Fan Who Caught Shohei Ohtani's First Dodgers Home Run Ball Felt Pressure to Give Up the Ball
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- Опубліковано 3 кві 2024
- Fan Who Caught Shohei Ohtani's First Dodgers Home Run Ball Says She Was Pressured to Give Up Ball
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doug is a badass for being able to find her and interview her
She’s all over the place, five year old could have found her. BTW, I thought Ohtani signed with Toronto…
Dodgers took advantage of her kindness. Hopefully we hear in a week or two that she got her Porsche and maybe season passes and at least meet Otani💯💯💯
not only that it was a great interview over all...
That is a dirty move by the Dodgers, blocking her husband and bum rushing her to make a decision alone in a few minutes and refusing to authenticate it. Those are all pre determined tactics, and it sucks they screwed her when they could easily have given her more. Even let her meet Ohtani after the game. Shame on the Dodgers for this one, but I bet this is how teams handle these kinds of moments league wide. Disgraceful
You right 💯
Dodgers dont really care about their fans. Most of their staff is arrogant, especially security. I completely believe security pressured her to give up the ball
Totally agree with you! They didn't treat her right.
@GemTWoodyou would defend the Dodgers staff as if you were there or in her shoes lol. I can definitely see them doing some shady shit like this, especially being a woman and having her by herself so she can be manipulated to think she got the same amount of value with that trade and it's not even close. Threatening to not authenticate the ball if she chose to keep it is down right wrong cus they know it's real worth and want the luxury of someday auctioning it off themselves. The power of greed is real
Im starting to be concerned about Othani. First, Im a die hard Dodger, lets make that clear......But he's somewhat just proven himself to be a liar. He flat out said in the media that he met with her and its so great that she gave him the ball because it means so much to him yada yada yada. But, as she said, he didnt meet with her. So he straight out lied to the media. Ok, so now that we know he lies like that, I wonder, what else would he lie about? You get where im going with this......
Dodgers need to show her more Love.
Did her dirty
For sure. Doesn't seem like they treated her right with that special ball. Give her more special treatment and let her meet Ohtani at least!
They showed the drag queen nuns more love!
They should have gave her season tickets.
It’s like she was being arrested.
This young lady has such a great heart! Dodgers need to treat her right!
Amazing and authentic Dodger Fan!!!
Classy Dodger fan. But "they" did her wrong.
That bat looked used ha …did she get the bat he hit the homer with?… jk 😂
@@wendy92388 yeah investigate that , it was a black bat , get the point of contact and match it up ,,,right !
I noticed the bat was used as well. Obviously not the bat of the home run but he personally has used that bat for BP or batting practice. That is so cool! @@wendy92388
@@wendy92388 those bats are used, they sell them. They are either game used bats or practice bats. She probably got the practice bat.
Yeah, she seems like a true Dodger fan that you would root for to get a HR ball. Hope she gets to meet Ohtani in the near future.
An auction house representative said the ball would be worth at least $100K. The people who handled the situation screwed her big time.
Who? Auction representative? Lmao, it's not Ohtani first MLB hr ball. Not even woth 100k
@@user-rr2xo3uk8s lot of money in LA, huge fan base and its the first home run in that uniform arguably the best baseball player in a 100 years .. worth more than 100k !
@@user-rr2xo3uk8s Didn't know you were such an expert
@@user-rr2xo3uk8s You're stupid.
So many opinionated fools. All teams ALWAYS, 100%of the time, apply pressure on fans to give up “meaningful” balls.
I think Ohtani is COMPLETELY UNAWARE of what was going on with this fan! This is problem with Dodgers. The Angels let the people who caught the ball meet Shohei and take pictures with him and got bats and ball and shirts signed and a small chat with Ohtani.
Things happen while Otani was still in game. And when the game is over, the employee report to Otani that the ball was taken care of and the fan is rewarded with merchandises.
That's why Otani said "they" had met the fan
and people assume Otani met her regardless the fact Otani was still in game when dodger employee approached her.
