Dodgers reveal Shohei Ohtani's pitching status ahead of his World Series debut against Yankees
5 months ago

Dodgers reveal Shohei Ohtani's pitching status ahead of his World Series debut against Yankees

Daily Mail  

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has firmly shut the door Shohei Ohtani's chances of pitching during the upcoming World Series. Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani answers questions Thursday 'I've never said to them that I wanted to pitch in the postseason,' Ohtani said through an interpreter. 'The guy never wavers,' said Dodgers reliever Brent Honeywell joked, wearing a T-shirt commemorating Ohtani's historic feat. Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani speaks during media day before the World Series Yankees outfielder Juan Soto is most impressed by Ohtani's consistency.

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‘Be the hunter.’ Dodgers focus on dominance, not dynasty, amid renewed title pursuit
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4 days, 21 hours ago

‘Be the hunter.’ Dodgers focus on dominance, not dynasty, amid renewed title pursuit

LA Times  

When Dave Roberts addressed his full team for the first time this spring, he didn’t use the word dynasty. Roberts looked around a room — one that included the reigning National League and World Series most valuable players, two more former MVPs, two Cy Young Award winner who had combined to win the award five times, and a host of …

Letters to Sports: Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani go big in Japan
5 days, 21 hours ago

Letters to Sports: Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani go big in Japan

LA Times  

After two games in Japan, Shohei Ohtani is off to a great start, with a home run and a.375 batting average, and the Dodgers only have to pay him $2 million this season. Vaughn Hardenberg Westwood So the pro-Dodger L.A. Times is already deciding the Cy Young Award after a single pitching outing by Yoshinobu Yamamoto and two days into …

Shohei Ohtani headlines MLB’s memorable visit to Tokyo
1 week, 1 day ago

Shohei Ohtani headlines MLB’s memorable visit to Tokyo

Associated Press  

The defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers opened the 2025 season by sweeping the Chicago Cubs in a two-game series in Japan. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit A fan shows an image of Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani, before an MLB Japan Series baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the …

Ohtani hits solo HR in return to Japan, leading Dodgers’ powerful offense to 6-3 win over the Cubs
1 week, 1 day ago

Ohtani hits solo HR in return to Japan, leading Dodgers’ powerful offense to 6-3 win over the Cubs

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Shohei Ohtani hit a solo homer in his return to the Tokyo Dome, Roki Sasaki threw three eventful innings in his big-league debut and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 6-3 on Wednesday night to sweep the two-game series in Japan. Ohtani’s homer in the fifth barely cleared the right-center fence and the call was reviewed …

Shohei Ohtani came home as a national hero, and he didn’t let Japan down at the Tokyo Series
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1 week, 1 day ago

Shohei Ohtani came home as a national hero, and he didn’t let Japan down at the Tokyo Series

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Shohei Ohtani’s every step, swing and smile were intensely followed this week during his homecoming at the Tokyo Dome, an event that would make most mortals wilt under the pressure. Ohtani hit a towering solo homer in his return to Japan, taking Chicago Cubs pitcher Nate Pearson deep with a ball that barely cleared the fence in right-center …

Shohei Ohtani Tokyo Series home run caps off the week of Ohtani
1 week, 1 day ago

Shohei Ohtani Tokyo Series home run caps off the week of Ohtani

LA Times  

The entire week was a buildup to this. Whether the ball struck by Shohei Ohtani would have cleared the right-field wall at the Tokyo Dome if some fans hadn’t reached over the railing is immaterial. In baseball, results are marked in absolute terms, and the official record will forever show that Ohtani homered in the fifth inning of the Dodgers’ …

Tokyo Boy Snags Shohei Ohtani's First Homer of the Season
1 week, 1 day ago

Tokyo Boy Snags Shohei Ohtani's First Homer of the Season

India Today  

Sota Fujimori is the luckiest 10-year-old in Japan. Sitting in right-center field on Wednesday night at the Tokyo Dome, he watched Shohei Ohtani’s home run in the fifth inning fall off the hands of another fan nearby — and back onto the field. Young Sota retrieved it as umpires reviewed the play to ensure the ball had cleared the wall …

