 Los Angeles Dodgers utility man Kiké Hernández was riding high after his team clinched the National League Division Series (NLDS) against the San Diego Padres. Perhaps feeling a bit too euphoric, Hernández's exuberance during a postgame interview led to an unexpected fine and almost more.
In a live interview with Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal, Hernández was asked what set the 2024 Dodgers apart, a team that had just advanced to the National League Championship Series (NLCS) for the first time in three years. With a mischievous grin, Hernández bluntly replied, "The fact that we don't give a f***," creating an immediate stir. Despite the explicit language, the uncensored clip remains on Fox Sports' MLB account, reflecting the spontaneous nature of the moment. However, the league was not amused. In an interview on LeBron James' talk show, "The Shop," Hernández revealed that he was nearly suspended for Game 1 of the NLCS due to his remark. Thanks to the efforts of his agent at Wasserman and representatives from the MLB Players Association, he avoided the suspension but was still fined and had to issue an apology. Hernández admitted that his apology was somewhat half-hearted, explaining, "I did get fined for that. I was going to get an even heftier fine and a game suspension, but having a good agent and a good players' union came in handy. They got rid of the suspension and lowered the fine a little bit, which was good. I did have to apologize, which you could say was 50/50 on the honesty part of it." He further elaborated, "What I answered was my honest answer from the bottom of my heart, and I didn't think there was any other way of describing the team. I felt like I had already taken a while to think about my answer, because I didn't want to answer it that way. But when I asked if we were live, he said yes, and I figured, 'There's got to be some sort of delay.' There was no delay, and I was on live TV cussing. And there was a lot of criticizing that."
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