Dodgers Management Screws Up Ohtani's 1st Homer in LA

[Rich Klein]

https://syndication.bleacherreport.c...-ball.amp.html

[Rich Klein]

Dodgers realize they screwed up and big time

https://nypost.com/2024/04/05/sports...tani-home-run/

I do hope the fans enjoy a much better experience for this game

Rich

[campyfan39]

Wow. Separating the couple is horrible. Sounds like something the government would do!

[jingram058]

I used to love the Dodgers. My mother worked in Brooklyn at the Naval Shipyard while my dad was in Europe in World War 2. I love Reese, Lavagetto, and Jackie Robinson. Sandy Koufax is probably my favorite pitcher all time. But this Ohtani saga is horrendous. $700 million to play baseball? Then the Dodgers do this Nazi Gestapo crap over his first Dodger Stadium home run ball? You can have it. I don't need some stupid "on field fan experience" BS garbage to somehow make up for threatening to not authenticate the ball. Who FUCKING cares? There were enough witnesses, on camera. The Dodgers can go fuck themselves.

[Fuddjcal]

Originally Posted by jingram058

I used to love the Dodgers. My mother worked in Brooklyn at the Naval Shipyard while my dad was in Europe in World War 2. I love Reese, Lavagetto, and Jackie Robinson. Sandy Koufax is probably my favorite pitcher all time. But this Ohtani saga is horrendous. $700 million to play baseball? Then the Dodgers do this Nazi Gestapo crap over his first Dodger Stadium home run ball? You can have it. I don't need some stupid "on field fan experience" BS garbage to somehow make up for threatening to not authenticate the ball. Who FUCKING cares? There were enough witnesses, on camera. The Dodgers can go fuck themselves.

Could not agree more in the very same vernacular. As someone who has literally spent 100's of thousands there in my lifetime and my family before that , it is pathetic. I would have got myself kicked out over there. AND demanded they leave my wife and me the F alone until the game was over.

[Lorewalker]

Originally Posted by jingram058

I used to love the Dodgers. My mother worked in Brooklyn at the Naval Shipyard while my dad was in Europe in World War 2. I love Reese, Lavagetto, and Jackie Robinson. Sandy Koufax is probably my favorite pitcher all time. But this Ohtani saga is horrendous. $700 million to play baseball? Then the Dodgers do this Nazi Gestapo crap over his first Dodger Stadium home run ball? You can have it. I don't need some stupid "on field fan experience" BS garbage to somehow make up for threatening to not authenticate the ball. Who FUCKING cares? There were enough witnesses, on camera. The Dodgers can go fuck themselves.

I know the Dodgers have a long history (post O'Malley era) of their "aggressive" attempts to obtain home run balls from fans for their players. Most fans are there to enjoy the game and are not prepared to be taken out of their seats (for a game they came to enjoy) nor equipped to be interrogated. Definitely an uneven playing field. I would guess the couple who the ball belongs to might have a claim against the organization.

I rarely watch the games. Stopped going to them in the 1990s. Like many things, for me it was ruined by the overwhelming business aspect to it. How this couple was treated is simply an example of that, imo. And if the Dodgers actually threatened to not authenticate the ball for them, it is a really bad look. Maybe they should let everyone know that balls hit into the stands remain their property and they should all be retrieved by staff. If not then, if you are going to a game, instead of taking your spouse or your friend, might want to have your lawyer with you.

[Lucas00]

Ohtani could easily fix this himself as well. He makes 100k with his new deal in, I'm not joking, 2 and a half innings. He could've told the dodgers to write that 100k check for the fan with a few claps.
With what players are making you have to be insane to give something like this up. They can buy it with 30 minutes of their time just sitting on a bench.

[D. Bergin]

Can't wait for this headline at the end of the year.


"Fan Catches Last Home Run Hit At The Oakland Coliseum. Athletics Owner John Fisher Threatens Lawsuit. Demands It Be Returned Out of Loyalty To The Team."

[G1911]

I'm not sure I see the connection to the Gestapo.

[ClementeFanOh]

G1911- I am sure you're trying to stray from the point. Old habits...

Trent King

[G1911]

Originally Posted by ClementeFanOh

G1911- I am sure you're trying to stray from the point. Old habits...

Trent King

Read post 4. You’re really going to bitch at me for not thinking MLB teams are comparable to the Gestapo? Go ahead

[Fuddjcal]

Originally Posted by Lucas00

Ohtani could easily fix this himself as well. He makes 100k with his new deal in, I'm not joking, 2 and a half innings. He could've told the dodgers to write that 100k check for the fan with a few claps.
With what players are making you have to be insane to give something like this up. They can buy it with 30 minutes of their time just sitting on a bench.

They could but I don't think you can appreciate just how cheap the Dodgers are with their employees and ex players alike.

[GaryPassamonte]

Originally Posted by Lucas00

Ohtani could easily fix this himself as well. He makes 100k with his new deal in, I'm not joking, 2 and a half innings. He could've told the dodgers to write that 100k check for the fan with a few claps.
With what players are making you have to be insane to give something like this up. They can buy it with 30 minutes of their time just sitting on a bench.

100%. Expecting an average Joe or Jane to forego what is, in essence, a lottery win is, as you said, insane.