Shohei Ohtani, Decoy gift perfect reward to disappointed Dodgers bobblehead seekers

If you happen to noticed the strains that wrapped round Dodger Stadium on Shohei Ohtani’s first bobblehead evening and thought they have been too massive, then the crowds at his second evening have been appalling. Traces fashioned seven hours earlier than the primary pitch on Wednesday, 1000’s clamoring for not only a bobblehead of Ohtani, however his canine Dekopin (or Decoy). 40,000 of them have been being given out to a sold-out crowd of over 52,000, with a couple of particular version gold ones thrown in there for some fortunate followers.

Clearly, with a deficit of over 12,000 bobbleheads and a few followers taking excess of their fill to resell on eBay to the tune of as much as $7,000, many who attended that day needed to depart empty-handed.

Nevertheless, those who missed out have been nonetheless in for a deal with. On Ohtani’s first bobblehead evening, he and his spouse Mamiko ceded first pitch duties to a younger fan named Albert, a affected person at UCLA Mattel Youngsters’s Hospital. On the second, he did the one logical factor: had Decoy throw out the primary pitch.

What adopted was maybe the cutest factor that is ever occurred at Dodger Stadium. Ohtani despatched Decoy to the mound as he arrange behind the plate. Decoy grabbed the ball in his mouth and charged to the plate as the group roared.

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani’s canine threw out the primary pitch on bobblehead evening at Dodger Stadium, and it was superb

After which, as a result of Shohei Ohtani is Shohei Ohtani, who appears to have a penchant for doing essentially the most poetic and well-timed issues doable, we barely needed to wait any time in any respect to observe him hit his forty second homer of the season. Backside of the primary, Cy Younger winner Corbin Burnes on the mound, a slider that missed its spot. Ohtani despatched it 391 toes over the middle area wall.

It helped spur the Dodgers to a win, with Teoscar Hernández additionally getting in on the house run enjoyable with a three-run blast within the backside of the third. Walker Buehler made it by means of what is likely to be certainly one of his finest outings of the season. He pitched 4 2/3 innings and solely gave up two earned runs (4 whole scored) and struck out 4 batters.

The Dodgers are nonetheless holding on to the perfect document in baseball and are simply two wins shy of .600. The vibes at Dodger Stadium have been wonderful on Wednesday evening, and hopefully it’s going to care over to get LA a sequence win on Thursday.