The Los Angeles Times award-winning staff takes readers behind the scenes during baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani's journey ...

Ohtani became the first major leaguer with at least 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a season, earning praise from his ...

Japan erupted in cheers on Friday morning after national hero Shohei Ohtani blasted his way into Major League Baseball ...

Shohei Ohtani's historic accomplishment was met with extra editions of newspapers for fans to read on their way to work in ...

But make no mistake, Ohtani is “Made In Japan”--100 percent--with roots deep in the Japanese countryside. American Robert Whiting, who has written bestsellers about baseball in Japan ...

Shohei Ohtani’s life will be fundamentally different in the coming weeks and months without Ippei Mizuhara, his interpreter and constant companion ever since he moved to the majors from Japan.

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On Aug. 23, against the Tampa Bay Rays, Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani stole his 40th base of the season, before blasting his 40th home run of the year in the bottom of the ninth inning ...

However, there was a slight shift over the last week. Ohtani recently moved to -2500 from -900. The Dodgers' megastar has a .290 batting average, 47 homers and 106 RBI. On August 3, he became the ...

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Dominique Pelicot, who is accused of inviting strangers to rape his wife while she was drugged and unconscious, took the stand for the first time. By Catherine Porter Prosecutors say that, for ...