Fan Says Dodgers Pressured Her For Shohei Ohtani HR Ball, But It Sounds Like She Just Made A Bad Deal

Imagine a winning lottery ticket just falls right into your hands… and then you give it back. Because that's exactly what happened to the Los Angeles Dodgers fan who caught Shohei Ohtani's home run Thursday night.

Ambar Roman was the lucky lady who snagged Ohtani's seventh-inning solo shot against the San Francisco Giants — his first long ball as a Dodger.

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"Sitting in the pavilion, you always hope that you’ll be able to catch a ball," Roman told The Athletic. "But never in a million years would I have thought it would have been his ball."

But that ball was pretty important to Ohtani, too. So the Dodgers did what baseball teams do: They sent a rep to negotiate a trade with Roman.

And — pun intended — they low-balled the heck out of her.

In exchange for Ohtani's first home run baseball as a Dodger, the club gave Roman two signed hats, a bat and a different ball. 

Wow, guys. Really dug deep into the pockets for that one! I mean, they could have at least thrown in some Kohl's cash and a few bags of Skittles.

Meanwhile, Chris Ivey, director of sports auctions at Heritage Auctions, told The Athletic the original home run ball could have fetched Roman — at minimum — $100,000.

Yikes.

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Of course, social media was quick to let Roman (a.k.a. "Sugar T*tts") know she fumbled the bag.

Roman actually liked a few tweets praising her for not extorting the Dodgers or Ohtani and for being satisfied with the crumbs they threw her. But to The Athletic, she told a different story.

Roman said Dodgers security separated her from her husband, Alexis Valenzuela, so that she couldn't consult him on the negotiations.

"We’re not trying to extort anyone. It’s not that we’re money hungry," Valenzuela said. "It’s just that it’s a special moment, it’s a special ball. I just think it’s fair for it to be equally rewarded.

"I was just disappointed that a team that I hold so dear pulled a quote-unquote quick one on us."

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The couple also claimed team officials threatened not to authenticate the baseball if she decided to take it home. Roman should have called their bluff, but she caved.

The Dodgers would not comment on Roman and Valenzuela's grievances, but a team official did say "The Dodgers are open to a further conversation with the fan about the transaction."

Too bad she's lost all her leverage.