From Oh to Ohtani and beyond: How Japanese baseball reached new heights
No player in professional baseball history has slugged more home runs than the 868 that Oh hit over 22 seasons with the ...
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America’s Pastime Is Being Completely Transformed—by Japan
Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Mookie Betts was at a Tokyo elementary school this winter when he asked a group of third- and fourth-graders a simple question: What do you want to be when you grow ...
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Shohei Ohtani tops a reported $100m in endorsements
Before Ohtani, endorsement earnings for MLB players peaked around $10 million for Derek Jeter and Ichiro Suzuki. Ohtani ...
Japanese baseball fans are crazy for Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers. MLB has a plan to get them to root for every team
Shohei Ohtani is arguably the most popular athlete on the planet, and that superstardom has helped rapidly accelerate MLB's ...
De Nomo a Ichiro y Ohtani: auge del béisbol japonés en MLB alcanza tope con Dodgers-Cachorros
Ichiro Suzuki estaba teniendo un día típico en un campo de béisbol en 2000, mostrando su potencia durante la práctica de ...
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Not Shohei Ohtani? MLB’s First Japanese Player Picks This Legend as Japan’s Greatest US Export
There have been many MLB players from Japan, and with the Tokyo Series taking place between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the ...
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Tokyo Series Ohtani, Sasaki, and Yamamoto Unbelievable Triple Auto
This afternoon, Topps announced that as part of its limited run of 2025 Tokyo Series Topps Now cards, Los Angeles Dodgers trio Shohei Ohtani, Roki Sasaki, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto will be coming ...
Shohei Ohtani Joins Yankees Playoff Hero in Exclusive Club After Latest Historic Outing
Los Angeles Dodgers phenom Shohei Ohtani spent the 2024 season regularly making history. Only one game in, and Ohtani picked ...