It can have been the MLB playoffs, but for Kiké Hernandez it was more akin to the Super Bowel.
On Thursday, as a part of a Red Sox Twitter Q&A segment, latest third baseman Justin Turner asked Hernandez — a previous teammate of his on the Dodgers — what essentially the most embarrassing thing that happened to him during a game was.
Unfortunately, the infielder had a down-in-the-dumps answer on the ready from his Los Angeles tenure.
“[In the] 2020 playoffs, I had a tooth infection, so I used to be taking some antibiotics for my infection and certainly one of the unwanted effects was diarrhea,” Hernandez said.
“We got a giant out in a giant situation through the NLDS and I screamed ‘F yeah!’ — I used to be DHing and I believed I farted.
“I went out to steer off the inning, I struck out in three pitches. After I went within the dugout, I went straight to the lavatory and pulled my pants down … completely sharted.”
Turner — getting a kick out of the story — asked for a bit more clarification.
“So that you’re saying you misjudged a fart?” he asked.
“Uh no. What I’m saying is I sh-t my pants during a game,” Hernandez said. “Within the playoffs.”
It seemingly all worked out for the 31-year-old, who — with Turner and the remainder of the Dodgers — went on to win the series 4-3 over the Braves before beating the Rays within the 2020 World Series.
Hernandez joined Boston on a free agency deal after collecting the title, re-signing with the Red Sox for one yr and $10 million this past offseason.
No word on if the brand new contract got here with an allowance for pants.
