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Ohtani Batting Practice



The Angels made one of the biggest splashes of the offseason when they won the bidding for Shohei Ohtani, a 23-year-old Japanese import who will attempt this year to become the sport’s first two-sport star in the modern era. Baseball America’s Bill Mitchell was on hand at Angels camp on Tuesday and took video of Ohtani getting in some of his first cuts with his new team.

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