Dodgers DH Shohei Ohtani discusses Elly De La Cruz, his bobblehead night, ceremonial first pitch and more. May 17 2024

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Kirsten: Shohei, ahead of the game your bobblehead night you had a special guest come out to throw out that first pitch. How did that come about? What do those moments mean to you?

Will: 今日ボブルヘッドで始球式に少年が来たんですけども今日は大谷選手にとってはどういう意味だったんですかと今日は？

[Translation]: Today, bobblehead, first pitch the kid came, what meaning did it have for you Shohei?

Shohei: できれば勝って見せればよかったんですけど、残念ながら負けてしまったので。いい思い出にもちろんファストピッチがなってくれれば嬉しいと思います。

[Translation]: I wanted to show him a win but unfortunately we lost. Definitely if it becomes a good memory and first pitch for him would make me very happy.

Will: Ideally, we wanted to win today's game. I hope the recipient of the ceremonial pitch, the person who threw the ceremonial pitch enjoyed the game.

Kirsten: How special is it to share these moments with young fans, but especially young fans who are going through challenging things like different health situations?

Will: 特に若いファン、特に病気を抱えているファンと分かち合える時間は大谷選手にとってはどう大事なんですか？

[Translation]: Especially young fans, especially those with illness, what does it mean to understand these moments, how much is it important to you Shohei?

Shohei: 自分が子供時代で、もちろんこういうことがあれば、いい思い出になるし、ま第一チームが好きで来てくれたのでそれ自体僕も感謝したいなと思います。

[Translation]: When I was a child, definitely, if I was able to do these things it would be a great memory. First and foremost, the fact that he likes the team and came today makes me very thankful.

Will: Even if I was a child I would be very happy as well and it's something that I wanted to kind of return.

Reporter: Shohei, 53000 fans were lining up for the bobblehead, which is what I mean to say, what does it mean to you to see all that fan excitement for your bobblehead night?

Will: 5万3000人が今日ボブレーヘッドに来てそこに関してどう思いますか？

[Translation]: 53000 came for you bobblehead today, what do you think about that?

Shohei: 素晴らしい風景でしたし。選手の尽きるて言うか本当に相関であのプレイしててなんて言うですかね、素晴らしい瞬間だったんじゃないかなとおもいます。

[Translation]: It was a great view. It definitely reaches the players and builds and feeds the energy off each other. I thought it was a great moment.

Will: Just overall very nice view. Exciting to have a lot of fans in the stands and I am very appreciative that they all came.

Reporter: Shohei, how impressive was it to see Elly De La Cruz tonight?

Will: Say that again?

Reporter: Elly De La Cruz, how impressive was it to see what he did tonight?

Will: デラクルズの活躍を見て、あの相手チーム、敵地の選手の活躍をみてあのどう思いましたかな？

[Translation]: De La Cruz’s performance seeing, um the other team’s player, enemy team’s player performance seeing what did you think?

Shohei: もちろん素晴らしい選手ですし得点の起点になっていたんじゃ無いかなと思うのでえ、ま、素晴らしい活躍だったなとは思います。

[Translation]: He is definitely a great player and was the focal point of many runs I thought. He gave a great performance.

Will: He's a really good player. I do believe that the team really rallied around him today and um very impressive performance tonight.