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Baseball: Shohei Ohtani leads AL votes for 1st time to land All-Star spot
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The Sports Report: Rams look far from Super Bowl worthy - Los Angeles Times
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Shohei Ohtani's next mound start for Angels moved back a day to key Toronto series
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Trout elected to 11th All-Star Game, 4 Rangers to start
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GM - Angels unlikely to trade Shohei Ohtani if in contention - ESPN
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Shohei Ohtani and Ronald Acuna Jr lead star-studded list of starters for MLB All-Star Game
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The Latest: Ohtani gets win in two-way All-Star first
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Shohei Ohtani headlines majors' soon-to-be free agents, and there's a sizable gap to the next name, Baseball
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Baseball: Shohei Ohtani leads AL votes for 1st time to land All-Star spot
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Ohtani fans Trout, Japan tops US 3-2 for WBC championship
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Shohei Ohtani earns All-Star Game nods as hitter and pitcher - The Washington Post
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Ranking the top 30 potential MLB free agents: Ohtani the big prize, Bellinger's value surging - The Athletic
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Braves become 1st MLB team to clinch playoff spot as Acuña and Olson lead rally past Pirates