When former Angeleno Larry Quach returned to the City of Angels for a vacation with his wife and mother-in-law, he knew he had to take the latter to her very first Dodgers game.
"It's mainly my mother-in-law who's a big Shohei [Ohtani] fan," said Quach, who moved to Osaka about two years ago to live with his wife and her family. "They are really big on Shohei in Japan all over."
The Dodgers bested the Toronto Blue Jays that night — 5-1 — with Ohtani notching three hits and scoring twice. But don't ask Quach about any of it.
" I'm pretty sure he hit something because the crowd went wild a couple times," Quach said. " I think I was painting most of the time."
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Quach has been to his fair share of Dodger games, having lived in L.A. for more t