The Los Angeles Dodgers picked up right where they left off—another division crown, another pennant, and now back-to-back World Series titles, the first team in 25 years to do it. With Shohei Ohtani declaring in English after the repeat that they’re already eyeing a third straight championship, it’s clear the Dodgers wouldn’t be here without him. But this story runs deeper than most realize.

Let’s look at two very different moments. One moment is from the Dodgers’ 2025 World Series parade shared by a fan account, @ShotimeLAD on X. The 15-second video shows Ohtani standing on a balcony with his wife, Mamiko Tanaka. Confetti is falling everywhere, and Tanaka adjusts Shohei’s gesture for a photo. The fan wrote, “Shohei and Mamiko! She’s trying to get him to take a nice photo 😭”.

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