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Title Sho-time : the inside story of Shohei Ohtani and the greatest baseball season ever played / Jeff Fletcher.
Author Fletcher, Jeff, author.
Publication Info. New York : Diversion Books, 2022.
©2022
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  796.357 FLE    Checked Out
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Edition First Diversion Books edition.
Description xix, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Fletcher traces Ohtani's path from his youth and time in Japanese baseball through the recruiting war to bring him to the majors to his historic 2021 season and his dominance as a two-way player--a pitcher and a hitter. He also looks at other great two-way players from history.
Contents A Yakyu Shonen -- "He Proved It To Me" -- An Unprecedented Recruiting Battle -- Blessed and Cursed -- "You Have To Give It Time" -- "Out of the Gate Better Than Anyone Was Expecting" -- A Discouraging Diagnosis -- Two Challenging Seasons -- High-Tech Diamond Polishing -- New Approach, New Hope -- The Start of Something Extraordinary -- "The Gold Standard" -- Star Among Stars -- Brilliance Amid Disappointment -- "Unicorn."
Subject Ohtani, Shohei, 1994-
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (Baseball team)
Baseball players -- Biography.
Genre Biographies.
ISBN 9781635767971 (hardcover) : $27.99
1635767970 (hardcover)
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