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Mic’d Up Dodgers Third Base Coach Called No-Doubt Home Run the Second It Hit the Bat

“That ball’s gone.”

Tyler Lauletta

Dodgers third base coach Dino Ebel reacts as Teoscar Hernandez hits home run.
Dodgers third base coach Dino Ebel reacts as Teoscar Hernandez hits home run. / @MLB / X
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There are few sounds in sports as satisfying as the *thwack* of a bat connecting with a pitch for a sure-fire home run.

On Monday night, Dodgers fans were treated to just that, and no one was more sure of the dinger than third base coach Dino Ebel, who, in a delightful turn of events, was mic’d up and interviewing with the broadcast booth.

In the top of the second inning, Dodgers slugger Teoscar Hernandez swung on a ball that hung right on the plate. As soon as the *thwack* sounded, Ebel made the call.

“That ball’s gone,” Ebel said. Indeed it was, and the Dodgers tied the game 1–1.

In just a few days, the home runs will start counting for real. But lucky for us, home runs during spring training sound just as good to the ears.

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Tyler Lauletta
TYLER LAULETTA

Tyler Lauletta is a staff writer for the Breaking and Trending News Team/team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI, he covered sports for nearly a decade at Business Insider, and helped design and launch the OffBall newsletter. He is a graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia, and remains an Eagles and Phillies sicko. When not watching or blogging about sports, Tyler can be found scratching his dog behind the ears.

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