Honestly I'm guessing with the ippei drama his pr people might not allow him to meet fans for a while until it blows over
@@yangtsur ''I met'' someone in the sense that people under my employ talked to them...... Bit of a stretch.
Maybe the dude just lies and doesn't know how to stop.....
Totally agree - I am sure security consists of ex PD officers who essentially strong armed this person & tainted what should have been a special moment. I hope the Dodgers do right by them....
Props to DMac to put some truth on his channel. Obviously he bleeds blue but not everything is rosy with Dodgers. These big companies that look so clean like Dodgers, or UCLA have their share of sh*tty practices that they keep shush. I know firsthand.
That was border line extortion on the Dodgers staff part
💯💯💯💯 Security personal at Dodger games is the worst, they act arrogant and entitled.
100%, id have kept it and sold it.
Come on Ohtani, Here's your chance to take a picture with the fan who pickd up your home run ball. Dodgers, contact this fan!! 😊
Ohtani is a prick that only cares about himself imo
This is a Porsche Taycan Moment....
Apparently, Otaini is too busy with his gambling issue than to spend time to give a fan a break, even separating her from her family, as if she were catching the ball on the border. If this is the way the Dodgers "negotiate" with their fans, well you won't find me at a game until they make amends.
@@grantmarcus5675, you do know he had no idea what was going on. I am sure when he finds out, he will take care of her. The Dodgers already said they are willing to speak to her.
Yep 👍
THE Dodgers did her dirty.... You would think MLB would have to authenticate it.
How? She gotta grip of signed memorabilias from Ohtani. Could she have gotten more? Probably of she said "F it, I'm keeping it" But she didn't and said she's grateful what they gave her. Win/win in the end
@@MrJoker830 But she had no choice b/c if she decided to keep the ball, they wouldn't have authenticated it and that means she can't auction it off or sell it if she wanted to at a later time (which is her absolute right to do as the owner of the ball!). They did her wrong!
@@MrJoker830 would you have traded the ball for those items?
@562fooo7 Nope. But that's me. You nor I are in her position. And she said in an interview she's grateful for the signed bats and hats. So if of she's happy then who gives a F?
@@MrJoker830 yup if she is happy, then who gaf, but aint no way in hell im trading that ball at the moment i would wait a day or so to view my options
Y’all act like it’s Ohtani’s fault!?! He probably didn’t even know what was going on.
Dodgers organization needs to rectify this; I know Ohtani will take care of it. He’s not petty.
She could’ve kept it and made millions. The staff did her wrong.
Porsche coming up.
100 percent. Security lied to her. Othani more than likely wasnt even thinking of trying to get the ball back. That was more staff trying to cater to Othani. "Oh look, we got you your ball back"
@@tocadadj2951Dodger Stadium security have always been power tripping assholes!
@Wafuller84 hell yes. Hopefully more stories come out on how security at Dodger stadium mistreats customers. Those dude are arrogant as fck. Power has gone to their heads
she deserves a lot but Millions? I don't think so. maybe 100k, or maybe Ohtani will figure out this issue and get her a car.
Really disappointed with the Dodger's staff for telling her they wouldn't authenticate it. Thats shady, and from my understanding a breach of MLB policy. Not cool at all. Hope they make this right for her.
Dodger Stadium security have always been power tripping assholes
Agreed I still wouldn’t give it up overtime that will make me some money
Yeah, that was some gangster grimy shit they pulled on her 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
What breach of MLB policy?
@@user-rr2xo3uk8s MLB has employees at each game specifically to authenticate these balls.
Dam the Dodgers straight did her dirty. So wrong on so many levels. Absolute fail.
Life long Dodger fan here… have to say, what a low move by the organization to threaten to not authenticate the ball. Shows you that money prevails over character in professional sports.
This woman showed nothing but class in this interview. That’s what I call character.
Did they threaten? You don't know that
They're used to hard-nosed negotiations, I would have just told him there's plenty of video with me and the ball already, I'll keep it thanks.
Ohtani should make this right. The Dodgers didn't make a fair trade it's obvious the ball is worth way more than what she got in return.
