The Dodgers acquired Shohei Ohtani during the off-season on a record-breaking $700 million contract--he's a once-in-a-generation two-way player (meaning he can both pitch and hit at a high level), and consequently one of the most famous and beloved people in Japan. On top of that, they also have Yoshinobu Yamamoto, a pitcher who was dominant in the NPB (Japanese pro league). Oh, and it's important to note that baseball is the most popular sport in Japan. So the Dodgers are a natural choice for a Japanese company of any sort to collaborate with, VTuber or otherwise. I wouldn't be surprised if they had a dedicated team for handling Japanese sponsorships.

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 21 points 10 months ago

Gura is the most popular vtuber

She works under a japanese company, so naturally this and her popularity means she’ll draw Japanese fans

She’s America-based, so she already draws in American/English speaking fans

Dodgers have prominent Japanese players and baseball is the most popular Japanese sport

All this means it’s mutual profitability for MLB, Dodgers, and Hololive

I believe fans wrapped around the entire stadium in line just to buy merchandise

[–] Posadas@hexbear.net 20 points 10 months ago

speech-l

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What the fresh hell is this? inside-im-crying

[–] tombruzzo@hexbear.net 4 points 10 months ago

Veet yoobers

[–] Guamer@hexbear.net 6 points 10 months ago

Oddness of the pairing aside, I did think the clip in question was cute

[–] CoolYori@hexbear.net 4 points 10 months ago

I managed to go to this game overcoming some crippling social anxiety mixed with autism spectrum issues. It was my first MLB game and honestly it was super fun! If I did not have to load myself to the gills with Ativan I would go more often.

[–] HexBeara@hexbear.net 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

jesse-wtf

Nvm the glare in the still is awful tho