WHEW what a Friday in MLB Hot Stove land.
Fans tracked a plane they thought Shohei Ohtani was on, a flight from California to Toronto that could have meant he was signing with the Blue Jays. What followed were various reports about what was about to happen, before the reported revelation that Ohtani was not, in fact, on that plane.
So, uh … who was?
That’s what X (formerly Twitter) decided to focus on in the wake of the reports that Ohtani was still at home in California. Here’s a sampling of what was said (lots and lots of jokes, of course):
If Ohtani wasn't on that plane … who flew to Toronto?
— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) December 8, 2023
I WAS ON A PLANE TO TORONTO pic.twitter.com/qhkWQsFbIz
— tryler (@tylerlauletta) December 8, 2023
The city of Toronto when David peralta comes out of the plane doors pic.twitter.com/RktxegQ2QG
— kody (@otanigoat) December 8, 2023
When the plane lands in Toronto pic.twitter.com/vVktio3vt3
— Eric Stephen (@ericstephen) December 8, 2023
Everyone in Toronto pretending that they didn't know a plane just landed with or without Shohei Ohtani on it pic.twitter.com/fGz4JRgX2N
— Ben (@BraingasmBen) December 8, 2023
Some guy from Santa Ana getting off his plane for a meeting with some Toronto-area tech startup and seeing a horde of press https://t.co/ePmIG3neph pic.twitter.com/pLSZEnCkSk
— Justin Losacco (@justinlosacco) December 8, 2023
that random rich guy landing in toronto seeing his flight info everywhere and that thousands of freaks were tracking his plane mid air pic.twitter.com/wV42gDHMOx
— cady (unsuspended) (@mojogojo_) December 8, 2023
Dodgers sent a fake plane to Toronto https://t.co/SdcJxJ8mRz pic.twitter.com/PkmmJE1YCm
— Alex 👋 (@Dubs408) December 8, 2023
Folks watching the plane unload in Toronto: pic.twitter.com/FLQJBOnRrC
— McGlam (@RobMcGlamery) December 8, 2023
