{"id":301662,"date":"2025-11-23T12:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T12:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/301662\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T12:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T12:16:09","slug":"1-3-billion-star-sends-strong-message-on-dodgers-shohei-ohtani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/301662\/","title":{"rendered":"$1.3 Billion star sends strong message on Dodgers\u2019 Shohei Ohtani"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> SP\/DH Shohei Ohtani<\/a> caught the world\u2019s attention during Game 4 of the NLCS against the Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> this past October when he hit three solo home runs and pitched six innings, giving up two hits, no runs, and striking out 10. The Dodgers swept the series on that legendary performance and went on to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays in seven games to win the World Series<\/a> in November.<\/p>\n

Ohtani caught the attention of perhaps the most famous athlete in the United States, LeBron James, who gave the two-way star his props for being so dominant at the plate and on the mound.<\/p>\n

\u201cMe and a few of our friends, we got a group chat and we just talked about Ohtani the other night. And one of our friends, he said, \u2018If I sent y\u2019all a message and said that a guy struck out 10 batters in the NLCS, you guys would be like \u2018Oh, that was a hell of a game by that pitcher. Wow.\u2019 And then if I sent a separate text and said that in that same game, another guy came in and had three home runs in that same game \u2026 the same guy did that. He did both of those,\u201d James said on the Mind The Game podcast this week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As one of the NBA\u2019s all-time two-way players, James being impressed is a major deal. While the NBA has long had offensive dynamos who took plays off at the other end, James helped the Miami Heat, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Los Angeles Lakers win titles by staying engaged all 94 feet of the court.<\/p>\n

If anyone\u2019s approval on what it takes to dominate multiple facets of the game matters, it\u2019s most certainly James\u2019s.<\/p>\n

LeBron James and Shohei Ohtani now have the same employer<\/p>\n

Of course, there\u2019s a business tie-in involving James and Ohtani that, while not directly responsible for the comments, certainly was convenient. The Dodgers and Lakers will both be part of Mark Walter\u2019s TWG Sports, the entity Walter created to oversee all his sports holdings. Walter acquired a $10 billion majority stake in the Lakers<\/a> in October.<\/p>\n

Still, Ohtani\u2019s play throughout the postseason was eye-popping enough on its own to draw praise from around the sports world.<\/p>\n

Even from a fellow four-time MVP in his sport, like \u201cThe King.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Dodgers SP\/DH Shohei Ohtani caught the world\u2019s attention during Game 4 of the NLCS against the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-301662","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}