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Shohei Ohtani is a freak, but can the two-way star stay healthy?
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Shohei Ohtani's Abbreviated Rookie Season Has Still Been a Near
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This is how you actually spell the name of Japan's Babe Ruth
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Shohei Ohtani starting pitcher All-Star Game
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Shohei Ohtani has expanded what's possible in baseball - ESPN
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Checking In on Roki Sasaki and Munetaka Murakami, NPB's Brightest
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Shohei Ohtani: ESPN's Stephen A Smith apologises for saying
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Throwback Photo of the Day: Babe Ruth seemed to be very popular in
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Japanese two-way star Shohei Ohtani drawing early Babe Ruth
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Shohei Ohtani is 'in his own world' … which appears to be
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Highlight] Ohtani absolutely demolishes the first pitch he sees
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Angels' Shohei Ohtani becomes first pitcher since Babe Ruth to
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Shohei Ohtani - Wikipedia
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Baseball's Best Young Hitter and Pitcher Play in Japan - The Ringer
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Why did Babe Ruth quit pitching? He was a great one. - Quora