{"id":15379,"date":"2024-12-29T02:09:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T02:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15379"},"modified":"2024-12-29T02:09:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T02:09:42","slug":"breaking-shohei-ohtani-had-his-adorable-dog-help-with-baby-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15379","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Shohei Ohtani Had His Adorable Dog Help With Baby Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tagStyle_jjmvck-o_O-style_gt0nzj-o_O-sidesPadding_1kaga1a\">\n<div>Ohtani&#8217;s dog, Decoy, helped with the announcement.<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_4878,h_2743,x_0,y_0\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/si\/01jg7j2f06fveaxsb8sp.jpg\" alt=\"Los Angeles Dodgers Shohei Ohtani (17) and his wife Mamiko Tanaka.\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrapper_e296pg\">\n<div class=\"wrapper_oenkmd\">\n<div class=\"wrapper_1vgzeyt\">\n<div class=\"style_1q03211\">\n<div class=\"wrapper_brpv6a\">Los Angeles Dodgers Shohei Ohtani (17) and his wife Mamiko Tanaka. \/ Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inStoryContainer_1r009zu\">\n<div class=\"wrapper_qe1qt7\">\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_gyzgungok\">Shohei Ohtani wrapped up an eventful 2024 with perhaps his best announcement yet\u2014he and his wife, Mamiko, are expecting a baby. Ohtani took to Instagram and posted a picture that included his dog, Decoy, a sonogram, baby onesie and baby shoes to share the exciting news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_uunwpgs4f\">&#8220;Can\u2019t wait for the little rookie to join our family soon!&#8221; Ohtani wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"style_hfl21i-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_k568n3ges\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" title=\"instagram\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DEIsiwAz5KD\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=772&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com&amp;rp=%2Fmlb%2Fshohei-ohtani-adorable-dog-decoy-help-baby-announcement#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A2453.899999976158%2C%22ls%22%3A861.8999999761581%2C%22le%22%3A1709.0999999642372%7D\" height=\"914\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-uw-rm-iframe=\"gn\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_qp6tzb6h0\">In a list from Ohtani in high school that went viral earlier this year, Ohtani had written that he wanted to get married and win the World Series by the age of 26, and have his first child by the age of 28. 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