Los Angeles Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts arrives for a ceremony honoring baseball star Shohei Ohtani, Friday, Might 17, 2024, throughout a board assembly in Los Angeles. (AP Photograph / Damian Dovarganes)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It's Shohei Ohtani's day in Los Angeles.
The 2-way Japanese celebrity was honored Friday at Los Angeles Metropolis Corridor and introduced with a metropolis council decision declaring Might 17 as Shohei Ohtani Day all through his Dodgers profession.
Ohtani signed a file $700 million, 10-year contract with the workforce in December after spending six years in Anaheim with the Angels.
The council acknowledged Ohtani for his athletic achievements, with Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts and members of the workforce's entrance workplace in attendance.
“Thanks very a lot to the LA Metropolis Council,” Ohtani mentioned via a translator. “I admire you recognizing me immediately. I additionally need to thank the Dodger group and all of the followers.
Ohtani turned the all-time chief in residence runs by a Japanese-born participant within the main leagues on April 21. Virtually a month later, he handed Roberts to interrupt the Dodgers file for homers hit by a Japanese participant. Roberts is of Japanese and black descent.
“Since turning into a member of the Dodger household in December, Shohei has been every little thing we hoped for and extra,” workforce president and CEO Stan Kasten mentioned. “We’re grateful for his achievements on the sector, his heat within the clubhouse and his character in all respects, and we congratulate him on this well-deserved honor.”
Ohtani's quick time with the Dodgers was eventful on and off the sector.
The workforce's first Ohtani bobblehead giveaway of the season on Thursday snarled site visitors outdoors Dodger Stadium and created an extended line of followers desperate to get their arms on the memento. The merchandise was quickly bought on-line at exorbitant costs.
His longtime interpreter was fired by the workforce in March after prosecutors say Ippei Mizuhara stole almost $17 million from Ohtani to repay sports activities playing money owed throughout a years-long scheme. Mizuhara was in courtroom earlier this week to enter a plea to fees of financial institution and tax fraud.
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