All Shohei Ohtani needed to snap histwo-week home run drought?
How about Ice Cube in the broadcast booth.
On Tuesday night, the Dodgers did a stadium-wideIce Cube bobblehead giveaway, featuring the LA entertainment icon in a Dodger blue low-rider along with the team’s last twoWorld Series championship trophies.
To honor the occasion, Ice Cube was on hand –– throwing out the first pitch, announcing the traditional “It’s Time for Dodger Baseball” call before the start of the game, then joining the team’s television broadcast on SportsNet LA in the bottom of the third inning.
It was while Ice Cube was on the air that Ohtani came to the plate and went deep for the first time since April 26, and only the second time in his last 109 plate appearances.
Shohei Ohtani hadn’t homered since April 26th but Ice Cube showed up so that changedpic.twitter.com/0dZK9K19iW
As Ohtani’s drive sailed out to left-center field, Ice Cube injected excitedly on the TV call.
“Yes! There we go.Yeah,yeah!” he said. “Couldn’t have scripted it better.”
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Before the blast, Ice Cube was in the middle of a discussion with Joe Davis and Orel Hershisher about his life-long Dodgers fandom, and role as the team’s unofficial hype man during their back-to-back World Series titles.
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