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Though the Dodgers are forever embedded in baseball history, some parents are making extra certain they also prevail in the future — by naming their children after the Boys in Blue.

“Bout 250 Mexican kids in 10 years gonna have to explain why they named Shohei Rodriguez,” one viral post on X quipped after Shohei Ohtani hit three home runs, pitched six shutout innings and struck out 10 Brewers in the NLCS-clinching game . The prediction may not be so far off: Nameberry , the world’s largest baby naming site, saw a 1,000% increase in searches on the name Shohei just this week.

From Shohei Ohtani to Clayton Kershaw to Freddie Freeman — all have inspired namesakes. And who knows?

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