Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times. A native of Enid, Okla., Potts graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a master’s degree in broadcast journalism. He has created and edited video for DreamWorks, YouTube, Microsoft, Sony and BET.

And yet, even out of the relative few people who were able to obtain tickets, a non-zero amount of them woke up, dressed as Shohei Ohtani's dog, then went about their business. They brushed their teeth, pulled on a white t-shirt, then tugged on their dog masks down to their neck.

The Los Angeles Dodgers gave Shohei Ohtani an unprecedented $700 million contract hoping to drive interest — and the dollars that come with it — from fans across the Pacific. MLB calls the setup its “largest ever special-event store.