Son Heung-Min on Life in Los Angeles, World Cup Expectations, and Tottenham’s Next Moves
There are already murals of you up around town, I’d say they’d have trouble forgetting any time soon. I think I can still do so much better though, you know? I know myself though, and that gives me more motivation. Speaking of the Dodgers, when did they tell you about your bobblehead night this summer? That was such a massive deal—there’s usually only one or two non-Dodgers players who get one each year. That was crazy. The players came to me and said, “Sonny, your bobblehead is coming.” And I said, “Oh, yeah? Cool.” And because I didn’t react much, they were very surprised. They were crazy angry about it, how little I responded—I didn’t understand how big a deal it is! So yeah, I’m very happy. The only big thing for me is I have to [do a first] pitch again. I need to practice, I want to do well again. Looking ahead to the World Cup, all of Korea’s group stage matches are in Mexico. That’s a tough environment to play in and …
