A new mural featuring Shohei Ohtani and his famous dog, Decoy, has cropped up in Los Angeles — and it’s huge.
The piece shows the Dodgers star giving a high-five to his furry friend, and, fittingly, it’s located on a wall at a downtown LA dog park called Pawradise Park.
Artist Alex Ali Gonzalez was responsible for the painting, and videos making the rounds on social media show it clearly took some significant work to complete.
A scissor lift and dozens of bottles of spray paint were used to get it all just right, the footage shows.
The image of Ohtani and his kooikerhondje is one Dodgers fans will recognize immediately — it’s from the game Decoy “threw out” the first pitch at Dodger Stadium during the duo’s bobblehead giveaway night in 2024.
Decoy and Ohtani have formed quite the bond since the MLB player got the pooch a few years ago. The dog’s joined its owner during training sessions and even received some hardware just like Ohtani at the BBWAA Awards Dinner last month.
And now that the two have been immortalized in paint, perhaps it’ll make their impending time apart due to the rigors of the MLB season a bit easier to swallow.