On a day fans lined up hours before the game for a bobblehead featuring Shohei Ohtani and his dog, Decoy, both were on hand inside Dodger Stadium.
More than five hours before first pitch Wednesday, fans were already lining up outside Dodger Stadium for the night’s bobblehead giveaway featuring Shohei Ohtani and his dog, Dekopin. Once inside, they got to see both subjects in real life, too. Ohtani was atop the Dodgers lineup Wednesday, in his customary slot as designated hitter. But his dog, a Nederlandse Kooikerhondje who attracted online fame during Ohtani’s free agency this winter, was also at the ballpark for the occasion.
Then, as speculation swirled around Ohtani’s free agency, the then-unknown name of his dog attracted attention, with multiple news reports suggesting Ohtani’s camp was trying to keep it a secret — perhaps, some guessed, because he was named after one of the teams pursuing the two-way star. Turned out, Ohtani had actually named the dog Dekopin, a Japanese term used to describe a light or playful flick of the finger on someone’s forehead.
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