I feel like most big stars get booed and that’s fine. Just feel like I’m taking crazy pills in this sub when it comes to Ohtani. He didn’t do anything wrong to the Jays, he just didn’t pick them. Angels fans coped with this better.
Ohtani was like "you mean I can get the dodgers to offer an extra $100M if I piss off some Canadians?" as he sat at home watching the plane drama and cackling for hours, only saying a peep after the dodgers gave him the extra hundo mill.
The dude is not nearly as dumb or passive as you are suggesting.
It's not worth getting worked up about, of course.
EDIT: Dude deleted his posts, but here's [an article](https://www.thestar.com/sports/blue-jays/shohei-ohtani-played-the-blue-jays-like-a-fiddle-the-dodgers-sensation-is-finally-on/article_9d52ae7e-0001-11ef-8891-23f44f63f902.amp.html):
> Leverage is the logical answer and it worked. As Ohtani's whereabouts went public, the Dodgers began to doubt themselves and significantly increased their offer. Ohtani got the money he wanted and the Dodgers landed the generational talent. All the Jays were left with was the arrival of Robert Herjavec on a private jet.
>It's clear that while rivals set their sights on more realistic targets, the Jays were used and discarded by the game's best player during what turned out to be one of the franchise's most disappointing off-seasons in recent memory. The Jays were played like a fiddle and so were a majority of their fans and media.
Is that what happened? To my knowledge, both the Giants and Jays had identical deals on the table to what the Dodgers agreed to, so please inform me where I can read about this extra $100 million the Dodgers offered when they learned he wasn't on the plane.
And shouldn't it be the Dodgers that are pissed off in this scenario, as the team that was duped?
The dodgers didn't care whether or not he was on the plane, the dodgers cared about whether or not he was on their team. They knew from the start that Ohtani wanted to be a dodger so they held firm on $100m less than Giants & Jays. The plane incident was Ohtani bluffing and the dodgers folding.
> And shouldn't it be the Dodgers that are pissed off in this scenario, as the team that was duped?
I am not in tune with dodger fanbase opinions but it's possible that more than 1 group of people to have feelings. Generally, when someone is used as leverage without intent to follow through, they don't appreciate it. This is often referred to as "teasing" or "leading on".
I'm not too keen on sifting thru all of the "lol as if Ohtani would go to Canada" articles to find the few that talk about the actual events.
Feel free to mentally discard my posts entirely & have whatever feelings you'd like to have towards the Jays fans who are gonna boo him this weekend.
I see it, and think it’s dumb. He didn’t even do anything. Booing for him being a good player makes sense, booing because a reporter lied about him is asinine.
Mostly because he used Toronto as very obvious leverage when he definitely had 0 intention of coming here. He knew he'd piss off the fans by doing that, so he gets booed.
Dude grow up that's obviously exactly what he did. I'm not faulting him for it. I'm just saying he's going to get booed. Small price to pay for $700 million lol
Telling me to grow up Jesus. The Dodgers aren’t even in the Jays division. But he used them as leverage. By offering them the same deal he also offered the Cubs, Giants, and Dodgers. How did him offering the Jays the same chance influence the Dodgers?
What would it have anything to do with divisions lol. He used competing offers to drive the price up for himself. Agents do that literally all the time, it's basic.
Hate to tell be the one to break the bad news to you buddy but this has been a thing in sporting culture for centuries before electricity or the internet was even a thing.
Taxes are similar
He would be playing in pretty decent weather given the season cycle but yes not close to Cali weather I'll give u that
La media is insanely toxic lmao
I hate it when people downvote every response just because someone’s first one was dumb. This was a solid follow-up, I like that you had a sense of humour about it.
As a Japanese Jays fan I’d like to see him strike out or hit in to a double play on all his ABs. Not even a foul ball in to the stands.
I’m tired of all the Ohtani content here
That sounds like a nightmare scenario. Ohtani dangled in front of your face thinking you have a chance to sign him then blows up and you literally see him everywhere
Me and some friends tried getting tickets for the game this Sunday but all was left at the time was high priced tickets left (we werent looking for just gen admin). So we had to back out.
Just checked now and its practically sold out. Can't wait to see him get booed out of the building.
Imagine saying there's no reason to boo an opposing player at a baseball game!! Lol! We boo Aaron judge all the time just cuz he's a yankee and he's good. In this case it turns out the golden boy hangs with some shisty folks. The gets a big old BOO in IMO.
I wouldn’t pay more than 5 bucks to see this sad iteration of the team. This is the year of appalling price gouging and mistreatment of decades-long season ticket holders. President and GM need to go, Vladdy too if I’m being honest, very tired of his shtick.
Just walk him no hr in Toronto
Matt Chapman may be gone but it's never too late to heed his advice.
Damn right
Let him defer his HR somewhere else
Intentional walks every single plate appearance.
I love that idea. A big fuck you to him.
Apparently they are just that stupid to not walk him.
Walk him in the ribs.
