Ashley Kelly is having a December to recollect, courtesy of Shohei Ohtani.
The Dodgers’ $700 million man gifted a brand-new Porsche to the spouse of teammate Joe Kelly. The present was a token of thanks for her marketing campaign to convey the free agent to signal with the Dodgers.
“It’s yours. From Shohei,” Ashley Kelly is instructed in a video posted to social media. “He needed to present you a Porsche. I swear.”
The brand new proprietor of the silver four-door sports activities automobile was surprised.
“Shut the…” she stated. She left the remainder of the sentence silent.
Ashley Kelly’s viral #Ohtake17 marketing campaign started as she supplied her husband’s No. 17 and jokingly modified her seven-month-old’s title from Kai to ShoKai.
She additionally supplied each piece of Kelly No. 17 attire she owned, together with a “Zaddy 17” sweater.
Ohtani signed a 10-year, $700 million contract earlier this month with the Dodgers. It’s the largest in North American sports activities historical past, and Ohtani deferred a lot of the wage so as to assist his new workforce entice much more expertise. That paid off this week when coveted pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto signed with the Dodgers.
Ohtani will put on his No. 17 jersey whereas reliever Joe Kelly modified his quantity to No. 99.
