Shohei Ohtani fans descended on Citizens Bank Park to watch the Dodgers' 3-2 loss to the Phillies. Here’s everything fans had to say about the superstar.
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The Dodgers continued their undefeated run to start the season with a walk-off homer from Shohei Ohtani on the reigning MVP's bobblehead night to erase a 5-0 deficit against the Atlanta Braves. In a season that has already seen more than a few comeback wins, this was the most absurd.
The latest win — which sunk the Braves to a worst-case scenario 0-7 — came via Shohei Ohtani's walk-off home run and the only thing more epic than the blast was the team's celebration, which seemed to mock one of Ohtani's Japanese commercials.
But what some people might have missed was the subtle and amusing way in which Ohtani and the Dodgers decided to celebrate said walk-off. As Ohtani rounded third base and headed for the plate, he perfectly imitated the gesture he made in a commercial for a Japanese skincare company while Dodgers teammate Miguel Rojas gave him a Gatorade shower.
The Dodgers are off to the best start ever from a defending champion — and have still yet to reach their peak form.
No defending World Series champion has ever had a better start to the season than the 2025 Los Angeles Dodgers. Wednesday night, the Dodgers improved to a perfect 8-0 thanks to Shohei Ohtani's ninth inning walk-off home run against the Atlanta Braves (LA 6,
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Shohei Ohtani hit a tie-breaking home run in the ninth inning on his bobblehead night, lifting the unbeaten Los Angeles Dodgers over the winless Atlanta Braves 6-5 on Wednesday.
The Japanese superstar hit a tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning on his bobblehead night, as Dodgers remained unbeaten by rallying from 5-0 down to keep Atlanta winless.