Someone check on Robert Herjavec
It would actually be hilarious if he threw out the first pitch
Would be funny if Morosi leaned into it and tweeted a confirmation that he’s on a plane to Toronto tonight.
...or Ippei Mizuhara and his sticky fingers
Are we sure he's actually going to come this time? /s
I heard Kikuchi is throwing him another sushi party
How badly does he get booed this weekend?
To actually answer your question: at every at bat most likely, and loudly.
As he should
I'll be there and shouting "Boo-urns" loudly every plate appearance.
I’ll be there I’ll be booing the whole dodgers team, except for Teo
not hard enough
Hopefully not at all. Would be a pretty bad look
Would it be bad for baseball?
No it isn’t a bad look, what a joke.
Why? He plays for the competition and the Jays were used as leverage.
SOFT
da fuck?
Why would we do that? The MLB is a business. Players make business decisions.
Because the fans are pissed off with him, you’re no seeing that at all?
We should boo ourselves and most of our media for buying it all like godamn suckers then, too
Fans created the rumours, media bought the rumours. Ohtani is literally the least culpable person in all of this.
Yup. The dumbest of our fanbase boo tomorrow.
I feel like most big stars get booed and that’s fine. Just feel like I’m taking crazy pills in this sub when it comes to Ohtani. He didn’t do anything wrong to the Jays, he just didn’t pick them. Angels fans coped with this better.
Ohtani was like "you mean I can get the dodgers to offer an extra $100M if I piss off some Canadians?" as he sat at home watching the plane drama and cackling for hours, only saying a peep after the dodgers gave him the extra hundo mill. The dude is not nearly as dumb or passive as you are suggesting. It's not worth getting worked up about, of course. EDIT: Dude deleted his posts, but here's [an article](https://www.thestar.com/sports/blue-jays/shohei-ohtani-played-the-blue-jays-like-a-fiddle-the-dodgers-sensation-is-finally-on/article_9d52ae7e-0001-11ef-8891-23f44f63f902.amp.html): > Leverage is the logical answer and it worked. As Ohtani's whereabouts went public, the Dodgers began to doubt themselves and significantly increased their offer. Ohtani got the money he wanted and the Dodgers landed the generational talent. All the Jays were left with was the arrival of Robert Herjavec on a private jet. >It's clear that while rivals set their sights on more realistic targets, the Jays were used and discarded by the game's best player during what turned out to be one of the franchise's most disappointing off-seasons in recent memory. The Jays were played like a fiddle and so were a majority of their fans and media.
Is that what happened? To my knowledge, both the Giants and Jays had identical deals on the table to what the Dodgers agreed to, so please inform me where I can read about this extra $100 million the Dodgers offered when they learned he wasn't on the plane. And shouldn't it be the Dodgers that are pissed off in this scenario, as the team that was duped?
The dodgers didn't care whether or not he was on the plane, the dodgers cared about whether or not he was on their team. They knew from the start that Ohtani wanted to be a dodger so they held firm on $100m less than Giants & Jays. The plane incident was Ohtani bluffing and the dodgers folding. > And shouldn't it be the Dodgers that are pissed off in this scenario, as the team that was duped? I am not in tune with dodger fanbase opinions but it's possible that more than 1 group of people to have feelings. Generally, when someone is used as leverage without intent to follow through, they don't appreciate it. This is often referred to as "teasing" or "leading on".
Could you back up any of these claims?
I'm not too keen on sifting thru all of the "lol as if Ohtani would go to Canada" articles to find the few that talk about the actual events. Feel free to mentally discard my posts entirely & have whatever feelings you'd like to have towards the Jays fans who are gonna boo him this weekend.
I see it, and think it’s dumb. He didn’t even do anything. Booing for him being a good player makes sense, booing because a reporter lied about him is asinine.
He'll get booed because he chose LA over Toronto. That's his right, but it's the fans' right to let him know what we think of his choice.
Mostly because he used Toronto as very obvious leverage when he definitely had 0 intention of coming here. He knew he'd piss off the fans by doing that, so he gets booed.
He really didn’t, but go off.
Dude grow up that's obviously exactly what he did. I'm not faulting him for it. I'm just saying he's going to get booed. Small price to pay for $700 million lol
Telling me to grow up Jesus. The Dodgers aren’t even in the Jays division. But he used them as leverage. By offering them the same deal he also offered the Cubs, Giants, and Dodgers. How did him offering the Jays the same chance influence the Dodgers?
What would it have anything to do with divisions lol. He used competing offers to drive the price up for himself. Agents do that literally all the time, it's basic.
That’s fine. Just not because people still think he faked the plane thing.
Well, one quick tweet would have cleared that up, eh? He said he watched it all go down from his couch.
A reporter not lying about him would have been more clear.
Good for you, others enjoy booing him and see it as a bonding activity amongst fans.
I said booing for fun is fine. Booing because you think he slightes Toronto in some way is stupid.
Fucking boo police over here
I literally said there’s nothing wrong with this. Just sick and tired of the conspiracy theorists dominating this sub whining about Ohtani.
