$510 Dodgers jerseys and $150 caps. Behold the price of being an Ohtani fan in Japan
Mai Fukuo was gift-shopping for a friend. Hideki Chiba was in the same sports store in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo looking for something for his father-in-law.
They each picked up items in blue — Los Angeles Dodgers Blue, of course. This reflects the color revolution that's evident all over Tokyo in the last few months since Shohei Ohtani moved from the Los Angeles Angels — base color, red — to sign a $700-million, 10-year contract with the Dodgers.
Angels caps have almost vanished in Tokyo. A Dodgers lid is the fashion item — a bit like designer-label goods.
“Ohtani just changed our store,”'s largest array of gear for all 30 teams, and the 12 pro teams, too.
