49 h. ago Shohei Ohtani's fourth MVP award sparks celebrations in Japan

It’s become an annual ritual: Shohei Ohtani wins a Most Valuable Player award and Japan celebrates with newspaper extra editions being handed out a major train station

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1 week ago After the $500 million Dodgers' title repeat, what's next for MLB?

The $500 million Los Angeles Dodgers’ thrilling World Series win over the Toronto Blue Jays attracted record international attention for Major League Baseball, affirmed LA’s status as the sport’s best team and drew more attention to baseball’s payroll disparity heading into what is likely to be contentious labor negotiations

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1 week ago Key moments from the Dodgers' wild World Series Game 7 win over the Blue Jays

Late homers by Miguel Rojas and Will Smith rallied the Los Angeles Dodgers past the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 in 11 innings in one of the wildest Game 7s in World Series history

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2 w. ago Photos show Japan’s fascination with baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani

It is hard to escape Shohei Ohtani in Japan, even while the country was glued to its own World Series equivalent.

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2 w. ago Shohei Ohtani to start World Series Game 7 for Dodgers against Blue Jays and Max Scherzer

Shohei Ohtani will start Game 7 of the World Series for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Toronto Blue Jays, showcasing the two-way star on the mound in the sport’s biggest game

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2 w. ago Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says Shohei Ohtani a possibility to start Game 7 of World Series

Shohei Ohtani might start Game 7 of the World Series on Saturday

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2 w. ago Lily Allen reveals she flew 6,000 miles to JAPAN in her quest to 'hook up' with a celebrity as she rolls out X

Lily Allen, 40, has revealed she flew ail the way to Japan in a 'meticulously planned' plot just to 'hook up' with a famous person.

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2 w. ago Shohei Ohtani had an off night at the World Series but he still breaks baseball logic

The Dodgers star pitched in Game 3 just 18 hours after setting records with the bat. It’s a reminder of how he makes the miraculous seem mundaneEven Shohei Ohtani’s teammates struggle to find the right adjectives to describe him; ones that express how good he is while emphasizing how unlikely his existence is in the first place.After Monday’s Game 3, when Ohtani became the first player in postseason history to reach base nine times in a World Series game, Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman opted for “unicorn,” one of the more common Ohtani descriptors. Starting pitcher Blake Snell, meanwhile, put things simple and plain. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Guerrero homers off Ohtani, Blue Jays even World Series with 6

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a two-run homer off Shohei Ohtani, Shane Bieber pitched four-hit ball into the sixth inning, and the Toronto Blue Jays shook off their epic 18-inning loss to even the World Series with a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4

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2 w. ago Blue Jays will not pitch to devastating Shohei Ohtani for rest of World Series

Japanese star was almost unstoppable in Game 3Ohtani will also pitch in Game 4 for DodgersAfter watching Shohei Ohtani baffle their pitching staff during Game 3 of the World Series, the Toronto Blue Jays have made a bold decision: they are done pitching to baseball’s biggest star.Blue Jays manager John Schneider did not mince his words after the Dodgers prevailed 6-5 on Monday in an 18-inning classic during which Ohtani smacked two doubles and two home runs in his first four at-bats before Toronto essentially stopped trying to get him out. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Game recognize game: Other US sports stars are in awe of Shohei Ohtani

Even among fellow sports superstars, Shohei Ohtani has reached legendary status

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2 w. ago Freeman's homer in 18th inning lifts Dodgers over Blue Jays 6

Freddie Freeman homered leading off the bottom of the 18th inning, Shohei Ohtani went deep twice in another record-setting performance and the Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 in Game 3 on Monday night to win a World Series classic

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3 w. ago Dodgers manager Dave Roberts doesn't think slugger Shohei Ohtani heard Toronto fans' taunts

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Shohei Ohtani bothered much by boos, and he doesn’t think the Japanese slugger heard fans in Toronto taunting him during Game 1 of the World Series on Friday night

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3 w. ago Barger, Varsho, Kirk lead homer barrage as Blue Jays rout Dodgers 11

Addison Barger launched the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history, Alejandro Kirk added a two-run homer in a nine-run sixth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays overwhelmed the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4 in Game 1

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3 w. ago Sport’s biggest betting scandals: From Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter to Phil Mickelson, Ivan Toney and more

Betting scandals have been a concern for professional sports leagues for as long as they’ve existed

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3 w. ago Black Sox, Ohtani's interpreter and more: A look at notable sports betting scandals

Betting scandals have been a concern for professional sports leagues for as long as they’ve existed, but a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in May 2018 has led to a wave of gambling incidents

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3 w. ago Comparing Shohei Ohtani's Game 4 to the greatest feats in sports history

Once Shohei Ohtani homered for the third time — shortly after wrapping up his six scoreless innings on the mound — the superlatives began in earnest

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4 w. ago The champion Dodgers are dominating October again. There's more behind their success than money

During the Los Angeles Dodgers’ October rampage to the NL pennant, the defending World Series champions have actually been the dark eminence that many baseball people have long feared they would become

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4 w. ago Shohei Ohtani hits 3 homers and strikes out 10 in scoreless outing for Dodgers in Game 4 of NLCS

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