MLB preview: Ohtani and Co. hope to make Dodgers first repeat champs since ’98-'00 Yankees
1 week, 4 days ago

MLB preview: Ohtani and Co. hope to make Dodgers first repeat champs since ’98-'00 Yankees

Associated Press  

Shohei Ohtani will be in the batter’s box for the season’s first pitch Tuesday, arriving at the Tokyo Dome coronated a World Series champion. “We’d normally spread things among the teams a little differently,” baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said. “I do think that fans are going to have an opportunity to see Major League Baseball all season long in a …

Dodgers fall to Hanshin Tigers in final tuneup before start of season
1 week, 5 days ago

Dodgers fall to Hanshin Tigers in final tuneup before start of season

LA Times  

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani strikes out during a 3-0 exhibition loss to the Hanshin Tigers at the Tokyo Dome on Sunday. One day after the Japanese team, which plays in the Nippon Professional Baseball league, shut out the Chicago Cubs in an exhibition contest at the Tokyo Dome, they did the same Sunday with a 3-0 win over the defending …

Ohtani’s Tokyo airport arrival hidden from fans hoping to catch a glimpse of Japanese star
2 weeks ago

Ohtani’s Tokyo airport arrival hidden from fans hoping to catch a glimpse of Japanese star

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Hundreds of fans at Tokyo’s Haneda airport, who lined up 10 deep and hoped to catch a glimpse of Shohei Ohtani as he arrived on Thursday, saw nothing of the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar. Marketing the Dodgers in Japan Chris Marinak, MLB’s chief operations officer, talked with The Associated Press in an interview about advatanges of having a …

Dodgers Dugout: Shohei Ohtani pitching debut delayed; Tommy John will answer your questions
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Dodgers Dugout: Shohei Ohtani pitching debut delayed; Tommy John will answer your questions

LA Times  

Tommy John is congratulated by Tommy Lasorda after shutting out the Phillies in Game 2 of the 1978 NLCS. “We just felt that to intensify the bullpens, alongside of the intensity of the games, wasn’t smart,” manager Dave Roberts said. A look at the managers with the best winning percentage, minimum 1,000 games, since 1901: Dave Roberts, 851-507,.627, 2 World …

Yoshinobu Yamamoto stays in line to pitch opening day for the Dodgers in Tokyo
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Yoshinobu Yamamoto stays in line to pitch opening day for the Dodgers in Tokyo

LA Times  

Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, shown during a workout at Camelback Ranch earlier this month, pitched five innings on Monday in his final spring training start. With the Dodgers opening their season with two games in Tokyo, there was never really a doubt Japan’s Yoshinobu Yamamoto would pitch the first game and rookie Roki Sasaki the second. New contract removes all …

When will Shohei Ohtani pitch for Dodgers this season? ‘We just don’t know’
3 weeks ago

When will Shohei Ohtani pitch for Dodgers this season? ‘We just don’t know’

LA Times  

Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani throws during spring training. “I just feel, and we all feel, just trying to make it a broad time to return,” Roberts said Thursday when asked if May was still the club’s target to have Ohtani back on the mound. “Just trying to make sure that we don’t want to push something we don’t need to.” …

‘A lot of sacrifices’: During World Series run, Dodgers were more banged up than they let on
3 weeks, 3 days ago

‘A lot of sacrifices’: During World Series run, Dodgers were more banged up than they let on

LA Times  

Four months later, it’s the most grueling memories that have also become the most meaningful ones. But I’m not surprised they found a way to get through it.” One of the first surprise revelations regarding the Dodgers’ October injury problems involved Kopech, who recorded some of the most important outs en route to the World Series title. An MRI exam …

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani hits HR in 1st spring at-bat following offseason shoulder surgery
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani hits HR in 1st spring at-bat following offseason shoulder surgery

Associated Press  

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani hit a solo home run in his first spring training plate appearance on Friday night following offseason shoulder surgery. Batting in the leadoff spot, Ohtani worked a full count against Los Angeles Angels pitcher Yusei Kikuchi before driving a fastball to the opposite field, easily clearing the left field wall. Ohtani …

Shohei Ohtani’s swing looking good: Dodgers star homers in first spring at-bat
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Shohei Ohtani’s swing looking good: Dodgers star homers in first spring at-bat

