Dylan Hernández
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Sports columnist at The Los Angeles Times. Podcast: North & South () 日本名：渡辺修。好きな言葉：努力。
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Shohei Ohtani has been guarded to where no one really knows what he's thinking or feeling.
For some insight into him, here's a story I wrote on him after visiting Japan in his final season with the Nippon-Ham Fighters six years ago:
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Ohtani’s pregame speech:
“Let’s stop admiring them. … If you admire them, you can’t surpass them. We came here to surpass them, to reach the top. For one day, let’s throw away our admiration for them and just think about winning.”
2023 WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC™
決勝・アメリカ戦の円陣声出しは #大谷翔平 選手！
▼侍ジャパン試合速報
#侍ジャパン
#WorldBaseballClassic
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Yu Darvish called the Dodgers "the No. 1 team in the world." Also said he thinks they have the best lineup. "They're aggressive, but not forcefully aggressive. They wait for right pitches."
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Petco Park stunned into silence. What a play by Mookie Betts to end the game.
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Yu Darvish earned more than $43k in November from his popular YouTube channel. He donated half of that sum to a cancer reasearch center and the other half to a nonprofit organization that supports single-mother households.
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Scott Boras will honor Kobe Bryant’s final request with internship for Alexis Altobelli
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The
#Astros
offer no details about how they cheated, then complain about others not knowing the facts. Seriously?
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Silver medalist Shoma Uno on Nathan Chen: "If you watch him in practice, you wouldn't be surprised by what he did in the free skate. You would be surprised by what he did in the short program."
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Before Ohtani, last player to win a game and hit a first-inning HR within the next 2 days was Babe Ruth on June 13-14, 1921.
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Hilarious: The Athletic obtains a memo warning league and team officials to not leak information to The Athletic.
MLS commissioner Don Garber sent a memo to all league and club personnel Friday, threatening employees with disciplinary action for leaking information, specifically citing
@TheAthleticSCCR
and its reporting on the league's return to play plans.
Details:
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Zach Davies can (allegedly) hide from his wife, but not from Justin Turner, who blasts a three-run homer to move the Dodgers back in front, 4-2.
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Shohei Ohtani has Julio Urias’ old locker at Dodger Stadium.
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Dodgers had two PR officials standing guard in front of Shohei Ohtani's locker. One of them escorted Ohtani out of the room. Ohtani said, "Otsukaresama," a few times as he walked out.
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From a Japanese perspective, there was nothing unusual about the way Shohei Ohtani announced his marriage.
On the cultural context behind his Instagram post and news conference, as well as the secrecy over his wife's identity:
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“... the
#Astros
should be forced to hand the Commissioner’s Trophy back to Commissioner Rob Manfred, right now, vacate the title, and forever leave that space in the record books as empty as the organization’s integrity,” writes
@BillPlaschke
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Banner unfurled in reserve level that reads, "TRANS PEOPLE DESERVE TO LIVE."
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After addressing the media, Shohei Ohtani plays catch. First time he’s thrown the ball since his operation, with reporters present, at least.
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Seiya Suzuki hasn’t chosen a team yet, I’m told. 6 to 7 teams still under consideration.
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On SNLA, Orel Hershiser says he views the 2017 Dodgers as world champions. Good job by
@Joe_Davis
for raising the subject.
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Clayton Kershaw talked to
@LZGranderson
about his Juneteenth message. “I spoke with my Black teammates and my Black coaches and they basically told me, ‘Your silence is speaking volumes right now,’” Kershaw said. “That really hit me.”
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Freddie Freeman was touched by how Shohei Ohtani asked him about his son — by name, no less — 17 months after they met at an All-Star Game.
What that says about Ohtani and why it could be important to the Dodgers:
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A Tomahawk Chop has broken out in the loge level behind home plate. People nearby are booing.
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I have a Japanese mother and I identify as Japanese. Why this "chinito" wasn't offended by Yuli Gurriel:
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Whoops.
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto's agent, Joel Wolfe: "He thought that San Francisco really reminded him of Osaka and thought it was a beautiful city. ... If the Dodgers had not been pursuing him, there was a good chance San Francisco could have been his destination."
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Ohtani enters home bullpen to address the media:
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日本文化に詳しくないアメリカの読者のために大谷選手が何故この様な形で結婚を発表したのかを説明するコラムを書きました。日本人にとっては常識だと思いますけど、よかったら読んで下さい。
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Hyun-Jin Ryu comes bearing gifts for Dave Roberts:
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A player like Shohei Ohtani couldn't have come from anywhere other than Japan. On how the country's comic book culture has influenced sports:
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Mounted police in front of the Chase Field pool.
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Back-to-back pennants have given
#Dodgers
management credibility, and rightfully so. But if they don’t get something out of this beyond avoiding a luxury tax payment, man, that’s a tough sell to the fans who pack their stadium and buy their crappy hot dogs.
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Dodgers’ camp. There are about 40 Japanese reporters here and they have been here since 6 a.m. They saw Kershaw and Yamamoto enter the facility, but otherwise, “nothing’s happened.” Nonetheless, one of them told me, “We can’t even go to the bathroom.”
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Matt Kemp told
@THEREAL_DV
on the
#Dodgers
pregame radio show that he will play for the U.S. Olympic team.
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"Thank you, Joe Kelly,"
@BillPlaschke
writes. "Thank you for banging hard on the trash can that is the Houston Astros."
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An extended conversation with
@faridyu
about crime and punishment in the US vs. Japan, the reason Carlos Correa’s comments about
@Cody_Bellinger
upset him, why the
#Astros
have to be stripped of their 2017 championship.
#Dodgers
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I know San Diego isn’t used to winning, but these people remember we’re still in the middle of a pandemic, right?
