A month after his first Los Angeles Dodgers bobblehead giveaway, Shohei Ohtani will get another one, this time with his dog, Decoy.
Ohtani and Decoy will be featured on a bobblehead that will be given away during the Dodgers’ game against the Baltimore Orioles on Aug. 28. Ohtani is holding his dog, also with a bobblehead, while wearing a Dodgers home uniform.
The announcement came after Decoy celebrated his first birthday earlier this week.
During Ohtani’s introduction as a Dodger in December 2023, he revealed the name of his puppy: Decoy, which is an American nickname for his Japanese name, Dekopin.
“I figured [Dekopin] would be hard for American people to pronounce it,” Ohtani said through his then-interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara.
Ohtani’s first bobblehead giveaway last month created “a stir.” Only the first 40,000 fans were able…
