There is no doubt that two of the greatest exponents of baseball and American football in the United States are Shohei Ohtani and Tom Brady, and that there will hardly be anyone like them in the years to come.
Ohtani is also a marketing master
For many, if not most, Tom Brady is the greatest football player of all time, beyond his multiple Super Bowl titles, while Japan’s Ohtani has come to revolutionize the practice of baseball, but above all the modern idea of what baseball should be like today in marketing terms
And it is precisely in this area that the Japanese player moves like a fish in water, and so much so that one of his classic kits, this one from Fanatics, was the reason why Brady took his phone and shared a story on his Instagram account to thank the baseball player for the detail of having sent it to his home.
Brady and his ‘unboxing’ of Ohtani’s gift
It was this past Saturday when Brady received a special delivery containing the Dodgers jersey with Ohtani’s name on it and a peculiar floral design, a collaboration between Fanatics, Ohtani and Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami: “This is perfect for my collection,” Brady said in his peculiar ‘unboxing‘ that he uploaded to his social networks and that Ohtani also shared.
It is well known that Brady’s love of baseball is enormous and that he follows in the footsteps of his favorite players, among whom is of course the Japanese player from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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