{"id":369317,"date":"2026-06-21T17:37:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T17:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/369317\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T17:37:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T17:37:29","slug":"los-angeles-dodgers-superstar-shohei-ohtani-says-he-is-a-father-again-in-an-instagram-post-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/369317\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani says he is a father again in an Instagram post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/shohei-ohtani-dodgers-dedbd4d0bf5692cd10f1c0bd5a28c315\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Shohei Ohtani;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Shohei Ohtani&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Shohei Ohtani<\/a> is a father again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Los Angeles Dodgers superstar posted the news of his latest addition on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZzJkDflbzn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Instagram;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Instagram&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a> account Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe are again overjoyed to experience this wonderful day in our lives together. Thank you for being born safely,\u201d read a message from Ohtani and his wife, Mamiko Tanaka. They also thanked supporters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post showed an image of a baby&#8217;s hands and feet in a blue blanket suggesting that Ohtani has a son to go with his daughter who was born in April 2025. Tucked in the baby&#8217;s arms was a tiny stuffed version of Ohtani&#8217;s beloved dog, Decoy, who also got his own photo at the bottom of the post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The news that Ohtani was about to have a second child came out of nowhere Friday. He wasn&#8217;t in the Dodgers&#8217; lineup, which was posted much later than usual, after the team said he was \u201caway from the team on paternity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The absence of the two-way star did not last long. Ohtani was back in the lineup in the leadoff spot for Saturday&#8217;s game against the Orioles. He went 1 for4 at the plate with a home run to leadoff the ninth inning as the Dodgers&#8217; late rally fell short in a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/orioles-dodgers-score-shohei-ohtani-9e3ecb8185db118c351e22d381ad381f\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:3-2;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;3-2&quot;}\" class=\"link \">3-2<\/a> defeat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ohtani also remains in line to make his next start from the mound Wednesday at Minnesota, manager Dave Roberts said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI\u2019m assuming the baby is healthy, mom is healthy,\u201d said Roberts, who had not yet had a chance to catch up with Ohtani a few hours before Saturday&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The famously private Ohtani has never publicly revealed his daughter&#8217;s name and has carefully avoided showing her face in the rare family photos he posts to his social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">AP MLB: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;https&quot;}\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Shohei Ohtani is a father again. 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