LA Times  

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani hits a home run during the first inning against the Angels in spring training Friday. “He does not cease to amaze,” manager Dave Roberts said of Ohtani’s leadoff blast, an opposite-field drive that landed in the Dodgers’ left-field bullpen. “ the shoulder, it’s a little bit more complicated,” Ohtani said through interpreter Will Ireton earlier this …

Shohei Ohtani to make spring training debut against Angels on Friday night, Roberts says
1 month ago

Shohei Ohtani to make spring training debut against Angels on Friday night, Roberts says

Associated Press  

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says three-time MVP Shohei Ohtani will make his first spring training appearance of the year on Friday night against his old team, the Los Angeles Angels. Roberts has not given a timetable for Ohtani’s return to the pitching mound other than to say he hopes it would be “sooner than later.” Roberts has …

Ohtani throws a 2nd bullpen session as he makes his way back to the mound for the Dodgers
1 month, 1 week ago

Ohtani throws a 2nd bullpen session as he makes his way back to the mound for the Dodgers

Associated Press  

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Shohei Ohtani threw his second bullpen session of spring training on Tuesday, continuing the process of his return to the mound for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Even so, Ohtani won his third MVP award while becoming the first player to join the 50/50 club with 54 home runs and 59 stolen bases as the Dodgers won the …

Shohei Ohtani’s first spring bullpen session surprises Dodgers: ‘He looks really good’
1 month, 1 week ago

Shohei Ohtani’s first spring bullpen session surprises Dodgers: ‘He looks really good’

LA Times  

Mark Prior says he isn’t easily surprised by things he sees in spring camp. “He doesn’t look like he’s missed a beat.” Indeed, even though the labrum surgery Ohtani underwent just three months ago was to his left, non-throwing shoulder, Prior wasn’t sure of exactly how sharp the two-way star would look once he started throwing off a mound again …

Aaron Boone says if Yankees win World Series, he hopes they do it with ‘more class’ than Dodgers
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Aaron Boone says if Yankees win World Series, he hopes they do it with ‘more class’ than Dodgers

LA Times  

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone talks to reporters before Game 2 of the World Series at Dodger Stadium on Oct. 26, 2024. New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone hopes his team does this year what the Dodgers did last season — win a championship. “The reality is it’s a great team, it’s a great organization with a lot of …

Shohei Ohtani expects to throw first bullpen this weekend as he prepares for return to the mound
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Shohei Ohtani expects to throw first bullpen this weekend as he prepares for return to the mound

Associated Press  

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Shohei Ohtani plans to throw his first bullpen this weekend as he aims to return to the mound from a one-season pitching layoff caused by elbow surgery. “Not sure what my intensity is going to be.” Manager Dave Roberts has already said that Ohtani won’t throw in Tokyo for the season opener against the Chicago Cubs on …

How Dodgers could manage Shohei Ohtani’s return to a two-way role
1 month, 2 weeks ago

How Dodgers could manage Shohei Ohtani’s return to a two-way role

LA Times  

In his first batting practice of spring training on Wednesday, it took just four swings for Shohei Ohtani to look like himself. “I’m looking forward to those conversations, but it’s obviously going to be a little more complex than it was last year.” Ohtani said he does “want to play as much as possible” but “if the team feels like …

Fresh off a World Series win, the Los Angeles Dodgers look even more formidable in 2025
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Fresh off a World Series win, the Los Angeles Dodgers look even more formidable in 2025

Associated Press  

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Yoshinobu Yamamoto let loose a few fastballs and some nasty breaking balls during a bullpen session while manager Dave Roberts and pitching coach Mark Prior stood a few steps to each side of the pitcher, smiling as the ball popped into the mitt of catcher Will Smith. “It’s definitely tough, but we didn’t win last year because …

How will Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts look? 4 things to watch at Dodgers spring training
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

How will Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts look? 4 things to watch at Dodgers spring training

LA Times  

According to Baseball Prospectus’ PECOTA projection system, that is the Dodgers’ likelihood of making the playoffs this year. And as they try to become MLB’s first repeat champion in a quarter century, any other than a title defense would feel like a failure. “The expectation for our group every year is the win the World Series,” general manager Brandon Gomes …

