Ohtanis

Occasionally after one of his rare poor pitching performances, Shohei Ohtani would enter the Los Angeles Angels’ dugout and joke, “Maybe just hit.” As in, maybe just give up pitching…

The Angels have less than two weeks left to decide what they will do by the Aug. 1 trade deadline — namely, what happens with Shohei Ohtani. The Angels’ two-way star, who is scheduled to…

SEATTLE —  Do you believe in curses?Shohei Ohtani laughed and tilted his head to the side.“I wonder,” he said in Japanese.You know, people think the Angels are cursed.Before Ohtani could…

By JOE REEDY - AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani added another highlight to his amazing June with the longest home run of…

Enjoy this while you can, the days when the very air at Angel Stadium feels full of magical possibilities because Shohei Ohtani is pulling double duty on the pitching mound and at the…

To understand the beauty of a Shohei Ohtani start is to anticipate something amazing will happen, even when no fancy records or flashy numbers occur. In his start against the Minnesota…

Shohei Ohtani was his usually brilliant self on the mound on Thursday, until a pitch com issue led to an uncharacteristic, single-inning unraveling that lost an Angels lead. The Angels…

The sign was written by hand, with love, not on an enormous poster but on a sheet torn from a notebook. “We’re here on our honeymoon!”The Angels threw a party for their fans before their…

OAKLAND  —  Standing on first base, Shohei Ohtani turned to the Angels’ dugout, raised his arms like Rocky Balboa and shook his hips like Shakira.He won.Ohtani contributed to turning his…

OAKLAND —  Logan O’ Hoppe finished batting practice, greeted his parents, then made his way past the hoards of reporters in front of the dugout. Asked what the young catcher, making his…