“Shohei Ohtani was not an extraterrestrial being,” Japanese media outlets The Digest and Sporchini Annex reported on Sept. 24 (KST), adding that photos of him eating sweets are resonating with fans in the United States.
“Even his casual appearance attracts a great deal of attention,” the outlet said, adding that “this is the fate of a superstar.”
The same day, Ohtani started the 2023 Major League Baseball (MLB) home game against the Boston Red Sox at Angel Stadium in California, USA, batting third and going 1-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout. Ohtani’s season batting average dropped slightly to .281. The team went on to win the series 4-0.
Prior to the game, MLB Life, the official home of MLB.com, posted a photo of Ohtani on social media. It was the same photo that Ohtani’s teammate Patrick Sandoval (27, USA) shared on social media on April 22.토토사이트
In the photo, Ohtani is sitting on a moving bus. He was dressed in a suit and looking handsome, but what stood out was the snack he was holding in one hand.
As The Digest put it, “Ohtani’s snack, Funyuns, is one of the most recognizable snacks in America. This time around, MLB.com made it even hotter. Fans in the U.S. wrote things like, ‘Ohtani was not an extraterrestrial creature,’ and ‘I feel a kinship with him,'” he said.
On Yahoo Sports, Japanese viewers also commented, “He’s a superstar in the U.S. no matter what he does,” “His high school student face and the snacks he’s holding go well together,” “It’s amazing that he’s making news just by holding snacks,” and “It’s like a photo from the 1990s.