Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani and Cincinnati Reds
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Shohei Ohtani hit two home runs for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of their NL Wild Card Series against the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night.
This Dodgers will have to win in October on starting pitching and offense. For that, Game 1 was a great start.
The most dynamic player in baseball got off to a red-hot start to the postseason, swatting two of the Dodgers' homers to take a 1-0 series lead over the Reds.
The Cincinnati Reds are staring at elimination, while the Los Angeles Dodgers are one win away from advancing to the NL Division Series.
The Dodgers MVP’s wife and new mom was in attendance and took an epic picture for Game 1 of the NL Wild Card series.
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Wondering when Shohei Ohtani might pitch for the Dodgers has been an ongoing question dating back to last postseason. Last year, the two-way star wasn’t really an option considering he hadn’t really progressed much at all in his rehab from 2023 elbow surgery.
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Shohei Ohtani's mother is Kayoko Ohtani. She also made her mark as an athlete, earning rave reviews as an amateur badminton player in Japan. She very well could be the most talented athlete in the family. “I can’t beat her in badminton to this day,” Shohei told MLB.com in 2017. “She’s tall and she’s been playing badminton for a long time.”
Ohtani finished the season with 146 runs and 55 home runs. He's only the fifth player to ever have a season with at least 145 runs and 50 homers. The other four are Babe Ruth, Hack Wilson, Jimmie Foxx and Sammy Sosa, according to @JayHayKid. Ruth did it four times, with the others each doing it once.
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