Was it? It wasn't Ohtani first MLB hr ball
Respect to her. This chick is a real fan and hopefully they'll come back and hook her up with some more stuff for being a real one.
She got enough.
She looks so nice and humble. Great experience!
That is so dirty of the Dodgers that they wouldn't authenticate it she didn't give it up🤬
"Its a paper weight when you leave those gates, we wont authenticate it"... damn they Okie-doked her
Yeah I would have told them-go get bent-and let me back to my husband -
she got hustled so hard 😆
IKR it sucks, I would of held out
Sounds like dodgers staff member that made judgement than ohtanis people! I would have said here’s my number have Ohtani’s people call my people
...once the ball leaves the stadium ?? many would question authenticity ... could've held out out to meet him and they could've authenticated .... IMO ...
Without the ball being authenticated, it’s worthless … anybody can just say they have the ball when it’s a replica 😂
@@RunForPeace-hk1cu You think the dodger staff is the only one who could authenticate it? The MLB would authenticate it in a second without the bs pressure
@@MrChumpusthey can authenticate it being game used but not that it's the Ohtani ball
@@MrChumpusOnce she leaves the stadium there's no way to authenticate it. That's kind of rotten that they pressured her to give it up for a couple hundred bucks worth of items. Hopefully he'll get in touch with her and do something more. Bringing her back to a game and taking a picture with her isn't too much to ask
Amidst all the negative publicity for Ohtani recently, the Dodgers staff definitely have an issue! False rumors claiming that Ohtani’s interpreter Iteton claimed and lied about meeting with her, which has been spread by Ohtani haters.
The Dodgers’ organization needs to act fast!
Ya true
Life time Dodger fan but shame on them, piss poor showing. Dodgers owe her much more and then to man handle! I think less of my favorite team right now.
Owe her? Lmao
My thoughts exactly! What a disappointment. They came off as a bunch of bullies. What choice did she have but to give the ball back if they weren't willing to authenticate it? What a bunch of bullies. Not even a picture with Shohei? Really? Wow.
Congratulations Ámbar! That was so cool. I was sitting in section 168LG I saw security escort you out. I hope you get to meet Ohtani! Go Dodgers!
As of March 2023, the Los Angeles Dodgers have a franchise value of $4.8 billion, according to Forbes. The Dodgers' ownership group, Guggenheim Partners, has assets valued at about $325 billion. Mark Walter, the Dodgers' CEO and controlling owner, has an estimated net worth of $5.8 billion.
2 hats..
don't forget a ball and a bat.. Crooks. Smdh.
Ambar is a classy Dodger fan! Great attitude!
I am happy for her!! I hope Ohtani surprise her one day & thank her for accepting the exchange.
GO DODGERS! ❤️
He will. Knowing him.
Thats cool that she caught it 😊
Signed official bat might be one of the rarest Ohtani item, NGL
Might be rarer than any ball imo
100% Especially considering how many Ohtani-hit home run balls are out there… and many many more are to come!😂
She handled it well... the Dodgers didn’t. Maybe Ohtani does something else.
- season tickets (and postseason)
- signed items
- picture(s)
... and then we can start talking about a trade.
Amber, Shohei will find a way to say thanks to you! They were in a hurry to wrap out before the Chicago trip and they had to leave quickly that night. ❤ That’s probably reason there were no other schedules other than the press interview after.
She didn’t need his signature to authenticate the ball. Her face is all the authentication she needs to prove that’s the real ball.
I was a Dodgers season ticket holder for the last two seasons. I didnt renew because i had some uncomfortable/rude interactions with staff. I'm not surprised they threatened not to authenticate the ball for her.
It matches my experience with Dodgers staff
Unless you were part of the sisters that mocked Christ and were give special attention. Thats when last year went down he tubes- dodgers like much of this country have lost their way but turning from Biblical principles.
