Drake blamed for Shohei Ohtani’s season-ending injury after the rapper was seen wearing his MLB All-Star jersey
Drake blamed for Shohei Ohtani’s season injury after the rapper wore his MLB All-Star jersey
- A video was posted this month of the rapper wearing an Ohtani All-Star jersey
- After Ohtani’s significant injury, some blame Aubrey Graham
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Shohei Ohtani is out for the rest of the 2023 MLB season after tearing the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in his throwing elbow again and potentially needing a second Tommy John surgery.
So, of course, in the wonderful world of social media, Drake is the reason for this unfortunate event.
Ohtani hit his major league-leading 44th home run in the first inning of the opener in a doubleheader with the Cincinnati Reds Wednesday, but left the mound during the second inning with what the Angels called “arm fatigue” at the time.
Earlier this month, video surfaced of X of Drake walking out of an establishment in an Ohtani All-Star jersey.
Fast forward to the present, and that’s now being used as a double punchline/reasoning on Elon Musk’s platform regarding the Angels’ latest crippling blow.
A video of Drake wearing a Shohei Ohtani All-Star jersey was shared with X earlier this month
The Japanese two-way sensation is out for the rest of the season and is considering surgery
Popular account Baseball images that precede unfortunate events reposted photos of Drake in uniform earlier Thursday.
Another user wrote, “Drake changed the trajectory of Shohei Ohtani’s entire career,” over a video of the Rich flex rapper.
‘The Drake Curse’ has been blamed for several disheartening events in the sporting world in recent years.
Several examples of athletes posing with Drake and then losing have circulated across social media. These include, but are not limited to, Conor McGregor losing to Khabib Nurmagomedov, Anthony Joshua being beaten by Anthony Ruiz and then-Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero missing a penalty in the 2019 Champions League quarter-final against Tottenham.
Canada’s most famous export is a well-known sports enthusiast and regularly supports and bets on the best players and teams in the United States, alongside his beloved Toronto Raptors.
The 2019 NBA franchise’s championship win should be proof alone that the curse doesn’t exist, and yet here we are.
As for the Anaheim club, they lost both games to the Reds, but a softer three-game series is in store against the Mets.
LAA ranks second to last in the AL West with a 61-67 record and has little to no hope of making it into the postseason.