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Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
By Stephanie Apstein The superstar stayed mum when asked about his intentions to re-sign with the Angels. In his first comments as he enters what could be his final season with the Angels, two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani offered as many assurances he would stay with the team as the team has played postseason games during his tenure: zero. “As of now,” he said through interpreter Ippei Mizuhara during a terse, half-hour press conference split between English and Japanese, “I’m an Angel, and that’s all I want to focus on.” The three dozen reporters in attendance tried several times to persuade h…