A roughly 3,000-square-meter rice paddy here has been transformed into a growing portrait of Shohei Ohtani, superstar of the ...

As the Dodgers prepare for the All-Star game, LA has revealed when Shohei Ohtani will take the mound as a pitcher next.

Ben Verlander pays a visit to where Shohei Ohtani’s baseball career began in Iwate Japan! Ben explores Ohtani’s little league field and is able to interact with a little league team as he is ...

Oshu, Iwate Pref. – Shohei Ohtani is "a treasure" and "above the clouds" in his hometown in Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, where fans met Wednesday thousands of kilometers from Yankee Stadium to watch ...

Well before Shohei Ohtani joined the Angels, ... in one of the largest rice-producing districts in the Iwate prefecture. Oshu’s population, now about 118,000, ...

Ben Verlander goes back to where it all started for Shohei Ohtani - Iwate, Japan. He goes back to Ohtani's old little league where he used to play and talks to his former coach and the kids that ...

If Shohei Ohtani focused exclusively on pitching, in John Smoltz's mind, there'd be no one better at it in MLB.

Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani splashed his 32nd home run of the season into San Francisco’s McCovey Cove beyond the ...

The World Series debut of Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani is being closely watched in his home country of Japan, where he is a national hero.

Shohei Ohtani is considered a victim as prosecutors charge ex-interpreter Ippei Mizuhara with bank fraud after $16 million was stolen from the Dodgers star.

Shohei Ohtani pitched for the first time in a Dodger uniform and took another major step in his recovery from his second surgery to repair his ulnar collateral ligament in 2023.

Shohei Ohtani throws fastest pitch of MLB career, rules out 2025 Home Run Derby. By Steve Berman and Matt Moret. June 28, 2025 Updated July 15, 2025 8:25 am EDT.