{"id":2797,"date":"2024-11-14T15:23:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T06:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=2797"},"modified":"2024-11-14T15:23:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T06:23:56","slug":"baseball-ohtanis-1st-club-nippon-ham-bets-on-another-2-way-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=2797","title":{"rendered":"Baseball: Ohtani&#8217;s 1st club Nippon Ham bets on another 2-way talent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 75px;height: 75px;border-radius: 50%;background: url(https:\/\/nordot-res.cloudinary.com\/c_limit,w_200,h_200,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/ch\/units\/288215928582407265\/profile_2.png);background-position: center;background-repeat: no-repeat;background-size: cover;vertical-align: middle\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 5px;font-size: 14px;font-weight: bold;vertical-align: middle\">Published by <br \/>Kyodo News<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px\"><\/div>\n<p>With a vision of developing the next big thing in the mold of their star alumnus Shohei Ohtani, the Nippon Ham Fighters picked a two-way talent in the first round of last month&#8217;s draft. Reo Shibata, an 18-year-old out of Fukuoka&#8217;s Ohori High School, bats left-handed and throws right-handed like the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar and is confident at both. &#8220;I want to be like Ohtani-san from the bottom of my heart,&#8221; Shibata said. &#8220;I&#8217;m thrilled to be drafted by the team I wanted to join.&#8221; Shibata stands 187 centimeters and weighs 87 kilograms. 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