Shohei Ohtani speaks in English to Dodgers World Series rally crowd

Shohei Ohtani, the likely National League MVP, made a rare English speech to the crowd at Dodger Stadium during the squad's World Series celebration on Friday, Nov. 1, 2024.

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[NewEra-ew]

Crowd shocked to hear him speak English. That was real good!!

[pabloenriquez]

We wouldn’t have gotten this far without you Sho thank you

[Colleen-prqh]

The real mvp of the entire season let’s be honest. He carried the last 30+ regular season games when mookie and freeman were out

[mortalclown]

Love this guy. Good soul in there.
Bravo, Dodgers 💙

[sonarchy]

His English is so good! Congrats Shohei ❤️

[atmospartmoai]

Ohtani's got such genuine goodness in him. Extremely rare one to find these days for sure.

[Timmyfromphilly]

The most humble of any athlete ever. Truly an honor for our city to have him as a Dodger !

[rickflores]

That's awesome too hear him speaking English

[NissanSkylineVR]

For people wondering why he uses a translator: he does it for interviews so his fans back home can know what's going on. He speaks in Japanese for his Japanese fans, not for us. That's how respectful and loyal he his to his fans. The Japanese for the Japanese fans. And the translation to English is for us.

[anitasnyder]

Thank you Shohei for all your hard work! What a gift! Blessings and good health!

[taxthechurches]

Man I love this dude. He is the best all around best Baseball player ever and yet humble as they come. And I'm a Mets fan.

[runsintowall]

As an Angels fan I got really excited watching this. He is just so good.

[michaelcharlesthearchangel]

🧢🏆 G.O.A.T.ani now. He carried the team throughout the season and into the World Series, where his team picked him up and carried him into eternal glory.

[misanthropicservitorofmars]

Bro became the greatest baseball player in history and he’s still humble and shy. His love of baseball is inspiring.

[stephanies]

Shohei is a classy guy fitting right in very well with the Dodgers organization. Thank you Stan, Magic and company for making it happen.

[Steel]

Him and Yamamoto were just lowkey hiding in the back and hoping not to get called so they won't need to speak English. 😂

[swing]

Shohei is the founder of the 50/50 club. I enjoyed every second of what he said in English.

[nannerz]

You can't help but love him he's so adorable

[frankborja]

Shohei transformed the Dodgers into a unstoppable, scary, super team.

[ThatsKidJake]

As an Angels fan…I will always be thankful for how much excitement he brought to my lackluster squad! You’re the man Sho, no real
Angel fan is upset with your decision to move on to better pastures. Shohei as a champ and playing on the biggest stage is what’s best for baseball! Congrats Dodgers…hopefully in 50 years my halos will be relevant again and maybe, just maybe we can have a legit Freeway series!