Same. Had bad experience with security staff. They are very arrogant. Whatever power they are given went to their heads
@@Truthsfinestthey'd of rolled out the rainbow 🌈 carpet for them probably allowed to give Ohtani a Lap Dance 😂
@@tocadadj2951 the lower your social status, the more you enjoy power trips! 😎😎😎
Maybe you were the one being a ########. We don't know?
They wouldn't authenticate if you keep it??? Wtf, Dodgers???
As much as it makes the Dodger's team look like dicks, I'm guessing it's one of those 'once you leave the premises, all bets are off' kind of things. Anyone can say THIS is the ball.
I'm so upset hearing that!
That is so dirty of the Dodgers!
I felt that was really underhanded of them to say that. Hope there is some better training for these situations in the future. Go Dodgers
Me: you're not going to authenticate it? Oh well then, I guess this ball is going to be lost to time then.
Dirty tactics
I'm a Diehard Dodger fan but this makes me mad as fuk
I see some comments that think Ohtani lied, but he did not. The Japanese language often omits the subject in a sentence. He said," (someone) talked to the fan; I heard (the person) giving (the ball) back." Ohtani didn't say the words in parentheses. "ということだったので、" means the message was relayed to him. No one lied; it was just a misunderstanding, and this shouldn't even be a big deal. The interpreter and the reporter assumed what was said instead of clarifying the subject. It's hard to translate when two languages have differences in structure.
Ohtani has nothing to do with it, but people who hate the Dodgers or Asians lies that it did. So many opinionated fools. All teams ALWAYS, 100%of the time, apply pressure on fans to give up “meaningful” balls.
Damn dodgers did her dirty. And to be fair, I’m certain Ohtani is not in charge of these things. This definitely sounds like so me dummy Dodger stadium security tactics. It’s just them being jerks. But at least she seems happy with her decision.
Bad look on the Dodger Organization with the ultimatum.
Japanese is a language that can be understood without stating the subject. Shohei did not say that he spoke directly to the person who caught the ball. It was a post-game press conference, so it was clear that he did not have time to talk to the fans. Any Japanese person would understand that someone from the baseball team spoke.
I hope they take care of her. I'd be disappointed if they didn't.
This is the best interview I have ever seen with a fan, by far. Great job, Doug, and great job all the way around, Amber! 🎉 I am honored to be a Dodger fan knowing there are Dodger fans with a big heart like yours. In fact, seeing what you say, I am proud to be an American, Amber!
DMAC good on you for getting ground truth…. Bravo👏…. Good for her👍
Great interview! I wish people didn’t give her a hard time and just congratulated her. I hope she gets a pic with Ohtani one day.
Screw a picture.
Change her life with a few thousand
Shohei can afford it
@@danserrano2251are you serious? Greedy mfrz lmao
@@danserrano2251 So many opinionated fools. All teams ALWAYS, 100%of the time, apply pressure on fans to give up “meaningful” balls. Ohtani doesn’t owe anything
No regrets, the one of a kind experience and life time Dodgers fan is key here. Respect to a true Dodgers fan.
100k is 100k tho. Love the Dodgers, but it’s not that serious 😅
But what kind of experience was that? To get escorted to the back? Your husband blocked from joining you? Getting pressure to give up the ball?
If you say "well she caught the ball".
I say to you, you can catch and keep the ball at the same time
You can see the regret in her EYES HUGE CAP!
I agree sounds like Dodgers staff, not Ohtani, pressured her. But at the end of the day she made her decision. Thinking about the “what if’s” when it comes to what a stranger does is a waste of time.
@funkvillain Except if you talk about it, this can create change, and maybe the next fan that catches a historic ball isn't bullied into giving up the ball
That's not a good look for the Dodgers. It's her ball, strong arming her into giving it up the way they did isn't cool. If Ohtani wanted it so badly he could have made it worth her while. He gave his teammate's wife a Porsche for crying out loud. Not saying he had to give her that, but he could've given more than some caps and a bat. And the memorabilia isn't even authenticated. That's lame.
