The Los Angeles Dodgers stole all the headlines last offseason when they inked Shohei Ohtani ... a Japan Series. He was also a five-time NPB All-Star. A game-used Nippon Ham Fighters jersey ...
He wore a Japan cap above a blue Los Angeles Angels jersey. And as he enthused about the sensation that is Shohei Ohtani, baseball fan Hotaru Shiromizo was talking about far more than sports.
Being a Dodgers and Ohtani fan in Japan is costly. It’s easy to find Dodgers caps in the store that sell for 16,000 yen — about $105. One dark blue Dodgers jersey was priced at about 100,000 ...