Kiké Hernandez has approached most of this season like it’s his first trip to Raging Waters.
The Dodgers are appreciative of his hitting and pedal-down style, but mostly they’re happy when he’s out of their dugout.
“I don’t like sitting there with all this energy,” Hernandez said. “The crowd kinda helps me a little bit. My teammates are pretty annoyed with me when I’m not playing. I love it when it’s electric, when it’s loud, when you can’t hear what the person is saying next to you.”
No one who has watched this National League Division Series thinks Hernandez should be held in abeyance for Thursday night’s Game 5, the most important night in Dodger Stadium since Orel Hershiser bedazzled the Mets in 1988.