No bc now that he does sonething like this again fans are gonna think he owe them sonething when he don’t owe them nothing I mean he owes them for support but not monetary yes a pic with her wound be kind
Doubt very much Ohtani wanted it badly, lol. Ambar did the right thing. She didn't get screwed. It's not Ohtani's first hr in MLB. Ohtani probably use it as a paper weight on his work desk
What the heck does Ohtani have to do with the Dodgers’ applying the usual pressure and her lack of smarts/will?? Why don’t you give her some money?
Is threatening to not authenticate a standard protocol in these situations? Seems like a dick move on the teams part, IMO
Dmac, that was so nice of you to make her feel better even though she should have received a pair of season tickets for as long as Ohtani plays for the Dodgers.
Sam Blum (Angels beat “reporter”) lied about Ohtani in his article in The Athletic. After being called out, he edited and re-edited his article without publicly acknowledging his mistakes.
Dodgers should give you free parking and dodger dogs for life 😂
Good luck getting theMCourts to agree to that lol. There's a reason the parking lot is the part of the stadium that hasn't been updated or renovated.
That’s a bit much but they shouldn’t have pressured her like that and lied about authenticating the ball.
@@Fernysm, The McCourts don't own the Dodgers.
And free toilet paper for the Dodger dogs
@@markanderson7833 They still own the parking lot.
She seems like a real sweetheart and a real Dodger fan. It's too bad that security put her in a pressure cooker but they can't take away the moment. She's part of Dodger history now!
I'd have kept the ball and give the Dodgers staff members the finger if they wouldn't authenticate it.
Watching it live. Congratulations on catching the ball
Thanks D for the interview and for being fair not agreeing with LAD front office attitude 😊
Hmm he kinda did. He can't be too negative in his comments or they will probably deny him a press pass
Once in a lifetime moment for her! She'll remember this forever and good on her for returning the ball, true dodger fan!
Should've lawyered up. I bet the adrenalin was so high and she wasn't really in a straight mind. Me season tickets chauffeured to each home game Box seat LOL. She has a gd Dodgers heart and definitely heaps of respect.
She has the best attitude about it, a lot of people would be cynical. Props to her.
Congrats Ambar! Screw what people think about what you got back. If your happy its all that matters. Hoping Shohei steps up for her.
I think shes unhappy about it as well. She got told a false lie when they said they wouldn't authenticate it. Who cares! You have someone else authenticate it
Shohei will say he did something for her then when it’s exposed he didn’t they’ll say his translators or PR people misspoke. There’s a clear pattern with this guy
I don't know if what the security guy did was the Dodgers policy or not, but I'm VERY disappointed in them from what I heard. Pretty sad way of handling something like this.
It is clear that she and her husband are just good people and good Dodger fans. She was in the right place, at the right time, good for her. But from the story she told, they took advantage of her in I would say a bad way.
1. Her husband can't come with her? That's just bad.... really bad.
2. If she doesn't take what they're offering they won't authenticate the ball? That isn't an MLB policy, is it a Dodger policy? Or was this guy just being an ass?
3. Sounds to me like the big thing she wanted was to meet Ohtani-san after the game, get her picture with him, then accept a different ball with his autograph. I'll bet that she would have loved to get the picture printed and then sent it to the Dodgers and they would have him sign the picture with something like " Thanks for my first Dodger home run ball Ambar, you're the best" and signed it, then sent it back to her. Ambar would have been in Dodger heaven. Perhaps also sent her an Ohtani jersey, she would cherish that for life.
Just my opinion. The strong arming is what amazed me and upset me the most.
Love Our Dodgers Fans❤
La all day, but their security staff needs to be investigated, iv'e seen 1st hand how unreasonable they can be.
Thx for Interview and letting us hear directly how it came down. As she said it was her moment, her deal. Happy with knowing she was one who had the ball in her hands. Sure many would have taken more advantage of situation, easy to say from our couches. Props to her.
I’m happy for her! She’s a sweetheart and she got some awesome signed memorabilia. It’s a win, win for all Dodgers fans.
