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Shohei Ohtani was the subject of boos and jeers during Games 1 and 2 of the World Series. Katharine Lotze \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n
By Katie Woo<\/a><\/p>\n Oct. 26, 2025Updated Oct. 27, 2025 12:20 am EDT<\/p>\n LOS ANGELES \u2014 Shohei Ohtani is well aware of how he\u2019s perceived in Toronto, and he has heard what Blue Jays fans have had to say. Still, baseball\u2019s two-way phenom couldn\u2019t help but smile when he was asked about his recent reception from the not-so-friendly confines at Rogers Centre.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a really great chant, and my wife really appreciated it,\u201d Ohtani said, smiling, through team interpreter Will Ireton.<\/p>\n The home crowd at Rogers Centre let Ohtani have it during Games 1 and 2 of the World Series, with fans chanting, \u201cWe don\u2019t need you!\u201d \u2014 a dig at Ohtani\u2019s free-agency campaign two winters ago. The Blue Jays were one of Ohtani\u2019s most serious suitors before he signed a 10-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers.<\/p>\n The chant first broke out<\/a> as Ohtani stepped to the plate with two outs in the top of the ninth inning in Game 1, which the Blue Jays won 11-4. He worked a five-pitch walk off reliever Eric Lauer before Mookie Betts struck out to end the game. It broke out a second time during his first at-bat in Game 2.<\/p>\n Ohtani was also booed loudly by Toronto fans during introductions ahead of Game 1 on Friday. Television cameras captured the international star laughing as the boos rang out.<\/p>\n Blue Jays fans chanted \u201cWe don\u2019t need you\u201d with Shohei Ohtani at the plate.<\/p>\n Toronto nearly signed Ohtani in December 2023.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5 @timmacdonell<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/wJTr3X9ms8<\/a><\/p>\n\n