Los Angeles Angels two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani achieved a first in the near century history of baseball’s All-Star Game: selection as both a position player and a pitcher.
Shohei Ohtani hit his major-league-leading 31st homer of the season for the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday, tying Hideki Matsui’s record for the most homers in a Major League Baseball season by a Japanese-born player.
Arizona has hired Chip Hale as its new baseball coach, choosing its all-time leader in games played, hits and total bases to take over for Jay Johnson, who left to take the LSU job.
A professional golfer and two other men were killed in a shooting at an Atlanta-area country club, and the suspect is still at large, authorities said.