The spouse of Los Angeles Dodgers celebrity Shohei Ohtani had a stunning response to followers of the Toronto Blue Jays trolling her husband on the World Sequence.
Ohtani, 31, was serenaded with chants of “We don’t want you!” throughout a number of at-bats throughout Recreation 1 between the Dodgers and Blue Jays at Toronto’s Rogers Centre on Friday, October 24.
When requested about his ideas on the taunting from Blue Jays’ followers, Ohtani talked about his spouse, Mamiko Tanaka.
“It was a extremely nice chant, and my spouse actually appreciated it,” Ohtani joked by means of crew interpreter Will Ireton throughout a crew exercise at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium on Sunday, October 26.
Followers in Toronto had been referencing the free agent cycle in 2023, when Ohtani reportedly narrowed his alternative all the way down to the Dodgers and Blue Jays. Ohtani finally signed a 10-year, $700 million contract with Los Angeles in December 2023, the most important deal in skilled sports activities historical past.
Ohtani and Tanaka acquired married in February 2024, and Tanaka was available for Recreation 1 in Toronto, as evidenced by a photograph shared by the Dodger Wives Instagram account.
“WS recreation 1… let’s go dodgers!!! ⚾️🎉💙,” the post read, exhibiting Tanaka standing at the back of a bunch that included Freddie Freeman’s spouse, Chelsea Freeman, and Haeley Snell, the spouse of Recreation 1 beginning pitcher Blake Snell.
Tanaka was absent from the Dodger Wives’ picture from earlier than Recreation 2 in Toronto, and it’s not clear if she was in attendance.
The Dodgers’ misplaced Recreation 1 by a rating of 11-4, although Ohtani did hit a two-run dwelling run within the seventh inning as chants from Blue Jays followers rained down.
Los Angeles bounced again with a 5-1 win over Toronto in Recreation 2 on Saturday, October 25 to even the best-of-seven sequence at 1-1. The sequence shifts to Los Angeles for Video games 3, 4, and 5, beginning on Monday, October 27.
If obligatory, the sequence would head again to Toronto for potential Video games 6 and seven.
Blue Jays supervisor, John Schneider, addressed the taunting of Ohtani throughout his postgame press convention after Recreation 1.
“I simply needed to get the third out. I really like energetic fan bases,” Schneider, 45, advised reporters. “It occurs in several methods and shapes and types in each stadium. We noticed it simply the final sequence in Seattle [against the Mariners in the ALCS]. Type of heard it, but it surely’s powerful to speak a few participant like that, to be trustworthy with you.”
Schneider continued about Ohtani, “He’s particular. I’m glad that the house run that he hit got here when it got here and we had just a little cushion. However I really like that our followers are keen about our crew.”
Blue Jays star George Springer heard the chants loud and clear — and laughed off the implication earlier than focusing again on his personal squad’s pursuits.
“I imply, that’s Shohei Ohtani,” he mentioned after Recreation 1. “That’s top-of-the-line baseball gamers ever and he’s nonetheless acquired 15 extra years to go. He’s an unbelievable expertise, however that is who we’re as a crew. That is us.”
