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 Sport 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 very nice chant, and my spouse actually appreciated it,” Ohtani joked by group interpreter Will Ireton throughout a group 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 in the end signed a 10-year, $700 million contract with Los Angeles in December 2023, the biggest deal in skilled sports activities historical past.
Ohtani and Tanaka received married in February 2024, and Tanaka was readily available for Sport 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, displaying Tanaka standing at the back of a bunch that included Freddie Freeman's spouse, Chelsea Freeman, and Haeley Snell, the spouse of Sport 1 beginning pitcher Blake Snell.
Tanaka was absent from the Dodger Wives' picture from earlier than Sport 2 in Toronto, and it's not clear if she was in attendance.
The Dodgers' misplaced Sport 1 by a rating of 11-4, although Ohtani did hit a two-run residence 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 Sport 2 on Saturday, October 25 to even the best-of-seven collection at 1-1. The collection shifts to Los Angeles for Video games 3, 4, and 5, beginning on Monday, October 27.
If essential, the collection 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 Sport 1.
“I simply needed to get the third out. I like energetic fan bases,” Schneider, 45, informed reporters. “It occurs in numerous methods and shapes and kinds in each stadium. We noticed it simply the final collection in Seattle [against the Mariners in the ALCS]. Type of heard it, but it surely's powerful to speak a couple of participant like that, to be sincere 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 somewhat cushion. However I like that our followers are keen about our group.”
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 Sport 1. “That's probably the greatest baseball gamers ever and he's nonetheless received 15 extra years to go. He's an unbelievable expertise, however that is who we're as a group. That is us.”
