On Friday morning, Canadian businessman Robert Herjavec boarded a private flight from Southern California to Toronto. Best known for his role on Shark Tank, the investor was accompanied by his young children, prepared for a few hours of parenting in the air. But rumors were running wild on the ground. After an erroneous report that Shohei Ohtani could be signing that day with the Blue Jays—ending the most anticipated free agency in recent baseball history with a surprise—online sleuths noted that a private flight was going from Orange County to Toronto and, well, the rest is history. Much of the baseball world monitored the flight as it made its way to Canada. The local media came to see it land.
Of course, people quickly realized the flight was not carrying Ohtani, who announced a day later that he would sign with the Dodgers. It was carrying a surprised and confused Herjavec.
SI spoke with him about the experience.
