On Thursday evening, the sports world took notice of Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani making sensational MLB history. Via Bleacher Report: "SHOHEI OHTANI MAKES HISTORY 1ST PLAYER IN MLB HISTORY WITH 50 HR/50 SB IN A SEASON" In addition to his historic night,

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are close to training camp for the 2024-25 season where they’ll try and improve upon the disappointing first-round exit they suffered last campaign. But before they do that, they can turn their full attention to Shohei Ohtani and the other premier Southern California team, the L.A. Dodgers.

His origin story is unlikely, growing up in a small city in northern Japan where he played catch for hours with his dad, who worked at the local Mitsubishi plant.On Thursday night, the boy from Oshu slugged and stole his way to baseball immortality.