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    'He has changed my life completely.' What it's like covering Shohei Ohtani.

    Naoyuki Yanagihara's life mostly revolves around Shohei Ohtani. If he posts on his Instagram page, Yanagihara writes about it. Everywhere Ohtani travels for baseball, Yanagihara follows. During spring training, if Ohtani isn't at the Tempe, Ariz., facility yet, he waits for his car to pull up. Yanagihara, who writes for Sports Nippon, an all-sports daily Japanese newspaper, has been covering ...
    by Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times Mar 21, 2023 5 minutes
    American League All-Star Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels talks with the media during the 2022 Gatorade All-Star Workout Day at Dodger Stadium on July 18, 2022, in Los Angeles.

    Naoyuki Yanagihara's life mostly revolves around Shohei Ohtani.

    If he posts on his Instagram page, Yanagihara writes about it. Everywhere Ohtani travels for baseball, Yanagihara follows. During spring training, if Ohtani isn't at the Tempe, Ariz., facility yet, he waits for his car to pull up.

    Yanagihara, who writes for Sports Nippon, an all-sports daily Japanese newspaper, has been covering Ohtani since 2013, his rookie year with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

    Yanagihara does not live in the U.S. His home is in Tokyo, where he lives with his wife and 9-month old baby for half the year, spending the other half living out of hotels in the U.S.

    "Everyday I make a phone call, a video call to my wife," he said. "Around 7 or 8 p.m., so it's morning over in Japan. I always struggle with

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