Overview

• Wearing a No. 7 Dodgers jersey, V took the mound and greeted fans with “It’s time for Dodger baseball.”
• MLB labeled the left-handed throw a strike, with Yoshinobu Yamamoto catching the pitch.
• V met Shohei Ohtani in the dugout and received pointers from Tyler Glasnow, with photos and video circulating widely.
• A reported 49,702 fans packed Dodger Stadium after StubHub said ticket sales jumped 5x following the Aug. 17 announcement.
• MLB and the Dodgers streamed and shared the ceremony, with international access via MLB.tv and reported India streams on Jiostar and FanCode, as Son Heung-min is slated to follow with a first pitch on Aug. 27.