Not
Congratulations, Ambar, for catching the ball! To everyone who says she should have kept it, what’s wrong with you? If the player wants it back, he should have it back. It means more to him than anyone else in the world. This shouldn’t even be an argument. I hope the league will set a rule or something about this. I’m glad that Ambar did the right thing. I hope someone from "Backstage: Dodgers" will arrange a photo opportunity with her and Shohei. 🙏🙏🙏
And how you know Othani wanted it back? Probably could care less about it. You forget this is a business for them. You could trade Othani to the Padres today and he'll come back tomorrow and try to hit 4 homeruns off you.
You act like if players are fans. They are not. They in this thing for a paycheck
fuck right off. this is you imposing your morals on others; it's legally her property and she can with it what she likes.
@@tocadadj2951 Ohtani did say during the post-game interview that he wanted the ball back because it is special to him, and he's glad that he was able to get it back.
It’s a huge reason myself and many other people go to baseball games. You can argue baseball can be very boring… even the NFL is getting beyond soft.
I go to many MLB games, with family and friends. I grew up bringing gloves to games talking about catching (keeping baseballs).
If MLB made a rule saying they can confiscate the baseball back from you (also meaning they can call security/police) if you refuse to give it back…
MLB attendance will drop heavily. I’d boycott going into the stadiums right there for life.
If Shohei or another player wants their baseball back so badly (if someone refuses to give it up), they can buy it back. It will cost less to buy their baseball back than it costs me to buy a hotdog at the stadium comparing salaries.
Also, if I was her I’m keeping the ball. It would have been a smarter decision for her. I’d still make a great attempt to give the ball back to Shohei… I would just not be pressured at all by this crappy Dodgers staff to make a decision like that in a minute. Like someone else said in a comment, after their first offer of 2 baseball caps I would write my phone number down and walk away.
Don't know if Ohtani wanted it back? just tradition in MLB player gets his first hit or homerun to give the that ball to player
Great video! Doug is the best to find her and interview her. This lady is a stand up dodger fan and deserves for Ohtani and the dodgers to do her right! I hope Doug has a video when she gets that Porsche and gets to meet Ohtani. Class act dodger lady fan... Love for the game... Love for dodger blue 💙💙
Well at least she got a bat signed, ball signed and 2 caps signed. At least she got compensated for the 1st ever HR that Ohtani hit as a Dodger. She might have been able to have it authenticated because she was on the big screen when she raised that ball up in the air for everyone can witness. But she made the right decision overall because even if she proved that was the ball that Ohtani hit that still would be doubts whoever was going to buy that ball that in the long run. They would say that the ball was switch over. It definitely would have been hard to prove it’s the real McCoy!!! And the Dodgers organization’s was just going to deny that’s not the ball that Ohtani hit the HR with. That’s the reason why they were never going to back up her claim with no authentication letter or a sealed serial sticker with the logo mark for it. At least she got to hold the Holy Grail baseball for 10 minutes LOL. I think she made the right choice. If she was going to keep it, the value would have gone down a lot. Good decision 👍!!! 💯🔥🤘
Jesus, what a corporate suckup.
Believe me, that bat worth 1 million for die hard Japanese fan...so, relax girl...time will tell....😊
This is a great interview D-MAC, I hope more people watch it, and see her tell her story the way it really happened. She made off pretty good with that swag, but I hope Shohei does meet and take some pics with her. Great job Amber! Go Blue! 💙
Wasn’t possible to meet Ohtani? Couldn’t take literally 30 seconds to meet the person who caught his first Dodger HR? Wow.
Yeah. I think I would've kept that ball anyway. Geez. The video authenticates it! Well, we all know who caught it! Go girl!
She did the right thing giving Shohei the ball
Congratulations and thanks to her generosity ❤ for me… as a fan … knowing that Shohei would like to keep that ball because it meant so much to him, it will be an honor for life to give it back to him❤ with no questions ask👍
This lady’s values are obviously different than those of many commentators here. For her, the experience of being at the game and catching the home run ball was the most valuable. I hope she gets a chance to meet Shohei in person.
