Dodgers Broadcaster Eric Karros Has Awesome Moment In The Booth Getting To Watch His Son On The Mound

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Eric Karros, who spent 11 years with the Los Angeles Dodgers, is now a part of the franchise's broadcast team on Spectrum Sportsnet Los Angeles and got to experience quite the moment in the booth watching his son Jared on the mound.

The Dodgers took on the Angels in Anaheim on Tuesday night to close out spring training, and Jared was called in for relief for the seventh and eighth innings. He walked the first batter he faced, but quickly settled into the contest with back-to-back fly outs before striking out Jo Adell to end the seventh frame.

His father was in the booth, but let play-by-play man Stephen Nelson take over the mic. After Jared struck Adell out looking, Nelson joked "Exhale, EK, JK's got you."

This led Eric to stand on his feet and show his son some love by giving him a round of applause.

In the eighth inning, Jared gave up a single to Luis Rengifo, but got out of the inning with three strikeouts. It's safe to say his old man up in the booth was mighty proud of his son putting together a strong performance in his two innings of work.

Some may argue that Eric should refrain from cheering for the Dodgers or any of the team's players, even his son, but let's all calm down. We're talking about a two-inning outing in a spring training game. Also, dads have a free pass to pull for their sons in any moment, and that includes on a professional baseball broadcast with their son on the bump.

Jared, who was drafted 495th out of UCLA in 2022, spent all of 2023 in the minors appearing in a total of 22 games at both the A and A+ level carrying an ERA of 3.44.

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