The image itself speaks volumes. Shohei Ohtani, one of baseball's most electrifying talents, grinning next to Trump while the White House spins it as some kind of victory lap. For LA Times sports staff who've watched Ohtani become a symbol of something genuinely good in the sport, this is the collision of professional admiration and political revulsion. You don't need imagination to understand why they're angry. Their guy just got conscripted into Trump's culture war propaganda.