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How One Man Broke Baseball Forever: The Shohei Ohtani Story

🇯🇵 How One Man Broke Baseball Forever

Shohei Ohtani created an 81-box goal sheet at age 18. Each box tracked a specific skill:

• Fastball velocity
• Swing mechanics

• Reading
• Character development

Daily routine:
✓ 1,000 batting cage swings
✓ 5,000 crunches before sunrise
✓ Miles of running

Result? First MLB player EVER to hit 50 HR + 50 SB in one season. While pitching with a 2.96 ERA.

MLB even changed the rules because of him.

Full 12-min documentary: https://youtu.be/sChXYL-k4DQ

Baseball #Ohtani #MLB #Japan

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