Aww....Congratulations to Shohei Ohtani and Mamiko-san!! 🎉🙌 Love so much that they thank their little baby for traveling safe into this world. My gaaah, the gratitude for the little one is just....😭 #大谷翔平

Dodgers aren’t making an official move with Shohei Ohtani yet, but he is away on paternity. TBD how much time he will be away.

Dekopin with the champagne bottle to celebrate baby #2. Congrats to Ohtani and wife Mamiko on the growing family. What a beautiful blessing...

Along with his knee, please heal up Ohtani's blister baseball gods 🙏 Watching him throw strikeouts, hit nukes, and steal bases is the only kind of therapy and recreation I can afford in this economy. thank you.

"Yoshinobu Yamamoto was an inning away from his first MLB no-hitter and an inning-plus away from the 25th perfect game in MLB history on Saturday in Chicago--" A true pitcher's pitcher.... #山本由伸

Dear beloved baseball gods... 🙏 #ShoheiOhtani #大谷翔平

Following Ohtani for over a decade, what impresses most is how even-keeled he remains, even when reporters try to egg him on, there's neither blame nor performative self-flagellation. As he shared, the unchallenged "ball" calls in the 7th were unfortunate but in line with Dodger policy. Live & learn

Sean Gregory's TIME magazine blurb on Ohtani is rather pedestrian in approach, more facts about singular exploits on the field that read like quadratic equations to be skimmed over... Stand by what I said, back in 2021, that Ohtani broke baseball, and along with it, our consciousness and vocabulary.

"Yamamoto’s performance stood out for its historic significance. He retired the final 22 batters he faced, a stretch of dominance that...put Yamamoto in the same conversation as one of baseball’s smartest pitchers." What he did in the WS & what he continues to do now...best big game pitcher around🔥

Sasaki isn't petty, but I am. Haters can f ck all the way off. #佐々木朗希

“I’m just grateful…” What Ohtani said, last June, after his first start on the mound following a long recovery from his second elbow surgery. No, Ohtani, we're the ones who are grateful... 6 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 6 K, 1 BB, 89 pitches Season ERA: 0.74 through June 3rd, 2026 (just no words) #大谷翔平

"Munetaka Murakami to be placed on the injured list for 10 days; team announces "right hamstring injury"... He was substituted out of a game on the 30th, and is expected to be out for 4-6 weeks." Hopefully Mune will be back by July 🙏

It’s very funny to me when people are like “MLB wouldn’t exist without the owners” as if the people who currently own the teams in MLB have ever really had to risk anything with their investments in the teams at this point. It’s about as risk-free an investment as you could make at this point.

Societal problems that live at the intersection of race & economy. No coincidence that the most progressive voice in MLBPA was maligned & tossed aside (Jack Flaherty) with milquetoast "replacements" who have the privilege to be "apolitical". You're on your own now, Marcus Semien and Mullins.

What a night for Samurai Japan in MLB-Landia: Okamoto with a homer Yoshida & Suzuki with hits & runs scored Murakami blasting his way toward the AL ROY award Sugano hanging tough against a top offense in the league And Ohtani, for grasping what he means to baseball, and never shrinking from its call

Enough with the bloody hit by pitches already... May the baseball gods watch over you and your hand tomorrow, ACE 🙏😔 #大谷翔平

Tatsuya Imai and two Houston Astros relievers combine for the first no-hitter in the majors since 2024.

Rikuu Nishida's MLB debut inspired a quick post about the other "Japanese baseball players" who played in MLB without having played in NPB first japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/05/japa...

In sports, as it is in the world

And a hearty fuck you to Rob Manfraud and @MLB for thinking that cultivating MAGA hooliganism stateside is a wholesome way to "grow the game"... Like Vinícius Júnior said, racist xenophobes in sports fandom can fuck all way off

Even Reddit/Wisconsin was calling it out. Thank you, Yamamoto my GOAT, for serving a heating plate of #BaseballKARMA today. "oVerrAted" chants are part of sports culture "wE dOn't NeEd hiM" is a part of sports culture This, however, outside of the Olympics, was just pure vile racist fuckery

Yup, #BaseballKarma, indeed... Take the series tomorrow, YamaGOAT

Even though your team has international players from Venezuela & the Dominican Republic, you choose to chant jingoistic crap when Ohtani is up to bat & ONLY when he's up to bat. If this were the 2028 LA Olympics, fine. This is fucking Dodgers v Brewers in May. Fucking disgusting #BaseballKarma

Ohtani & crew travel to face the Brewers for a 3-game series beginning this Friday. His final line last night while driving in his own game winning RBI on the 1st pitch of the game: 5IP 3H 0R 2BB 4K Ohtani's ERA now sits at 0.73 and he leads all of MLB in both bWAR and fWar. Keep doubting him...

