Before Saturday night's game at Coors Field,Shohei Ohtaniwas involved in one of the coolest pregame moments we've ever seen.
After finishing a throwing session, theLos Angeles Dodgerstwo-way star was told about a woman sitting nearby in a wheelchair. So he walked over, knelt down and introduced himself.
That woman was Momoyo Nakamoto Kelley — a 100-year-old survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
Kelley, who was 19 years old when the bomb was dropped on Aug. 9, 1945, later immigrated to the United States and now lives in Salt Lake City. A lifelong baseball fan, she had traveled to Colorado with family, hoping to see Ohtani in person.
"A dream come true," Kelley called it.
Ohtani signed a baseball for her and posed for photos.
Kelley's grandson, Patrick Faust, helped arrange the visit as a way to celebrate her milestone birthday.
"Just the idea that 100 is such a big number," Fausttold MLB.com. "I don’t think there are many people [still alive from] when the atom bomb was dropped. She’s had a terrible experience, a big one. So we wanted to [do something] special."
A 100-year-old survivor of an atomic bombing was thrilled to meet Shohei Ohtani.
(Photo by Dustin Bradford/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
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