Eric Karros rooting for Max Muncy to break his LA-era Dodgers home run records

If Max Muncy wasn’t already thinking about it before, Eric Karros made sure to remind him this spring.With potentially 2 ½ years remaining on his contract, Muncy is within striking distance of Karros’ franchise record for most home runs hit by a Dodgers player in the club’s Los Angeles history, needing just 39 more long balls to match the 270 hit by the former Silver Slugger first baseman.With just one more home run at home, Muncy would also tie Karros for the most career big flies hit by a player at Dodger Stadium, sitting only one back of the 130 homers Karros recorded at the ballpark during his 12 seasons with the team.“It’s reachable,” Muncy said of the former mark earlier this season, in which he has continued to narrow both gaps with 17 home runs overall and nine at home. “EK has joked around with me a little bit.”The joke, Karros told The California Post with a laugh this week, is that if Muncy catches him, the record likely won’t stand for long.“He’s gonna have it for, what, two years?” Karros quipped, pointing out that one day, most likely, Shohei Ohtani’s name will top all home-run-related categories in the Dodgers’ record books. “Then you just say you’re the domestic home run leader.”Still, for now, the significance of Muncy’s march toward history isn’t lost on either franchise stalwart.California's top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.

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Never miss a story “It’s crazy to me to think about,” Muncy said.“I know I’ve been here for a long time now.

But you start thinking about things with this franchise, especially just how historical it is, the names that have come out of here, it’s kind of surreal to me.I’ve always viewed myself as a good player.

But I don’t know if that’s a level I ever thought I could have achiev...