Shohei Ohtani reached a huge milestone

Baseballin superstar Shohei Ohtani made sports history in the American professional league in MLB and at the same time made the sports people and his home country Japan gasp. Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers became the first MLB player to reach the 50-homer and 50-steal mark in a single season as the Dodgers routed the Miami Marlins 20-4.

In baseball, a steal refers to a situation where the forward gets to run to the next base, usually without the opposing team’s pitcher noticing.

“This game has been played for over 200 years, and nobody has pulled a stunt like this before,” Dodgers coach Dave Roberts emphasized the achievement of his Japanese star.

According to ESPN many North American sports stars incensed Ohtani’s rise to fame on social media. About basketball stars LeBron James described Ohtani as unreal, while Joel Embiid characterized Ohtani with the initials GOAT (greatest of all time).

Ohtani’s achievement was greeted with pride in Japan. The baseball news became the top topic in the country’s media on Friday.

“We want to congratulate him from the bottom of our hearts. We sincerely hope that Mr. Ohtani, who has performed one feat after another, will achieve more and more success”, the Chief Spokesman of the Japanese Government Yoshimasa Hayashi your picture.

Ohtani30, joined the Dodgers last year in the most lucrative contract in team sports history, worth $700 million and spanning ten years. Later in the fall, Ohtani will make it to the MLB playoffs for the first time, as the Dodgers secured their place in the playoffs with the victory in Miami.

Ohtani was in the headlines earlier this year for other reasons. His former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara admitted in June that he stole nearly $17 million in funds from Ohtani to finance his gambling and pay off the resulting debts.