Shohei Ohtani answered certainly one of his profession’s most essential questions throughout his Dodgers introductory press convention on Thursday, December 14 — What’s the identify of his lovely pooch?
Final month, when Otani received his second American League MVP award, he was sitting on his sofa with a canine beside him.
MLB posted a video clip of the pair on YouTube the place you may see Ohtani high-fiving the canine after his win.
The caption even learn, “The second Shohei Ohtani discovered he was a 2x unanimous AL MVP.”
Followers have been curious in regards to the canine, and rightfully so, the canine stole the highlight and shortly grew to become viral! Nevertheless, no one exterior of Ohtani’s camp knew the canine’s identify. And Ohtani himself declined to disclose the pup’s identify.
However lastly, throughout his Dodgers introductory press convention on December 14, Ohtani revealed the pooch’s identify as “Dekopin”, a Japanese phrase which means flicking somebody’s brow.
However that’s not the one factor Ohtani revealed! He additionally disclosed that Dekopin has an English identify: “Decoy”.
Throughout his press convention, Ohtani reveals the selection to have an English identify for his canine. He stated by way of his translator, “I figured it might be laborious for American folks to pronounce it, so his American identify is Decoy.”
Now that the thriller is solved, followers can anticipate to see extra of Dekopin/Decoy at Dodger Stadium!
