A fan caught Shohei Ohtani's first Dodgers home run ball but was pressured by team security to accept a low offer for it. Ohtani claimed to have met the fan, sparking controversy. Similar incidents involving MLB players pressuring fans for baseballs have been reported.
Chris Russo unleashes on Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani for strong-arming fan for home run ball https://t.co/clMfVtYj6x https://t.co/CCsJ0cdXgd
Did Ohtani lie, or did his interpreter commit a Japanese-to-English error? - Shohei Ohtani called liar after sayi…… https://t.co/LMJ9nPoTO0
Dodger die-hards caught Ohtani’s historic homer. But a priceless moment turned ugly quickly, writes @BillPlaschke https://t.co/NYXMwRq5uk
Column: She had Shohei Ohtani’s first Dodgers home run ball…then the Dodgers showed up…and a beautiful moment turned ugly. https://t.co/1tFrvLoozy
1. Sam didn’t call Ohtani a liar. 2. To be fair, I also walked away with the impression that Ohtani spoke directly to the fan. I’m guessing most of the Japanese media did, too. https://t.co/h1n2PVX9xN
Lots of drama regarding Shohei Ohtani and the fan who caught his 1st home run ball last night and only got a few autographed items in return OutKick's @TheGunzShow had an exclusive interview regarding a similar situation with one of Aaron Judge's home runs last year. Read here: https://t.co/UuSDQb6jBA
REGARDING OHTANI AND THE FAN WHO CAUGHT THE BASEBALL It is true that MLB / teams pressure fans to give them the baseball with what was described to me as “almost a shake down.” I wrote about Aaron Judge’s 59th ball here and what happened - with photos https://t.co/Ghu4vQiwYG
A storybook moment turned into chaos for Dodger fan Ambar Roman Wednesday night, she tells @SamBlum3. After grabbing the ball that was Shohei Ohtani's first Dodgers homer, team security pressured her into accepting a low offer, she says ⤵️ https://t.co/Z2k04CSGap https://t.co/zYc1NMyGMu
“They never met Ohtani, despite the two-way superstar claiming through an interpreter that he’d met the fan after the game. ‘I was able to talk to the fan, and was able to get it back,’ Ohtani said through interpreter Will Ireton.” A trend seems to be developing with this guy. https://t.co/ODObOYv01d
Played hardball to pressure a fan to give up a $100,000 baseball — then let them get stiffed on a meet-and-greet with Shohei Ohtani. https://t.co/EeP4hC3D4w