Speaker 1: FanFest is official as we are live at Dodgers Stadium,
Speaker 1: and I'm joined right now by a man that just
Speaker 1: one is third MVP Award and his shoe right now
Speaker 1: is hotter than any Air Jordan or Kobe's shoe out
Speaker 1: there already. I went to go look for the Otani
Speaker 1: trainer lab. The only size available left, size sixteen. I'm
Speaker 1: ten and a half and the great show Hey Otani
Speaker 1: joins us right now live on Dodgers Radio.
Speaker 2: Show.
Speaker 1: Hey, thank you so much for the time. Will Ireton,
Speaker 1: thank you for being here as well. So the shoe
Speaker 1: sold out already, Show, Hey, you did a great job
Speaker 1: of marketing. Everybody bought it. How much did you influence
Speaker 1: the way the shoe looks on design?
Speaker 2: I'm on so hi on my.
Speaker 3: I did get involved in the design of the shoes
Speaker 3: and really happy that so many people are buying it.
Speaker 1: When you look get the way Los Angeles has embraced you.
Speaker 3: Show.
Speaker 1: Hey, do you feel like after the season you had
Speaker 1: last year and the parade, you know how much the
Speaker 1: fans truly appreciate the way you play.
Speaker 3: Fund And also I started that.
Speaker 4: My Famda Madame b the you.
Speaker 3: Know, I really had the chance to be able to
Speaker 3: play in front of the fans, so I really got
Speaker 3: to feel the passion and today just at the stage two,
Speaker 3: so it's really nice to be able to interact with
Speaker 3: the fans and kind of feel their passion, and you know,
Speaker 3: to for the twenty twenty five season. You know, we're
Speaker 3: literally just about to start, so we have a lot
Speaker 3: of work to do, but again, really excited to be
Speaker 3: you know, part of the Dodgers and play in front
Speaker 3: of these fans.
Speaker 1: And the Dodgers are going to start the season at
Speaker 1: the Tokyo Dome, a place you're very familiar with. How
Speaker 1: excited are you about that opportunity to wear a Dodger
Speaker 1: uniform and play in Tokyo?
Speaker 2: Excited? Shall we cut it? You don't need.
Speaker 3: You know, you don't really get an opportunity like this
Speaker 3: to play in front of the fans, uh with two teams,
Speaker 3: the Dodgers in the Cubs and obviously is there as well,
Speaker 3: and you know other Japanese players too, So really excited
Speaker 3: to be able to you know, play and hopefully we
Speaker 3: win a couple of games and make sure that the
Speaker 3: fans come out of that thinking Dodge of Blue show.
Speaker 1: Hey was around me for a year, so he knows
Speaker 1: I'm very awkward and really uh socially, uh sometimes clumsy.
Speaker 1: Do you have any tips for me to handle myself
Speaker 1: in Tokyo, Japan? So I don't embarrass your name, my
Speaker 1: name or the Dodger's name.
Speaker 3: You nothing in particular, but I think one good thing
Speaker 3: to do is to just remember a few Japanese phrases
Speaker 3: and they would very much love that.
Speaker 2: Can you give me one? Okay?
Speaker 1: Right now?
Speaker 2: How about right now? Now?
Speaker 1: How about let's start. Let's start with this show? Hey, bathroom, bathroom? Yeah,
Speaker 1: where's the bathroom?
Speaker 2: Uh? Tell you all right? I could do that, like.
Speaker 1: Like, okay, all right, good to know. If I wear
Speaker 1: a show hey jersey and new balanced shoes, do you
Speaker 1: think they might confuse.
Speaker 3: Us on the uniform. I'm sure they'll be excited to
Speaker 3: see you sow. Hey.
Speaker 1: Before I let you go, one more baseball question. I've
Speaker 1: told people I am anticipating the night that you pitch
Speaker 1: for the first time at Dodgers Stadium. I don't believe
Speaker 1: it's going to be just another baseball game. It will
Speaker 1: be a bigger event than what we've seen. Have you
Speaker 1: visualized that moment being on the mound at Dodger Stadium
Speaker 1: as wearing this.
Speaker 3: Uniform mounting to I'm not get fun. So you made it,
Speaker 3: you know, White Mosca, I get a definitely imagine myself
Speaker 3: pitching on the mound. Now. I'm not exactly sure what
Speaker 3: when that's gonna happen, but I'm gonna do the best
Speaker 3: I can to make it as early as possible.
Speaker 1: Since we know each other a little bit better. Now,
Speaker 1: if you need me, I'm almost the same height as
Speaker 1: Manny Machado. If you need me to stand in for
Speaker 1: a bullpen just to help you get ready, let me know.
Speaker 2: Okay, right there for you. Okay, thank you man.
Speaker 1: So great to see, love seeing the smile. The m
Speaker 1: vps are great. But now we can say World Champion Show.
Speaker 1: Hey O Tani and Roki Sazaki, you helped bring him here.
Speaker 1: I heard you text Andrew Friedman we got him. So
Speaker 1: maybe you, Yamamoto Nobu made the deal happen.
Speaker 3: So you Hi Kim. You know I played with him
Speaker 3: as a player for WBC Team Japan, so I got
Speaker 3: to really know him as a as a player and
Speaker 3: as a friend and just first and foremost, I'm really
Speaker 3: you know what I wanted to really tell him was that,
Speaker 3: you know, regardless of the teams that he that he
Speaker 3: ends up choosing, I wanted him to be successful, and
Speaker 3: of course I wanted him to be a Dodger, but
Speaker 3: first and foremost as a person, as a player, just
Speaker 3: really rooting for him to be successful.
Speaker 1: Man, that was the right pitch. You didn't seem too needy,
Speaker 1: you know, you just like, yeah, do what you want. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know it's okay. You play a suave like Oscar Hernandez.
Speaker 1: Right there, it's.
Speaker 3: About us, you mess.
Speaker 2: He went to a student day, he suppled, you know, say.
Speaker 3: Yo Shinoba and I are here. So I'm really, you know,
Speaker 3: excited that I'll be able to support him in this transition.
Speaker 1: Can't wait for the season to start. I can't wait
Speaker 1: to be in Tokyo with you. You're an expecting proud father.
Speaker 1: If you need any fatherhood tips, I can help. I
Speaker 1: have two young children. My wife does all the work,
Speaker 1: but I could, uh, you know, help you out if
Speaker 1: you need stand in for bullpen session and father advice.
Speaker 1: I could be a mentor.
Speaker 2: My company.
Speaker 3: I don't think he's yeah, maybe maybe spring training. Yeah,
Speaker 3: if you stand in and I'm gonna hit you.
Speaker 1: Thanks so awesome to be with you. Thank you, thank you,
Speaker 1: thank you. And I'll have these by spring training. Okay, nice,
Speaker 1: all right, great, I'll be wearing turf shoes. All right
Speaker 1: there he is the great show. Hey TONI World Champion