Sunday morning in Japan began with a palpable buzz after the Los Angeles Dodgers announced Shohei Ohtani would start Game 7 of the World Series.

Before the game, Freddie Freeman’s wife, Chelsea Freeman, posted a couple of photos on Instagram showing the wives of several Dodgers players. In the very first photo, Mrs. Freeman was seen posing with Mookie Betts ’ wife, Brianna Betts, and Tanaka. “My girls,” Freeman wrote in the caption.

Bonds drew 688 intentional walks, averaging an intentional walk once every 18.3 times he stepped up to the plate. Nobody has ever and presumably will ever come close to that mark. However, Ohtani is quickly becoming more fearsome for pitchers.

It is hard to escape Shohei Ohtani in Japan, even while the country was glued to its own World Series equivalent. To Japanese fans, Ohtani is just about perfect: He hits home runs, pitches great, steals bases and has a reputation for being kind and humble.

As the Dodgers chase another World Series title, one fan’s incredible pull is turning heads in the sports collecting world. A one-of-one Shohei Ohtani card, with its own emotional origin story, could now fetch nearly half-a-million dollars.

NBA Hall of Famer Magic Johnson compared Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani to being on the level of Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan.

Cocochan Hayakawa, a chatty parrot with nearly 48,000 followers on Instagram, is one of millions of admirers of Shohei Ohtani.

Alex Rodriguez apologized to Shohei Ohtani, saying he belongs in a higher league than MLB after his historic performance in Game 3 of the 2025 World Series.