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Fans line up at Dodger Stadium for bobblehead of Ohtani, Decoy

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LOS ANGELES -- The viral first pitch between Shohei Ohtani and his now-famous dog, Decoy, didn't just happen. It took work.

Ohtani had spent the past three weeks training his Dutch Kooikerhondje to wait atop the pitcher's mound until he squatted behind home plate, then pick up the baseball with his mouth and sprint toward him with it on command, at one point even going through a dry run at Dodger Stadium.