DENVER — Shohei Ohtani doesn’t usually stop for autographs when he trots off the field following his on-field pregame workout each day.
But on Saturday,the Dodgers’ two-way starmade a sentimental exception.
Shohei Ohtani signs an autograph for a 100-year-old fan, Momoyo Kelly. 👏(Via:@taroabe0109)pic.twitter.com/iyGUnLtQIj
Ahead of the second game of this weekend’s series at Coors Field between the Dodgers and Rockies, a 100-year-old survivor of the Nagasaki bombing, Momoyo Kelly, was down on the field during warmups in a wheelchair.
She posed for photos with several players of both teams and chatted for a few minutes with Dodgers manager (and Okinawa, Japan, native) Dave Roberts.
Then, the highlight of the day cameas Ohtanireturned to the dugout, stopping along the way to sign a ball for her as she stood up and smiled.
The exchange was short, with Ohtani quickly greeting her, scribing his signature onto a ball, then disappearing back into the Dodgers’ clubhouse.
Nonetheless, the moment was “like a dream,” Kelly said later,according to Chunichi Sports.
“He’s the pride of Japan,” she added. “I watch the Dodgers’ games every day.”
Kelly was 19 at the time of the Nagasaki bombing, then eventually moved to the United States after meeting her husband on an American military base in Japan.
Source: California Post – Breaking California News, Photos & Videos