The Dodgers need to completely redo this process and who handles the negotiations. Having security do what they did - especially keeping her husband out who owned 1/2 of the baseball given California property law for married couples - was the worst marketing decision a great team of marketers could have done. They need to reach out to her and arrange for her and her husband to come to a home game and meet Ohtani, get a pic, and maybe even watch from his suite.
I hope the sue the Dodgers and win
Wow, that's such an excellent point. He DID own half of it and was totally in his right to be present in the decision-making process! How shameful to take advantage of the ignorance and good will of a fan, not that I knew any better before this.
@@tocadadj2951 frivolous lawsuit
She says her husband a few times. But she also said something to the effect since they’ve been dating. 🤷🏽♂️ If she’s married 1/2 property is his shit.😂
I wound of asked for SUITE for ALL DODGER GAMES this year and events .. and a picture of me giving him the ball PERSONALITY.. but that’s me . 👍🙏
Dodgers staff had the nerve to say we won't authenticate it if you leave with it , I'm wondering if the bat , baseball and the Caps were all authenticated themselves 🤔
That sort of thing doesn’t need authenticity when clearly she got the ball.
Come on Ohtani, do the right thing.
Ohtani doesn’t care man, lol….we worship talented athletes and most of them are jerks.
@@victorle7693 Ichiro or marino rivera would have visted her.
@@victorle7693
Ohtani donated his All-Star earnings to the entire Angels staff, which was 150k.
He will! 🎉
@@doubledown8229 Mark 11:41- Jesus sat down opposite this place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only. few cents. Calling his disciples to HIm, Jesus said. 'Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.They all gave out of their wealth, but she, out of her poverty, put in everything-all she had to live on.
Ohtani could have blessed her and instead dodgers disappointed.
The five signed items they gave her are really nice, especially the bat. Those autographs were nicely and clearly signed, not a rushed job. Shohei seldom gives autographs to fans - you have five! I didn't know the bat had Shohei's name printed on it. It's my first time seeing Shohei's bat up close.
That's not the point bro 😂😂😂
@@michaelscott9040 - She made the right decision, as the Dodgers will not authenticate the ball, making it difficult to find a buyer willing to pay thousands of dollars for it. Think of the value of those five signed items today if they were signed by Babe Ruth. Hers will be worth a lot more 20-30 years or a decade from now, since they were signed by Shohei.
Love this lady. Sounds like a genuine fan, one the team is fortunate to have. The staff done her dirty. I don’t know if the team, players, front office, were aware of this situation at the time but they should reach out and fix this.
Honestly seems kinda weird. Home run happens she was escorted out pretty much right away but then the security knows Ohtani wants it back and refuses to do a lot of what she wants? What. Just seems like Dodgers themselves pressured it while also making it sound like it was what Ohtani himself wanted...
You think they loaded the ball so he could hit a hr so they needed It bk asap
Dont think Othani cared about the ball. He aint attached to the Dodgers like that. Team, security just assumed he would want it back
@@tocadadj2951 ☝️ dumb dumb up there doesn't think so.
@@tocadadj2951 For me I don't doubt Ohtani wants the ball. At the end of the day it's something that marks the start of his career with Dodgers. But it's mainly the way that it was handled by the Dodgers staff... Just seemed bs
@bensonspov see, what we fans get it confused is that we think the players think the way a fan would. To them this is a business, a paycheck. You could trade Othani tonight to the Padres and he'll come back tomorrow and try to hit 4 bombs of the Dodgers pitchers.
This, "well its first homerun as Dodger".
He aint attached like that, he just joined. And that was bc Dodgers have him the most money. He even went to the Angels and asked them if they would like to match the Dodgers offer to which they said no.
And yes, staff scammed this lady. Took thousands of dollars away from her
2 signed Hats, a Signed Ball and a Signed Bat.
That is good enough for me.
That ball means alot to Shohei and i respect that.
What about an extra 100k
The Dodgers and Ohtani are worth billions. But ok.
How do you know it does? He told you?
@osheaelnegrojackson3105 what extra 100k? That Ball ain't worth 100k, it's only worth something if the MLB were willing to Authenticate it.
