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Shohei Isn't The First Unicorn

Shohei Isn't The First Unicorn

And Babe Ruth Wasn't Either

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Paul White
Jul 24, 2023
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There is a trend among those who gush about Shohei Ohtani’s remarkable ability to be both a great hitter and a great pitcher. People have started calling him a unicorn, a one-of-a-kind talent, the likes of which we’ve never seen before. Marcus Stroman went so far as to call him a “mythical unicorn god on a baseball field.”

It’s an understandable reaction…

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