Shohei Ohtani's dog 'throws out' 1st pitch at Dodgers game

Los Angeles Dodgers star Sho Otani whose career has been likened to baseball great Babe Ruth's legendary start in pro ball was upstaged on Wednesday night by his own dog the players pup decoy throughout the ceremonial first pitch before a game against the Baltimore Orioles Otani carried decoy who wore his own custom Jersey to the pitcher's mound where the dog waited for his owner's signal to pick up the ball with his mouth before running it to Otani behind the plate the designated hitter got a high five from his furry friend and rewarded him with a treat the player was met with rockus Applause from the sellout crowd of more than 53,000 people at Dodger Stadium I think I was more nervous with the ceremonial pitch than decoy Otani told reporters after the game threw a transl I'm glad everything went well the Japanese players said it took him 3 weeks to train decoy a Dutch CER H it was a really special night Otani said I hope to buy a special snack for him the 30-year-old pitcher hitter is looking to make major league history as the first player to notch 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases he's currently at away on both counts but his dog is the first Canan to perform the ceremonial pitch at a Dodgers game according to ESPN decoy impressed the Dodgers manager I was really impressed that that dog was already that train Dodger's manager Dave Roberts said I guess if it show his dog then nothing should be that surprising