Shohei wouldn’t be s…t without the fans to pay his salary. That ball should have been authenticated by team and meet with Ohtani. Nothing less.
I know she said she cared more for the experience of it all but if it was me I would have asked for a game worn jersey
Shameful on the Dodgers for not giving this fan more. We all know that ball is worth a lot of money
"No one can take the clip of u catching the ball away from you" yes its called authentication
2 jerseys 2bats 2 signed tickets for the season
I love that bat
She’s not that smart. 😂😂😂
She got more than enough signed merch
@@JimH657 you must work for the Dodgers to say that. 😂 😂 😂
The Dodgers organization has to do better in situations like this, show the fan some kinda love, she was an absolutely gem!!!
congrats Amber ❤ from japan
damn, i like how this girl is so positive and looking at the silver lining even though she knew she was pressured to give up the ball for a measly signed baseball bat, ball, and 2 hats lol. much respect to her, she's cool. but I would never give up that ball, even if they don't authenticate it, there's cameras everywhere and we all know that's ohtani's first dodger home run ball. I would have taken a screen shot of it while on the stand to further show proof even if they dont authenticate that shit.
Totally agree. It's an eye-opener how they use strong-arm tactics like that. Very disappointing. I feel more educated about the process now. With hindsight, I would now IMMEDIATELY film myself initialling it and have that mark and the geo-data on the recording serve as my authentication for selling it for auction. Probably Ohtani would reach out and offer $20,000 for it easily, before it got auctioned. She should have at least called her husband on the phone during her five minutes to think about it. I also think that it would have been a good idea to insist to talk with MLB officials in attendance to double-check on that "refusal to authenticate unless you turn it in" tactic. Extremely "sus."
Never give up baseball that is worth alot of money
She still deserves a $100,000. Because, of how poorly they treated her, not authenticating, and not allowing her to meet Ohtani.
I believe in Ohtani goodness
Dodgers stand for “supposedly what’s right” but this wasn’t right.
A true fan got & gets it!! Love this story. It's not about the Benjamin's! She's a winner 👏🏾👏🏾
Dude the players play for the Benjamin but a fan cant? Lol
For a franchise to bully a fan like that is horrible.
At the end of the day, they gave her two 30 dollar hats, a 25 dollar ball and a 200 dollar bat.
Now, did they they give her mlb logos to authenticate the items they gave her, or did they screw her out of that too?
at first the Dodgers offered her 2 signed hats???
wow she got robbed.
no kidding! If she wanted to meet him... let her do that and get a picture. They handled this really bad
Ohtani's bat, that's worth a lot too.
Not any bat.. hopefully she got the bat that hit his first HR with the Dodgers!
Thanks Doug! She was a sweet and gracious gal...I do hope she gets to meet Ohtani, etc. Nice interview!
I believe Ohtani will meet her. He will do the right thing.
Shoutout to her for not automatically looking for a quick pay day. She could sell everything for a good amount of money like Dmac said, hope shohei reaches out.
I was part of the blogger community more than a decade ago (18 years ago...) the PR department back then for what ever reason was actually really good... I'd like to think they're going to take care of her once the dust settles... (with everything that is going on behind the season with Ohtani and his former interpreter) I think the people handling this did a poor job -- The young lady handled her self with much more dignity than the Dodger employees...
oh man, I just watched most of this interview... this is a corporate entity (to its core) the action of the Dodger staff is like -- we're putting a winning product on the field & be happy with that... *ugh* * this culture comes straight from the top and trickles down to there employees...* I'm more of a moderate fan these days but back then this would have broken my heart... This young lady bleeds Dodger Blue like I did... and she gets rewarded with cold hearted B$
The merch isn’t even authenticated! I’d be furious, you are letting the Dodgers org off the hook big time. $35 for parking and they couldn’t hook her up?
@@softwelveone absolutely -- This could have been a great FEEL GOOD BY OSMOSIS (it actually was with this interview) but the general public doesn't see this, I really hope Ohtani's people reach out! that young man has a keeper for a wife!!