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Baseball: Shohei Ohtani makes history as MLB's 1st 2-way All-Star
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Shohei Ohtani, Yu Darvish Have Solid Opening Day Starts
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Yu Darvish wants to face Shohei Ohtani
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Shohei Ohtani, Yu Darvish set for debuts
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Baseball: Yu Darvish strikes out 7, snaps losing streak against Angels
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The Athletic on X: Shohei Ohtani and Yu Darvish both played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan at different times. In fact, Hokkaido offered Darvish's No. 11 jersey to Ohtani during
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Shohei Ohtani's New Pitching Plan
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Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish (L) chats with Nippon Ham Fighters two-way player Shohei
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Shohei Ohtani - Wikipedia
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Shohei Ohtani says he plans to hit, pitch in relief in WBC final - ESPN
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Shohei Ohtani tops votes so far for MLB All-Star Game, belts 25th homer - The Japan Times