Happy Shohei Ohtani Day for those who celebrate!! 🎉 After today, there'll only be 7 left, so enjoy this once-in-a-sport icon while you still can... Roki Sasaki takes the bump today! 🔥 #大谷翔平 #佐々木朗希 #山本由伸

Mizusawa Little League legend Shohei Ohtani continues to shove and shine on the mound. Ohtani's final line against the Giant's last night: 7 IP 4 H 0 ER 2 BB 8 K 105 pitches His season ERA sits at 0.82 with a FIP of 2.38. 🔥🔥

I hate what they're destroying. I hate it... 😔

It's really like a 4x MVP and a 2x champion had to prove to his manager that he deserves to hit on the days he pitches. Like fvcking hell Shohei, maybe it's time to show him who's the boss on your team.What a 💩 of a manager. The worst of his career so far.🤦‍♀️

Such disrespect, making unilateral decisions without even conferring with him first, especially when he's carried your franchise since the day he signed. #baseballkarma

Right?!!! (Ergo my post from yesterday)

Steeped in sample size volatility, baseball is constant noise vs signal, from pitch to pitch, game to game, series to series. All depends which snapshot sports clickbait economy wants to sell at the moment. So this is me, "worried" about Shohei Ohtani's current “slump" 🤭 Keep GOAT'ing GOATANI

I remember Liam Hendriks, Lucas Giolito & Tyler Glasnow all saying that Ohtani should be the biggest prick in the world, but that instead, he's the very opposite & just about the most down to earth guy you could imagine. Here, Jack Flaherty tells a funny story about Ohtani and Yamamoto to illustrate

Great photo set showing his old high jumping form. From olympic level swimmer to track & field athlete in high school to MLB GOAT, Ohtani is truly a super human freak of nature. What's even more remarkable is that he "doesn't smell himself". Joe Maddon recognized that as his biggest super power 😔

So ungrateful, calling him a "gimmick" & "selfish" and that's just from the Dodgers universe whenever they need a scapegoat because the rest of that team doesn't pull their load Fuck you, BB karens. He's a 2-way GOAT and you don't fucking deserve him 😔 L to R: Ohtani, Yamamoto, Glasnow, Wroblewski

Yup, I really do. I want to say somethings about how that Blue team is doing Ohtani-san so dirty but they haven't invented "circles" for #BlueSky yet 🤬

Card Of The Week - I noticed something subtle in the new Samurai Japan documentary japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/05/card...

I miss Joe Maddon. And I miss Hideki Kuriyama-san They understood Ohtani. They really did. 😔

Ohtani Rules Mexico in a landslide... Ball park poll: "Who's your Favorite MLB player?" 🗣️“Right now, Ohtani. Shohei Ohtani” 🗣️“Ohtani is a beast. He's the best.” 🗣️“Look—first and foremost, Ohtani is number one.” Reason 101 why the Dodgers need to fucking play the Mexico City series, pleaaase 😩

Last night, Yamamoto. Tonight, Ohtani...

most adorable ball knower ever 😭😂💙 "baila roki and ohtani..."

Sasaki gets the "W" in Game 2. Ohtani goes 3 for 3 (Single, Double, HR, BB) in Game 3. Yamamoto up next against the Marlins on Japanese Heritage Night. (Thank you, ShoKarma 😉)

I've loved ball all my life. I went from a hardcore fan to a casual around the 2010s because the nerds solved the game and it got boring. Ohtani + the rule changes got me back being hardcore. Sports is forever going to be a constant battle of nerds vs rules going forward. MLB understood that.

another banger 🔥🔥

Exactly one year later, and it's déjà vu all over again with the same faction of karens in the Dodgers fanbase whining about Ohtani. No grace ever given to him. #KARMA, do your thing....

全然絵を投稿できてない最近🙏🙏🙏

Not even a full month yet, and Shohei Ohtani leads the league in fangraph's WAR. Nico Hoerner, Drake Baldwin, Corbin Carroll, and Andy Pages round out the top five. #大谷翔平

Last night, Yamamoto. Tonight, Ohtani...

Still my ace. Offense and defense always do him dirty... 😔 #山本由伸