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    Dylan Hernández: How Shohei Ohtani inspired Yoshinobu Yamamoto to be a Dodger

    LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani didn't attend Yoshinobu Yamamoto's introductory news conference, but he didn't have to. Listen back to what Yamamoto said. Ohtani was everywhere "Starting today," Yamamoto said in Japanese, "in the truest sense, I have to stop admiring." The words, and the feelings behind them, were inspired by a speech Yamamoto heard earlier in the year when playing for Japan in ...
    by Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times Dec 29, 2023 3 minutes
    Yoshinobu Yamamoto speaks during a press conference to introduce him as the newest member of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the centerfield plaza at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023.

    LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani didn't attend Yoshinobu Yamamoto's introductory news conference, but he didn't have to.

    Listen back to what Yamamoto said. Ohtani was everywhere

    "Starting today," Yamamoto said in Japanese, "in the truest sense, I have to stop admiring."

    The words, and the feelings behind them, were inspired by a speech Yamamoto heard earlier in the year when playing for Japan in the World Baseball Classic. The address in

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