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Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
By Stephanie Apstein Every aspect of the two-way player’s boundless talents were on display as he dominated the Red Sox both on the mound and at the plate. View the original article to see embedded media. BOSTON — Shohei Ohtani had already hit a ball 109 miles an hour and thrown 81 of his 99 pitches for strikes, so when he strode to the plate in the eighth inning of perhaps the greatest game ever played here, he lined a fastball off the Green Monster so hard he knocked his own number off the wall. “He’s the best player in the league,” Red Sox starter Rich Hill told reporters after Thursday’s g…