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Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
By Patrick Andres Even by their lofty standards, this offseason was a protracted victory lap for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Flexing their considerable financial might, the Dodgers not only signed two-time AL MVP designated hitter and pitcher Shohei Ohtani—they lured star Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto to Chavez Ravine as well. On Wednesday, Los Angeles’s new hurler addressed reporters for the first time and made a surprising revelation about his free agency. “I wouldn’t say he was the sole reason I decided to come here,” Yamamoto said of Ohtani, through an interpreter. “Even if he went some…