Kiké Hernández's Players' Tribune videography of Dodgers' Tokyo Series is incredible

Los Angeles Dodgers v Chicago Cubs: MLB Tokyo Series
Los Angeles Dodgers v Chicago Cubs: MLB Tokyo Series | Masterpress/GettyImages

It was obvious that the Dodgers spent the season's first official week having one hell of a time in Tokyo. They were greeted like the massive celebrities that they are in Japan, walked around and marveled at all of the Dodgers hats they saw in the wild, and were treated to a massive sushi dinner by Shohei Ohtani, which yielded an adorable video of Freddie Freeman trying uni (sea urchin) for the first time.

Outside of Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Roki Sasaki, who seemed equally excited and nervous to be playing in their home country to open the season, Kiké Hernández might've been having the best time of anyone. He made an appearance at a store in the Shibuya neighborhood and was trailed by a massive crowd walking in, and he was carrying around a camcorder everywhere he went to document the entire experience.

Beat writers noted the camcorder, but most chalked it up to being a quirky Kiké thing.

However, he was recording for a reason, and released a full video on Monday in collaboration with The Players' Tribune to give fans a behind-the-scenes look into the Dodgers' experience in Tokyo.

Kiké Hernández's video for The Players' Tribune is perfect encapsulation of Dodgers' experience in Tokyo

Hernández's video diary offered peeks into that aforementioned crowd waiting for him in Shibuya, a Dodgers team visit to Tokyo Disney, a session in the batting cage with Michael Conforto, and an on-the-ground look at the sold-out crowd that packed the Tokyo Dome just to watch pregame workouts ahead of the first game. It also features cameos from most of his Dodgers teammates, along with MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, Dodgers owner Stan Kasten, and the Kid himself, Ken Griffey Jr.

It's a shame that Hernández didn't have someone else manning the camera when he hit his booming homer in the second game off of Cubs starter Justin Steele, which was even more of a no-doubter than the one Ohtani followed up with in the top of the fifth. Hernández has always seemed to thrive under moments of intense pressure — he turns into a monster pretty much every October — and although the Dodgers were just playing Games 1 and 2 of 162, it's clear that he was feeding off of the energy in the Tokyo Dome.

The Players' Tribune couldn't have given the camera to a better player. The Dodgers got to walk away with a series sweep and a nice bite-sized diary of their week in Tokyo.

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