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The presence of Shohei Ohtani (LA Dodgers) who came to Tokyo exceeded the imagination of Dodgers team members.
Ohtani revealed an evening dinner with Dodgers teammates on his SNS. It was a tremendous dinner where a whopping 177kg of super-high-quality tuna was dismantled on the spot and made into sushi.
According to local Japanese media such as Chunichi Sports, the dish was made by first-class chefs such as the owner chef of a top-notch sushi restaurant who voluntarily returned three Michelin stars, the owner of Japan's best tuna wholesale store, and the owner chef of a yakitori (chicken skewers).
The sight of dismantling the enormous size of tuna is not only a great spectacle, but it seems to have been a special gift for major leaguers who are not familiar with this culture.
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It was a dinner party that invited Dodgers players and rented a five-star hotel for the event. The dinner was co-hosted by a total of three Japanese players, including Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Rocky Sasaki. However, it is obvious that Ohtani had the greatest presence in his team based on his annual salary or his position in Japan.
Ohtani's SNS showed chefs dismantling super-large tuna and Freddie Freeman carefully eating sea urchin. Freeman eats the sea urchin with a reluctant expression, but in time, he is seen admiring it by opening his arms.
Ohtani and the Dodgers are staying in Tokyo to attend the Major League Baseball's opening game 'Tokyo Series'. The Tokyo Series is part of the MLB World Tour, just like the Seoul Series, where the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres faced off last year, and this year, the Chicago Cubs and Dodgers will face off for two days from the 18th to the 19th.
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There are concerns about injuries as the opening game is played earlier than usual, but it is meaningful to expand the Major League market and is showing off the hot topic as Japanese major leaguers from two teams, Ohtani, Yamamoto, Sasaki, and Shota Imanaga, are all out.
Prior to the event, Ohtani visited Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima (89) and released a photo of him together. Nagashima, born in 1936, is 58 years older than Ohtani, born in 1994. The meeting of the 'baseball kings' representing Showa and Ray and the times drew enthusiastic cheers in Japan as well. It is a Tokyo series that will remain quite special to Ohtani.
However, Kim Hye-sung, who became 'Dodgersman', will start a new season in the minor leagues without participating in this series as he was unfortunately excluded from the 31-man roster.
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| Otani with Shigeo Nagashima (left), the king of Japanese baseball. Photo = Shohei Otani SNS |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
