{"id":680093,"date":"2026-04-21T00:51:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T00:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/680093\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T00:51:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T00:51:29","slug":"dodgers-news-81-year-old-fan-declares-victory-padres-sale-nagasaki-survivor-meets-ohtani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/680093\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers News: 81-year-old fan declares victory, Padres sale, Nagasaki survivor meets Ohtani"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few weeks ago, NBC LA reported that 81-year-old Dodgers fan Errol Segal, a season ticket holder of half a century, had been denied physical tickets for the 2026 season<\/a> for the first time. Segal, who doesn’t own a smartphone, offered to pay extra for them but was refused, even after receiving physical tickets for a game at the Dodger Stadium box office.<\/p>\n

“It makes me feel terrible,” he said. “50 years I’ve had these tickets, and they threw me under the bus.”<\/p>\n

The Dodgers stayed mum on the issue and even offered to buy back Segal’s tickets, but after the story gained traction, they capitulated to his request.<\/p>\n

“I love everything about the Dodgers. I love coming. They made me very, very happy, and I want everyone to know that I’m happy now, I’ve got the paper tickets, and I hope we have a third World Series.”<\/p>\n

Good news of the day \ud83d\udc4f <\/p>\n

The Dodgers printed season tickets for 81-year-old Errol Segal after initially denying his request. <\/p>\n

(Via @NBCLA<\/a>) pic.twitter.com\/jdYxkBnbkP<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 cllct (@cllctMedia) April 19, 2026<\/a>Dodgers News: Padres finalizing record $3.9 billion sale to Jos\u00e9 E. Feliciano<\/p>\n

On Friday, Alden Gonzalez of ESPN reported that the Padres are finalizing a $3.9 billion sale<\/a> to businessman Jos\u00e9 E. Feliciano of the private equity firm Clearlake Capital and his wife Kwanza Jones. Feliciano is also a co-owner of the Premier League’s Chelsea Football Club.<\/p>\n

If everything goes through, this deal would top the record $2.4 billion Steve Cohen paid for the Mets in 2020.<\/p>\n

This would end the Seidler’s 14-year reign, mostly spent under beloved late owner Peter Seidler, who died in 2023. He and businessman Ron Fowler bought the team for $800 million in 2012. His brothers and widow were locked in a contentious ownership battle for a little over two years until the family put the team up for sale in November.<\/p>\n

Dodgers News: Shohei Ohtani meets 100-year-old survivor of Nagasaki bombing<\/p>\n

On Saturday, the Rockies hosted 100-year-old Momoyo Kelley during batting practice at Coors Field. Kelley, now living in Salt Lake City, survived the atomic bombing of her hometown Nagasaki at 19.<\/p>\n

She went home with photos alongside Rockies starter Tomoyuki Sugano and Dave Roberts, who is half-Japanese and was born in Okinawa.<\/p>\n

But she singled out a meeting with Shohei Ohtani. And who can blame her?<\/p>\n

As Ohtani was completing a throwing session, Dodgers announcer Stephen Nelson alerted him to Kelley’s presence. Ohtani stopped, signed for Kelley, and posed for a picture. “He’s the pride of Japan<\/a>,” she said. “I watch Dodgers games every day.”<\/p>\n

Shohei Ohtani just stopped to sign for Momoyo, a 100-year-old woman who survived the bombing of Nagasaki. pic.twitter.com\/1wPunGIQI6<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Fabian Ardaya (@FabianArdaya) April 18, 2026<\/a>\"\"Add us as a preferred source on GoogleFollow<\/a>