In the run-up to the game, Ohtani met with popular Japanese artist Takashi Murakami whose floral embellishments on the players’ jerseys have been a runaway success. On Monday, they both added their signatures to four cards — two that they kept for themselves and two that will be inserted into special Topps’ sets designed by the artist.

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