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TOKYO, Dec 10, 2023 (AFP) – Pride and incredulity gripped Japan Sunday after baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani signed a record-shattering $700 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers, the richest in North American sports history. The 10-year deal was announced after weeks of speculation about where the 29-year-old Los Angeles Angels pitching and hitting ace would land in free agency. “Ohtani to go to Dodgers,” blared the headline of an extra edition of the Yomiuri […]
by Andrew MCKIRDY Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani has been having a ball at the World Baseball Classic and is determined not to let Italy wipe the smile off his face in Thursday’s quarter-final. Japan won all four of their first-round games in Tokyo and Ohtani appears to be relishing playing in his home country for the first time in five years. The Los Angeles Angels ace can be seen […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP)–Los Angeles Angels pitcher-hitter Shohei Ohtani has been cleared for batting practice and the Japanese star could be approved to pitch in July, Angels general manager Billy Eppler said Thursday. Ohtani underwent an MRI exam Thursday that showed healing in his sprained right elbow ligament, Eppler said in a posting on the Major League Baseball website. Ohtani will resume batting practice and could advance to face full-speed pitches this weekend. But when […]
