51�Թ�

During an in-game interview on Saturday’s Fox broadcast, Roberts said: “All of the baseball world, the Dodger family, is so excited for Shohei and Mamiko. Congratulations, Sho!”

But the Arcadia Fire Department Foundation, which counts City Councilmember David Fu as a board member and former City Councilmember Sho Tay as president, was not registered with the state and was therefore not allowed to accept donations, according to filings with the California Attorney General’s Office, which regulates charities.

“I was talking to Sho for a little bit, and even he was super excited,” reliever Alex Vesia said.

“When Sho came running out of the dugout,” Muncy said, “that was a pretty cool moment for all of us to witness.”

"It's something that we've been trying to get a lot of people overseas to play," the head of developer Omega Force, Tomohiko Sho, told the BBC.