Baseball: Dodger Ohtani’s economic impact estimated at $783 million

The economic benefits brought by Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani in 2024 have been estimated to total 116.8 billion yen ($783 million), a Japanese scholar said Monday. The figure includes tickets sales, advertising and broadcasting revenue. The benefits surged from an already massive 50.4 billion yen in Ohtani’s 2023 season with the Los Angeles Angels, Kansai University professor emeritus Katsuhiro Miyamoto said. The two-way phenom, who has not pitched this year as he rehabs from September 2023 elbow surgery, became the first player in Major League Baseball history to have a 50-home run…

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