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Shohei Ohtani: Japanese Baseball Prodigy Thriving in Major League Baseball - Angels Nation
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Faces of 2018
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Shohei Ohtani has brush with perfection in history-making evening for Los Angeles Angels star
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Ohtani: I want to help baseball become the world's most popular sport
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Shohei Ohtani is 'in his own world' … which appears to be somewhere beyond baseball's outer limits - The Athletic
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Shohei Ohtani: Japanese Baseball Prodigy Thriving in Major League Baseball - Angels Nation
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Ohtani: I want to help baseball become the world's most popular sport
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Where 'Shotime' Started
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Shohei Ohtani is 'in his own world' … which appears to be somewhere beyond baseball's outer limits - The Athletic
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Angels News: Shohei Ohtani is Inspiring the Next Generation of Japanese Baseball Players - Los Angeles Angels
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EDITORIAL, Shohei Ohtani: Raising the Bar and Inspiring a New Generation