Ohtani’s return to pitching could come in May for World Series champion Dodgers
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ohtani’s return to pitching could come in May for World Series champion Dodgers

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani pitching for the Los Angeles Dodgers in May is “about right,” manager Dave Roberts said Saturday at the team’s annual fan fest. “I saw some videos recently and you just wouldn’t think that there was any shoulder surgery this past winter.” The Dodgers begin reporting to spring camp in Arizona on Feb. 10. “I’ve been …

Dodgers aren't worried about Shohei Ohtani's health after surgery
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Dodgers aren't worried about Shohei Ohtani's health after surgery

LA Times  

If any other hitter were coming back from a shoulder operation, there would be concerns. “Shohei’s going to be Shohei,” Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman said. “The shoulder surgery was kind of a complicated surgery, the joint is in a complicated place,” Ohtani said. Referring to how Ohtani’s wife is pregnant, Freeman joked, “Now, he’s got dad strength coming, so …

Dodgers expect Shohei Ohtani to be ready to hit for opener in Japan, but not be on the mound
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Dodgers expect Shohei Ohtani to be ready to hit for opener in Japan, but not be on the mound

Associated Press  

DALLAS — The Los Angeles Dodgers expect Shohei Ohtani to be ready to hit when the reigning World Series champions open their season in Japan against the Chicago Cubs on March 18 and 19. “I don’t think he’d have it any other way,” manager Dave Roberts said Monday of the NL MVP who had left shoulder surgery last month. “That’s …

Shohei Ohtani will hit but not pitch in LA Dodgers season opener
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Shohei Ohtani will hit but not pitch in LA Dodgers season opener

CNN  

CNN — Shohei Ohtani should be ready to hit when the Los Angeles Dodgers open their season in Japan – but is “very unlikely” to be pitching by March. “It’s just gonna be too early of a ramp up: there’s an innings limit, a workload management part, to think he’s gonna go wire to wire from Tokyo March through the …

‘A Shohei economy’: How Shohei Ohtani’s first year transformed the Dodgers financially
3 months, 2 weeks ago

‘A Shohei economy’: How Shohei Ohtani’s first year transformed the Dodgers financially

LA Times  

The announcements came like a metronome at the start of last season, a steady stream of almost weekly news releases from the Dodgers announcing one Japanese sponsorship deal after the next. And even before accounting for the staggering $680 million of deferrals Ohtani proposed in his contract — a structure that preserved the Dodgers’ payroll flexibility by paying him only …

Does Shohei Ohtani still owe his manager Dave Roberts a new Porsche?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Does Shohei Ohtani still owe his manager Dave Roberts a new Porsche?

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Hey Shohei Ohtani, where is the fancy Porsche you hinted at giving your manager Dave Roberts if the Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series? According to Roberts, Ohtani replied: “If we win the World Series, maybe we’ll talk about it.” Well, Roberts suggested he’s ready to talk, if it’s only in jest. “I think it’s just going …

Ohtani again wins MVP and Japanese newspapers print more special editions to mark history
4 months ago

Ohtani again wins MVP and Japanese newspapers print more special editions to mark history

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Shohei Ohtani is going to save the newspaper industry in Japan — singlehandedly. The award triggered Japanese newspapers to print special editions, given out on Friday morning in central Tokyo. This comes less than a month after Ohtani and the Dodgers won the World Series, which also prompted the special editions that are fought over as collectors’ items. …

Shohei Ohtani in early stages of rehab from shoulder surgery and hopes to be ready for opening day
4 months ago

Shohei Ohtani in early stages of rehab from shoulder surgery and hopes to be ready for opening day

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani is in the early stages of rehabbing from arthroscopic surgery to repair a labrum tear in his left shoulder following the Los Angeles Dodgers’ World Series championship over the New York Yankees last month. “We’ve already removed the stitches,” the Japanese star said Thursday in Los Angeles after winning his third Most Valuable Player award, …

Shohei Ohtani unanimously wins his third MVP award, and first with the Dodgers
4 months ago

