star, Shohei Ohtani, as he made an incredible barehanded catch while standing on the team's dugout steps. During the ...