Jun 19, 2025 06:07 AM IST Why Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts is telling Lakers followers to maintain ‘palms off’ Ohtani LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts has a playful message for Lakers followers about Shohei Ohtani, now that the baseball and NBA groups could have the identical majority proprietor. HT Image “Hands off of Shohei,” he mentioned, smiling. “They got enough superstars wearing the purple and gold. Leave him alone.” Social media on Wednesday was rife with photographs of the Japanese two-way famous person’s face and physique in a Lakers jersey after information broke that Dodgers controlling proprietor Mark Walter is shopping for a majority curiosity within the Lakers from the Buss household for $10 billion. Fox baseball analyst Ben Verlander posted on X: “We’re really about to have Shohei Ohtani out here dropping 50 on Christmas Day for the Lakers. What a time to be alive.” Another particular person advised Ohtani could possibly be a two-way participant for the Lakers, whereas somebody puzzled if the Lakers would begin Ohtani on the 2 or 3 place. Others thanked Ohtani for deferring most of his $700 million, 10-year contract and, as one particular person posted, “putting all that money in Mark Walters’ pockets so he can buy and save the Lakers franchise.” The Lakers have already got a Japanese participant in ahead Rui Hachimura. “I think Hachimura is taking care of the Japanese side of things,” Roberts mentioned. “We’ll have Shohei on the baseball side.” Last December, Ohtani and his spouse attended a Lakers sport and have been offered customized jerseys. His spouse, Mamiko Tanaka performed 4 seasons for the Fujitsu Red Wave of the Women’s Japan Basketball League. Roberts appeared to heat to the suggestion that he is likely to be sitting within the celebrity-packed courtside seats at Lakers video games this winter. “I’m sure a lot of people have hit Mark up,” he mentioned, “but I might add myself to the list.” More baseball: /MLB This article was generated from an automatic information company feed with out modifications to textual content.
