Famous actor Rob Lowe has revealed the amazing gesture Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani made when the two met in the team’s locker room earlier this year.
Ohtani is arguably the biggest star in baseball and gets nearly unmatched levels of attention in the sport.
When Lowe got the chance to meet him, Ohtani was sitting alone in the locker room in shorts and just his jersey top.
When ‘The Floor’ host wanted a picture, Ohtani said to give him a moment to get into full uniform before the shoot was taken.
Later while the game was going on, Ohtani asked a Dodgers representative if Lowe would be alright with him posting the photo of the two.
Shohei Ohtani posed with Rob Lowe for a photo that was posted to his Instagram in May
‘Walked into the clubhouse. He was by himself. He was in his workout shorts and his uniform top, and I introduced myself, told him I was a fan,’ Lowe detailed on ‘The Talk.’
‘Asked him what he could take the picture. He absolutely said (yes). So I thought he would just stand up and we take the photo. He got completely dressed. He said “Give me a minute.” Stirrups, socks, cup, pants, belt, hat. I thought it was so emblematic of his level of respect for the game and attention to detail.’
‘And then, think about if any other superstar would ever do this. So I go to my seat, and I’m sitting with a Dodgers representative. And he goes, “Oh, this is from Shohei. He’s texting me. And he said would Rob care if I posted our photo.” I can’t imagine there’s sports superstar doing that.’
Ohtani is trying to complete the first 50-50 season in Major League Baseball history, as no player has recorded 50 stolen bases and 50 home runs in a single campaign.
With 10 games left in Los Angeles’ regular season, Ohtani needs two home runs and a single stolen base to accomplish that feat.
Before this season, only five players had joined the 40-40 club in those same stats: Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds, Alfonso Soriano, Ronald Acuna Jr. and Jose Canseco.
Acuna came the closest of any of those five to getting to 50-50 as the only one to steal more than 50 bases during his individual season, doing so last year.