Shohei Ohtani unanimously wins his third MVP award, and first with the Dodgers

LA Times  

The coronation was nothing new. “I obviously don’t go into the season trying to strive to get the MVP award,” Ohtani added. “But we are taking our time, obviously … I think we are going to take a little bit more time and be conservative and we’re going to make sure I’m healthy before I step back on the mound.” …

Shohei Ohtani wins MVP with best season in L.A. sports history
4 months ago

Shohei Ohtani wins MVP with best season in L.A. sports history

LA Times  

The four words were first spoken here on a bright spring afternoon at Camelback Ranch, my astonished syllables joining similar tones of amazement floating from every corner of a crowded press box. “Are you kidding me?” Down to his last pitch in his first spring training game as a Dodger, Shohei Ohtani had just launched a two-run home run. “Are …

No Juan Soto! Dodgers should focus on keeping World Series champs
4 months, 1 week ago

No Juan Soto! Dodgers should focus on keeping World Series champs

LA Times  

So the Dodgers begin their title defense this week by flirting with baseball’s hottest available star. Dodger Teoscar Hernández hugs teammate Mookie Betts during the team’s World Series celebration on Nov. 1 at Dodger Stadium. He’s one of baseball’s best young players, he raked the Dodgers for a 1.084 on-base-plus-slugging percentage in the World Series, he was everything Aaron Judge …

Dodgers not counting on Ohtani to pitch at the start of next season following left shoulder surgery
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Dodgers not counting on Ohtani to pitch at the start of next season following left shoulder surgery

Associated Press  

SAN ANTONIO — The Los Angeles Dodgers aren’t counting on Shohei Ohtani to pitch at the start of next season and will wait to see how his rehabilitation progresses following shoulder surgery on his non-throwing arm. “We’re going to take it piece by piece and get through this and then take it in one-, two-week chunks and make sure that …

Dodgers Win Championship, But It's a Special Night for Shohei Ohtani and His Dog
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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Dodgers Win Championship, But It's a Special Night for Shohei Ohtani and His Dog

CNN  

The Los Angeles Dodgers celebrated their World Series win with a victory parade through downtown Los Angeles. The parade featured Shohei Ohtani holding aloft his dog Decoy, who wore a Dodgers jersey. The team also welcomed rapper Ice Cube, manager Dave Roberts, and players and families to the celebration.

Los Angeles Dodgers: Shohei Ohtani, and his dog, steal the show at victory parade
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Los Angeles Dodgers: Shohei Ohtani, and his dog, steal the show at victory parade

CNN  

CNN — The Los Angeles Dodgers enjoyed a party that was more than three decades in the making on Friday as they celebrated their World Series win over the New York Yankees with an open-top bus parade through downtown Los Angeles before a pep rally at Dodger Stadium. Congratulations, Los Angeles, thank you fans.” Hundreds of thousands of Dodgers fans …

Shohei Ohtani's dog steals the show on Dodgers' World Series parade as he joins players in front of 100,000 fans
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Shohei Ohtani's dog steals the show on Dodgers' World Series parade as he joins players in front of 100,000 fans

Daily Mail  

Shohei Ohtani did not come alone to his first World Series championship victory parade, bringing his dog, Decoy, on the team bus. The Los Angeles Dodgers' roster was stuck in traffic on the way to their own World Series victory parade, where 100,000 fans were waiting to celebrate their championship victory. Shohei Ohtani's dog, Decoy, made a grand appearance at …

Dodgers' Historic Comeback Stuns Yankees in World Series Game 5
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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Dodgers' Historic Comeback Stuns Yankees in World Series Game 5

China Daily  

The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched their eighth World Series title with a thrilling comeback victory against the New York Yankees in Game 5 of the series. Despite trailing 0-2 in the series, the Dodgers staged a remarkable comeback, scoring 10 runs in the fifth inning to secure the win. Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman shone brightly for the Dodgers, contributing …

Dodgers' Ohtani's Comeback Aims to Continue World Series Domination
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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Dodgers' Ohtani's Comeback Aims to Continue World Series Domination

Associated Press  

The Los Angeles Dodgers have made a strong start to the season, despite some early setbacks. Shohei Ohtani has been a dominant force on the mound, and the Dodgers have shown resilience in their playoff run. The team has made some key pickups at the trade deadline, including pitchers Jack Flaherty and Michael Kopech, and utilityman Tommy Edman. The Dodgers …

