Shohei Ohtani co-writes children’s book starring his dog Decoy

LOS ANGELES AP Shohei Ohtani is adding author to his list of accomplishments The Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar has co-written a children s book starring his beloved dog Decoy Related Articles Charli XCX and The drummer George Daniel are married Everything is bigger at San Diego Comic-Con this year Except Hollywood summer book recommendations featuring chosen of s best novels and more Should I attend my ex-MIL s funeral Dear Abby Daughter blames her affair on mom s past Ohtani posted a photo of Decoy a Dutch Kooikerhondje sitting next to the book on his Instagram account on Thursday The cover of Decoy Saves Opening Day features a drawing of the pup with a ball in his mouth and Ohtani in his baseball jersey It tells the story of how Decoy is supposed to throw the first pitch on opening day but realizes he left his lucky baseball at home and scrambles to retrieve it in time The book will be published on Feb according to publisher HarperCollins Ohtani co-wrote the book with Michael Blank and Fanny Liem did the illustrations Ohtani described The Associated Press last year that he hoped Decoy s popularity would increase the profile of the Kooikerhondje pronounced COY-ker-HUND-che breed The number of the breed has kind of dwindled so by him gaining a little bit of popularity hopefully that brings up the number of his breed Ohtani informed the AP through a translator I do feel like we were able to in a small way contribute to the popularity of the dog and I m sure Decoy himself would be happy about that Ohtani had his dog throw out a first pitch and he brought Decoy to the Dodgers triumph parade after the company s World Series win over the New York Yankees last year AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb