LOS ANGELES ( KABC ) — A Dodgers fan walked away with a piece of history from what was arguably the greatest baseball postseason performance of all time. Now he could soon be a multimillionaire.
David Flores, a longtime Dodgers fan from Santa Fe Springs, was in the right place at the right time when Shohei Ohtani hit his third home run in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series.
“I knew it was going to ricochet off the people in front of me for some reason, my intuition told me that. When it did, I stayed nice and calm, and I caught the ball like a baby and just gripped it nice and tight,” Flores said. “I looked around me, and everybody was so happy and thrilled about what happened.”
The catch has been life-changing for Flores, who is a professional boxing coach.
“My phone

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