{"id":2247,"date":"2023-12-15T11:52:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T02:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=2247"},"modified":"2023-12-15T11:52:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T02:52:00","slug":"baseball-new-dodger-ohtani-flicks-the-script-with-unusual-dog-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=2247","title":{"rendered":"Baseball: New Dodger Ohtani flicks the script with unusual dog name"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 75px;height: 75px;border-radius: 50%;background: url(https:\/\/nordot-res.cloudinary.com\/c_limit,w_200,h_200,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/ch\/units\/288215928582407265\/profile_2.png);background-position: center;background-size: cover;vertical-align: middle\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 5px;font-size: 14px;font-weight: bold;vertical-align: middle\">Published by <br \/>Kyodo News<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px\"><\/div>\n<p>New Los Angeles Dodger Shohei Ohtani on Thursday finally revealed that his dog&#8217;s name is &#8220;Dekopin,&#8221; the Japanese word for flicking someone&#8217;s forehead. &#8220;I figured it would be hard for people over here to pronounce it,&#8221; the two-way star said during his introductory news conference with the Dodgers. &#8220;He has an American name. It&#8217;s Decoy, so you can call him Decoy or Dekopin.&#8221; Young people in Japan often flick each other&#8217;s forehead in a type of schoolyard high jinks, but why Ohtani chose the name remains a mystery. When Ohtani was named the American League&#8217;s unanimous MVP for the second time in thr&#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"nordot-read-more \" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nordot.app\/1108219221843526486?c=768235488726712320\" rel=\"noopener\">\u3082\u3063\u3068\u8aad\u3080<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published by Kyodo News New Los Angeles Dodger Shohei Ohtani on Thursday finally revealed that his dog&#8217;s name is &#8220;Dekopin,&#8221; the Japanese word for flicking someone&#8217;s forehead. &#038; 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