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Bro get over yourself, it's fans booing a player at a sporting event lol it's not that serious
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Hey, as long as you're consistent in your convictions, I respect it
Be prepared to hope we lose every game by 10 runs. I expect 50,000 boos per at bat and more at the bars around the city
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or maybe booing the opposition for intimidation is a fun thing to do at sporting events
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Hate to tell be the one to break the bad news to you buddy but this has been a thing in sporting culture for centuries before electricity or the internet was even a thing.
I just wanna see Kooch K him twice.
Wait so he wasn't on the plane?
He was, but he was disguised as one of the guys from Dragon’s Den
I think some harmless booing to start the series would be fun. He’d probably get a kick out of it.
Then mash a 3 run HR on our ass lol.
In a twist of events, the Jays pitcher probably got shook by the booing and choked and threw a bad pitch.
This is a possibility. He’s one of the best hitters in baseball right now, that booing will add pressure for sure.
We don't even have Chapman to come up with a pitching strategy anymore
All booing is harmless. I hope he gets booed every AB.
BOO THIS MAN
Ya boo this man for not wanting to pay more taxes in a colder environment with a toxic sports media. Boooo
Taxes in California are pretty much on par with Ontario
Taxes are similar He would be playing in pretty decent weather given the season cycle but yes not close to Cali weather I'll give u that La media is insanely toxic lmao
Guess he just chose the better team
bro he's not gonna fuck you
Maybe if he sees this
He might pay for your "gambling debts" though! Just make sure that you don't gamble on mlb games eh.
I hate it when people downvote every response just because someone’s first one was dumb. This was a solid follow-up, I like that you had a sense of humour about it.
lol soft
Classic dodger fan trash
Not even close Nate Dogg. Just a realistic Jays fan
What about his gambling scandal? Seems reason enough
Boo him for his translators theft/gambling? Whatever floats your boat
I think a lot of us believe there was a lot more to that story
Jet fuel can't melt steel beams
tower 7
Misinformation does have quite an effect on people.
If this is were any other player there would have been a large investigation
Aluminum foil is on sale at Costco.
I bought one of those rolls once. I don't think I ever finished it.
There’s a massive investigation that the fbi has been conducting.
The FBI, IRS, DOJ isn't a large investigation?
If only we all had your wisdom
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Boo him for any reason you want. He's on the other team. That's reason enough.
How's that working out
Finally, he'll be on a plane to Toronto.
And may be having a sushi party with Kikuchi
As a Japanese Jays fan I’d like to see him strike out or hit in to a double play on all his ABs. Not even a foul ball in to the stands. I’m tired of all the Ohtani content here
That sounds like a nightmare scenario. Ohtani dangled in front of your face thinking you have a chance to sign him then blows up and you literally see him everywhere
To be honest I would have had mixed feelings if he did sign with the Blue Jays. He just brings too much focus on the individual
Lmao Because he's a generational talent. Ofc he's gonna get tons of attention. Lol At least he's not Bryce Harper type of attitude.
He brought popularity back to baseball. More casual fans are watching. Ratings up, salaries will go up as well, it's good for the sport.
There's tons of seats on seatgeek at decent prices.
Sold out just means the original standard tickets from TM are sold out. There will always be resale tickets.
Oh man are we tracking this flight, too?
This is what it takes for anyone to sit in the 100 level corner seats
I heard he reserved a sushi restaurant for a big dinner, someone should check it out
Me and some friends tried getting tickets for the game this Sunday but all was left at the time was high priced tickets left (we werent looking for just gen admin). So we had to back out. Just checked now and its practically sold out. Can't wait to see him get booed out of the building.
Don’t make me [point at Madd Chapman.](https://i.imgur.com/ivviwvU.mp4)
That day was a fever dream holy
The way the comments and votes have gone in this post is more proof that this sub has jumped the shark. Whiniest, cringiest in the league.
Hey shohie, over or under?
Imagine saying there's no reason to boo an opposing player at a baseball game!! Lol! We boo Aaron judge all the time just cuz he's a yankee and he's good. In this case it turns out the golden boy hangs with some shisty folks. The gets a big old BOO in IMO.
I wonder if anyone will hear my Pete Rose chant over all the boos. Please join me for the Pete Rose chant on Friday.
You know he sexually assaulted a child right? He’s pretty gross.
Didn’t know that. Just looked it up. I was obviously referring to his gambling.
So you’re going to chant his name because he gambled? Weird.
Boooooo
"Why we pitching to him, only fucking guy on their team that can hit"
omg Ohtani was not on the team plane that landed at Pearson!
Who's he betting on?
I wouldn’t pay more than 5 bucks to see this sad iteration of the team. This is the year of appalling price gouging and mistreatment of decades-long season ticket holders. President and GM need to go, Vladdy too if I’m being honest, very tired of his shtick.
I’m out of the loop, why do the Jays hate Ohtani?
For one day, the entire country believed he was signing with Toronto. The entire fanbase feels like we got stood up on a date so we're bitter.
He will rape us again