Los Angeles Dodgers Manager Gifted Porsche By Prankster Shohei Ohtani
deadline.com$700 million man Shohei Ohtani made Dodgers manager Dave Roberts wish come true. Only not in the way he expected. Roberts recently joked that Ohtani should gift him a Porsche when he broke his Dodgers record for most home runs by a Japanese-born player.
Roberts was born in Naha, Okinawa, Japan, to a Japanese mother and American father. He hit seven home runs for the Dodgers from 2002 to 2004.
Ohtani surpassed Roberts’ mark on Saturday during the third inning of Saturday’s 11-3 win against the Braves. But before Friday’s game, anticipating the inevitable, Ohtani gifted Roberts a purple toy model Porsche.
in his office. Roberts said the car is sitting on his desk. “He did buy me a car. I guess I didn’t specify what type of car,” Roberts said before the game. “So I can’t say he never gave me anything.” Ohtani gifted Ashley Kelly, the wife of Dodgers pitcher Joe Kelly, a Porsche for Kelly giving up No.
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