Blue Jays fans loudly boo Shohei Ohtani at Rogers Centre in Game 1

Followers on the Rogers Middle in Tornto loudly booed Dodgers celebrity Shohei Ohtani forward of Recreation 1 of the World Sequence on Friday.

Whereas it is not uncommon for followers to jeer opponents throughout pre-game lineups, the boos that serenaded Ohtani had been uniquely loud in comparison with the boos given to his Dodgers teammates.

Ohtani additionally did not quiet the gang when he got here up for his first at-bat of the sport, hanging out to open the primary inning.

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When Ohtani entered free company within the winter of 2023, he visited the Blue Jays as a possible suitor earlier than signing with the Dodgers.

The Blue Jays gave Ohtani a hat and a jacket for Decoy, Ohtani’s canine. Each presents, Blue Jays supervisor John Schneider joked, he wish to have again.

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“I hope he introduced his hat, the Blue Jay hat that he took from us at our assembly. I hope he lastly brings it again,” Schneider mentioned Thursday.

“And the jacket for Decoy,” he added. “It is like, ‘Give us our stuff again already.'”

Ohtani smiled when he heard Schneider’s feedback and easily mentioned by an interpreter, “It is in my storage.”

The Blue Jays supervisor mentioned he wasn’t certain how shut the staff had come to signing the Japanese celebrity.

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Los Angeles Dodgers design hitter Shohei Ohtani reacts to hanging out towards the Toronto Blue Jays within the first inning of Recreation 1 of the 2025 World Sequence at Rogers Centre. (Dan Hamilton/Imagn Photographs)

“Once we met him, you felt good about it, and also you felt good concerning the suggestions he gave about our group and alternatives right here,” Schneider mentioned.

“However you by no means actually understand how a participant feels in free company, and there are additionally numerous issues which have to use to him/her personally. So you may’t actually take into consideration what ifs. You consider the 26 (gamers) we now have.”

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