New Dodgers outfielder David Peralta has given the team a level of newfound energy rooted in a passion for playing 'every game like it’s his last.'
As one of the more subtle side effects of their talent exodus over the winter, the Dodgers entered this season needing a new celebration for every time they got a hit.in free agency, the helmet-tap ritual the club’s former shortstop inspired last season was voided. And leading up to opening day, players kicked around ideas in a team text message group chat about how to replace it.said.
Just like that, a new on-base routine was born — providing a glimpse into the kind of impact the 35-year-old Peralta is making during his first season in Los Angeles.said. “There’s a fire, there’s an energy he brings. He’s an intelligent baseball player. … He’s a very unselfish ball player. So what I kind of hoped I’d see from him is exactly what he’s done.”
In the series finale of his homecoming at Chase Field this weekend — in which the 10th-year veteran was welcomed back with his old in-stadium train horn sound, but also booed semi-playfully by the home crowd — Peralta delivered in his first at-bat, lining an RBI double into the left-field corner to give the Dodgers an early lead.
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