Sho Time: Angels' Shohei Ohtani Returns to Form

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🗓️ 5 March 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Shohei Ohtani is one of the Angels' biggest stars, who, at the peak of his game, excels as both a pitcher and batter. Last season, Ohtani was only able to contribute at the plate, as his recovery from Tommy John surgery kept him off the mound. Will the 2020 season see Ohtani participate in both phases of the game, and why is that so unique in MLB? ESPN's Alden Gonzalez traces Ohtani's career and explains what makes him an exceptional talent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Of course he needs to hit. He's that good. Doing the National League all the time. I mean,
0:05.3	that's the thing you have to overcome. Just because it doesn't happen all the time, it doesn't
0:09.1	mean it can't happen. He's gone through some tough moments. He's gone through his rehab. Now he's
0:13.3	time to be a baseball player. That was Angel's manager, Joe Madden, giving us a peek at how he
0:20.7	plans to utilize the most
0:22.1	interesting player in baseball. Designated hitter slash starting pitcher, Shohei Otani.
0:29.4	Ever since Otani took the league by storm two years ago, becoming the first legitimate
0:34.0	two-way player since Babe Ruth, he's been the subject of intense fascination.
0:38.7	But after Tommy John's surgery forced him to give up pitching last year,
0:42.4	some have wondered if he should keep doing both.
0:45.8	Today, as Otani nears a return to both the batter's box and the pitcher's mound,
0:51.2	can he pull it off and change the way baseball is played?
0:57.0	I'm Inakim's. It's Thursday, March 5th. This is ESPN Daily, presented by ADT.
1:06.2	All right. You ready for some... No. Some hellos?
1:11.6	This is a lot of pressure.
1:12.9	Okay.
1:13.6	I've been thinking about this moment for an embarrassingly long time.
1:16.8	We're going to use that now.
1:18.6	I was actually driving over here and I'm like, hello, Mina.
1:22.3	Hi, Mina.
1:23.1	How about this?
1:25.2	Alderner, are you ready to talk about a baseball team that's not the Houston Astros?
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