The way Shohei Ohtani’s 2024 season began, could anyone have imagined where he’d be come September? The Dodgers’ campaign began in South Korea while 28 other clubs strewn across Florida and metropolitan Phoenix were still in spring training. Before the club made the return trip from their opening two-game series vs. the , Ohtani found himself that — temporarily — had many wondering if he had literally bet money on himself.
Yahoo Sports’ Jack Baer and Callie Lawson-Freeman , which ended with the firing of and subsequent criminal charges against Ohtani’s longtime interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara. Ultimately, Ohtani’s name was cleared, and he embarked on the . SHOHEI OHTANI BECOMES THE FIRST PLAYER EVER TO HIT 50 HOMERS AND STEAL 50 BASES IN A SEASON 🤯 — Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) Here’s a timeline of Ohtani’s season for the ages: Ohtani’s rewriting of the record books began with a 2-for-5 performance — and the first steal of his campaign — over the San Diego Padres in Seoul, South Korea.
The game went off without a hitch, despite and others at the Gocheok Sky Dome just hours before first pitch. After a split with the Padres in South Korea, the Dodgers returned home to their Blue Heaven, Chavez Ravine. In Ohtani’s first Dodger Stadium plate appearance in a home uniform, he ripped a double down the right-field line but ended the play ruled out, ironically, on a baserunning error.
It didn't matter much, as he in a 7-1 romp of the . One of Ohtani’s lo.