{"id":17835,"date":"2025-08-26T04:08:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T04:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=17835"},"modified":"2025-08-26T04:08:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T04:08:47","slug":"bts-v-poses-with-shohei-ohtani-throws-dodgers-first-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=17835","title":{"rendered":"BTS&#8217; V poses with Shohei Ohtani, throws Dodgers first pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Dodger Stadium proved to be about more than just baseball Monday night when BTS star V stepped onto the field, drawing roaring cheers before throwing the ceremonial first pitch.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<p>The singer, born Kim Taehyung, bowed toward Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and delivered a left-handed strike, sparking cheers from the stands while camera phones lit up the ballpark.<\/p>\n<p>V&#8217;s appearance came before the Dodgers faced the Cincinnati Reds. It featured a brief hug with two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani in the Dodgers&#8217; dugout, where the K-pop icon &#8212; dressed in a No. 7 Dodgers jersey tucked into faded jeans &#8212; chatted with pitcher Tyler Glasnow as photographers swarmed.<\/p>\n<p>The night marked another high-profile moment as BTS moves toward a full-group comeback. After completing mandatory military service in South Korea, the members have been working in the U.S. since July, with plans to release a new album in spring 2026.<\/p>\n<p>This story contains reporting from The Associated Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dodger Stadium proved to be about more than just baseball Monday night when BTS star V stepped onto the field, drawing roaring cheers before throwing the ceremonial first pitch. Editor&#8217;s Picks 1 Related The singer, born Kim Taehyung, bowed toward Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and delivered a left-handed strike, sparking cheers from the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[739,2463,5361,3938,10814,10815,10816],"class_list":{"0":"post-17835","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-bts","9":"tag-dodgers","10":"tag-ohtani","11":"tag-pitch","12":"tag-poses","13":"tag-shohei","14":"tag-throws"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}