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Kike Hernandez Makes Dodgers Future Desire Clear as Free Agency Begins

The Dodgers veteran became a free agent when the team's season ended; his next move is unclear, which makes it everyone's problem.

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  1. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorKike Hernandez is a Dodgers free agent now that the season is over, and the question is where he plays next.

  2. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorI'm putting him in the Hot Seat.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHe's a free agent. He doesn't have a seat.

  4. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorExactly, and that's the heat. Yahoo Sports says big questions remain about his future.

  5. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorI'm calling it hot enough to peel the paint, a seven out of ten.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA seven for a guy with no contract?

  7. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorTo cool it, somebody has to sign him and say so out loud.

  8. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorUntil then he's a man on a flaming chair with no floor underneath.

  9. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFan question: if he leaves, does the Dodgers front office take the chair? Because they're the ones sweating the phone.

  10. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorNow you're getting it. Reupholster that chair for the front office. I've sat on a bench, and a bench never caught fire.

  11. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentComing up later, what turned up in a museum drawer after a hundred years?

  12. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentMeanwhile Kike's the only guy in baseball not on your chair, so he wins.

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