Ohtani Comes To America

A show following the path of baseball phenom Shohei Ohtani, a two-way player who came to the MLB from Japan as both a pitcher and hitter. Hosted by me and Kevin De Los Santos.

We have covered all six seasons of Ohtani’s career in the podcast since he came over in 2018. There is also a companion newsletter (more below).

The show is part of CessPool, a podcast network that I launched in January 2019 with Kev, which had other shows with their own host(s) around different themes.

You can find the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or check out our Shohei timeline.


Newsletter

In 2023, I launched a newsletter for OCTA at the start of the World Baseball Classic where Ohtani was playing for Japan.

After covering that tournament, I did a newsletter edition for every week of the regular season – for 30+ total.

And now in 2024, Ohtani begins a new era with the Dodgers…