This is insane. The Padres are getting the Beatles treatment in San Diego right now. Fans over there waited a long time for this.
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Kershaw: "I let down the guys in the clubhouse. That’s the hardest part every year. When you don’t win the last game of the season and you’re to blame for it, it’s not fun."
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Chan Ho Park and Hyun-Jin Rui greet each other in the Dodgers’ dugout:
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Asked about the ~468 feet his HR traveled, Shohei Ohtani replied, “There was wind ...”
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Shohei Ohtani visiting his former Angels teammates:
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For too long, Shohei Ohtani has taken responsibility for little besides his on-field performance.
He will be 30 in July. He has to act like it by exerting greater control over other parts of his life. He doesn’t want to be caught up in another scandal.
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The last time the
#Dodgers
went to the World Series, I was eight years old. Plaschke was only like 70.
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Ohtani said he got engaged last year. His wife lived in Japan, came to join him during this spring training camp.
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Betts said he hoped major league teams would consider signing Trevor Bauer this winter.
“I think he’s an awesome guy.”
From
@BillShaikin
in Phoenix:
Mookie Betts is at the World Series, but not as player. ‘I have to do better, no matter what.’
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日本の皆様、ウチのドジャース番記者の
@ByJackHarris
をフォローして下さい。若くてとても優秀なジャーナリストです。
Shohei Ohtani is taking on-field batting practice today for the first time since his surgery last year
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Crowd at Petco Park today is close to even. Percentage of
#Dodgers
fans here has increased as this series has progressed.
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Yoshiki playing the piano in center field. Older Japanese reporters are telling me this is a big deal.
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大谷選手がドジャースのチームにどう溶け込んでいるかについてのコラムです:
英語が読める方、読んで頂ければありがたいです。
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Small things by Mookie Betts have often led to big things for the Dodgers. He just reached base on an infield hit.
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Before leaving Japan for the majors four years ago, Shohei Ohtani said, “As long as you’re playing baseball, I think it’s natural to want to become the No. 1 player.”
This year, he became that player. Tonight, he was named AL MVP.
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Adrian Gonzalez shown on SoFi Stadium's video scoreboard and receives a nice ovation.
Paul George is shown next -- and is booed.
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Sources: Shohei Ohtani has chosen CAA to represent him in the United States. Nez Balelo will be the lead agent.
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Dear Milwaukee, here's an example of when it's appropriate to give a player a standing ovation:
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It’s as if the
#Astros
wanted to show through baseball what their PR department did earlier this week.
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This has to be a first, a player signing for $365 million and somehow overdelivering. On Mookie Betts, who is even better than he was advertised:
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With this World Series ending, the 2010s have come to a close.
#Dodgers
won 952 games in regular season and playoffs from 2010-2019, the most in MLB. Seven NL West championships. Two WS appearances. Would be the organization of the decade if not for, well, you know ...
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Why is Shohei Ohtani cramping so often?
“Fatigue is No. 1, I think,” he said.
Still, Ohtani wants to play every day.
“Games that I could take off, I really don’t think there are any more games like that.”
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Gross. Go home so your parents and/or grandparents can be around to enjoy the next championship.
Fans still on Figueroa Street, now lighting fireworks
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何日か前に、大阪の京セラドームでオリックスの選手や関係者などに山本由伸投手について話を聞かしてもらいました。どれだけ尊敬されて好かれているのかが伝わりました。
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Probably a bad idea to have used Urias in relief the other day ...
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Freddie Freeman on the Braves' trade for Matt Olson: "To be honest, I was blindsided. I think every emotion came across. I was hurt."
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So this is what it’s come to on this app, a bunch of non-Japanese speakers arguing about what Ohtani said.
To be clear: Will Ireton isn’t to blame for the confusion. While Ohtani technically didn’t say that he was the person who spoke to the fan, he made it sound as if he was.
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Shohei Ohtani moves another step closer to MLB, as the Nippon-Ham Fighters announced they will post the two-way player this offseason, according to Japanese news reports.
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Around the time Ohtani signed with Nippon-Ham, Darvish texted him something along the lines of, “I’ll be waiting for you the majors.”
“I’ll do my best to get there,” Ohtani replied.
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Fans can’t get into the Angels’ spring training facility, but Mike Trout is taking some time to sign autographs for those who still came.
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Ichiro played in an amateur game vs a team comprised of a school’s faculty members. He pitched a shutout and struck out 16. Also collected 3 hits as a batter.
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I've said this before, but one really unfortunate aspect of the
#Dodgers
TV blackout is that more people can't listen to Joe Davis. He calls a good game.
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Japan's Shohei Ohtani: 100-mph-throwing, 500-ft.-HR-hitting country boy w/o a driver's license or interest in money:
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My son is 7, about to turn 8. I won't be able to carry him much longer.
"Stop growing," I told him.
"You stop growing, fatty," he said as he patted my protruding stomach.
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This crowd is angry. Dave Roberts booed when walks on the field to take out Joe Kelly.
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What did Ohtani think of the loud ovation interpreter Ippei Mizuhara received during the pregame introductions?
“He was showing off, so it kind of irked me,” Ohtani joked.
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Shohei Ohtani announced on Instagram account that he got married. His wife is from Japan.
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Someone's celebrating at Dodger Stadium. Aromas of marijuana are reaching the pressbox.
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The Rams ... UCLA ... now the Chargers? How many bad football teams can one city have?
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The
#Dodgers
could open next season in Japan and their trip could include an exhibition game against Shohei Ohtani's former team.
I visited Es Con Field to check out the Nippon-Ham Fighters' new stadium and get a feel of how the locals view Ohtani:
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The
#Dodgers
didn’t have a single African-American player on their roster this year. The last time that happened: 1946, the year before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier.
@jorgecastillo
’s story:
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