Inside the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrations as players and fans toast dramatic World Series victory
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Inside the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrations as players and fans toast dramatic World Series victory

Daily Mail  

Shohei Ohtani led the locker room celebrations as the Los Angeles Dodgers toasted their remarkable World Series victory over the New York Yankees. The Dodgers secured a 7-6 win - and a 4-1 series victory - after a dramatic comeback which saw the Yankees throw away a 5-0 lead in the Bronx. Back in Los Angeles - and in the …

Japan celebrates as Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto win World Series with Dodgers
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Japan celebrates as Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto win World Series with Dodgers

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. People milled around local train …

LA Dodgers Win World Series By Beating New York Yankees In Five Games
4 months, 3 weeks ago

LA Dodgers Win World Series By Beating New York Yankees In Five Games

Huff Post  

The Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate their win against the New York Yankees in Game 5 to win the baseball World Series, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, in New York. The Los Angeles Dodgers pose for a team picture after their win against the New York Yankees in Game 5 to win the baseball World Series, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, in New …

The Dodgers win the World Series! Los Angeles secures dramatic Game 5 comeback after Yankees disaster
4 months, 3 weeks ago

The Dodgers win the World Series! Los Angeles secures dramatic Game 5 comeback after Yankees disaster

Daily Mail  

Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman and the unrivaled Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champions after stunning the Yankees with one of the most dramatic comebacks in baseball history. Freddie Freeman lifts the Willie Mays World Series MVP trophy aloft at Yankee Stadium Shohei Ohtani has won his first ever World Series trophy, in his first season as a Dodger The …

How Shohei Ohtani drove himself to become a World Series champion
4 months, 3 weeks ago

How Shohei Ohtani drove himself to become a World Series champion

LA Times  

Shohei Ohtani was hitting with one arm. The best player in baseball for the last four years, Ohtani became a World Series champion on Wednesday night. Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani gestures in the dugout before Game 5 of the World Series against the New York Yankees. Dodgers president Stan Kasten, right, celebrates with Shohei Ohtani after the team’s World Series …

Shohei Ohtani's touching gesture for Dodgers teammates revealed as LA stands one win away from World Series
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Shohei Ohtani's touching gesture for Dodgers teammates revealed as LA stands one win away from World Series

Daily Mail  

As the Los Angeles Dodgers possibly stand nine innings away from winning the World Series, a past kind gesture from Shohei Ohtani to his teammates has been revealed. Dodgers pitcher Jack Flaherty confirmed that Ohtani picked up the bill during a team dinner where he was celebrating his birthday. Shohei Ohtani's gesture during a past team dinner was revealed this …

Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani reveals next steps for injured shoulder after using sling at Game 3 of World Series
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani reveals next steps for injured shoulder after using sling at Game 3 of World Series

Daily Mail  

Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani was seen wearing a sling around his injured shoulder prior to Monday's Game 3 win over the Yankees, but Los Angeles' $700 million man did offer some optimism afterwards. Shohei Ohtani talks how he's feeling with his injury: "I wasn't really exactly sure, I was concerned if I was safe or out, it was only when …

Shohei Ohtani's Hometown Turns into Baseball Mecca as Fans Pack to Cheer on the Japanese Superstar
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Shohei Ohtani's Hometown Turns into Baseball Mecca as Fans Pack to Cheer on the Japanese Superstar

Associated Press  

Hundreds of fans gathered in Shohei Ohtani's hometown in northern Japan to cheer him on during Game 3 of the World Series. Fans lined up outside the Oshu City Cultural Center, a 500-seat auditorium, on a perfect fall morning to watch their local hero in a live telecast. Ohtani drew cheers from the 250 fans attending when he hit a …

Teoscar Hernández playing a big role in Dodgers' World Series run
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Teoscar Hernández playing a big role in Dodgers' World Series run

LA Times  

The Dodgers are on the verge of their second World Series championship in five years. “That,” he said Monday, “would be huge.” On Monday, a night in which the Dodgers showed off their defensive prowess in moving within one game of a sweep of the New York Yankees, Hernández delivered the play of the game. Dodgers catcher Will Smith catches …

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