Shohei Ohtani gifted a model new Porsche to the spouse of Los Angeles Dodgers teammate Joe Kelly after she campaigned to get the free agent to signal with the Dodgers, providing her husband’s No. 17 jersey if he got here to Los Angeles.
Ashley Kelly posted video of herself standing flabbergasted at her entrance door because the silver automotive was delivered.
“It’s yours. From Shohei,” she is informed within the video. “He wished to reward you a Porsche. I swear.”
“Shut the…” she stated earlier than the video ends.
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Shohei Ohtani signed a file $700 million, 10-year cope with the Los Angeles Dodgers earlier this month. (AP Photograph/Ashley Landis)
Ashley Kelly’s #Ohtake17 marketing campaign to recruit the two-way famous person went viral on social media as she jokingly provided to vary her seven-month-old’s identify from Kai to ShoKai and have her husband quit his No. 17 jersey, the quantity Ohtani wore with the Los Angeles Angels.
Los Angeles Dodgers reduction pitcher Joe Kelly agreed to surrender his No. 17 jersey to Ohtani. (AP Photograph/Mark J. Terrill, File)
Ohtani, a two-time AL MVP with the Los Angeles Angels, later signed a file $700 million, 10-year cope with the Dodgers.
Kelly is switching uniform numbers after he finalized his $8 million, one-year contract with the group earlier this month. Kelly will put on No. 99, opening No. 17 for Ohtani, who thanked him for the gesture.
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“I wasn’t going to present it as much as simply anyone,” Kelly stated on the time. “If Shohei retains performing, he’ll be a future Corridor of Famer and I’ll be capable of have my quantity retired. That’s the closest I’ll get to the Corridor of Fame.”
Shohei Ohtani speaks with Mark Walter, Dodgers Proprietor and Chairman, and Stan Kasten, Dodgers President and CEO, at Dodger Stadium on December 14, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Meg Oliphant/Getty Photos)
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Requested what Ohtani was giving him in return, Kelly stated on the time, “Oh, there’s a listing, however no remark.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.
