TOKYO — Shohei Ohtani’s feat of turning into the primary main leaguer with not less than 50 residence runs and 50 stolen bases in a season was met with further editions of newspapers for followers to learn on their approach to work on Friday morning in Japan.
Ohtani raced previous the 50-50 milestone as he hit three residence runs and stole two bases in a recreation throughout the 20-4 rout of the Miami Marlins on Thursday, securing a playoff berth for the Dodgers.
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The information topped morning headlines, and “Ohtani-san” was the No. 1 trending matter of social media platform X.
There was additionally reward from the Japanese authorities.
“We want to categorical our heartfelt congratulations on his achievement of this big document,” Chief Cupboard Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi mentioned as he responded to the primary query at his common information convention Friday. “We look ahead to seeing extra successes from Ohtani, who has already obtain quite a few feats and pioneered new grounds.”
Ohtani, who debuted in Main League Baseball in 2018 with the Los Angeles Angels, has change into Japan’s nationwide icon and satisfaction.
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Yu Tachibana, a 44-year-old workplace employee, was a fortunate one to get a replica of the particular newspaper version for her 18-year-old son who performs baseball. She says no one had thought a Japanese participant would so nicely a decade in the past. “It is rather encouraging,” she mentioned, as she famous a saying the place there’s a will, there’s a method.
A wave of congratulatory messages had been posted on social media.
“Japan’s record-making machine has finished it once more,” U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel mentioned in his message on X. “Congratulations to Shohei Ohtani on an unbelievable baseball achievement. A real international ambassador of the sport.”
