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.

It looked like the ball could have hit him in the head but thankfully the bat boy casually made a barehanded catch and then just casually handed it to a fan in the crowd. This could have gone ...

A Dodgers ball boy made the play of a lifetime on Wednesday when he made a bare-handed catch of a ball that was ... On this day the bat boy became a bat man, casually plucking it out of thin ...

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 ...

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LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Dodgers bat boy jumped into action during Wednesday's game against the White Sox to catch a sharply hit foul ball - and his reaction was priceless. The ball appeared to ...