Shohei Ohtani has already made historical past as each a pitcher and hitter in Main League Baseball. Now, he is leaning into his abilities as an creator.
The Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star introduced the discharge of his kids’s e book: “Decoy Saves Opening Day” with an Instagram put up of his canine, Decoy, on Thursday.
Ohtani co-authored the 32-page e book with Michael Clean and it’s set to launch subsequent February. The quilt is an illustration of Ohtani and his canine — with a baseball in Decoy’s mouth — finished by Fanny Liem.
In response to the writer HarperCollins, the plot follows an excited Decoy earlier than he has to throw the primary pitch of Opening Day. Nevertheless, Decoy realizes that he left his fortunate baseball at house and should get it again earlier than it is too late.
HarperCollins shared that Ohtani is a proud sponsor of animal rescue organizations. He hopes that the e book’s publishing can “assist the work these superb nonprofits do serving to canines discover their perpetually houses.”
The three-time MVP batted .276 with 32 house runs and 60 RBI previous to the All-Star break. He is additionally pitched 9 innings in 5 video games as he returns from elbow surgical procedure finished in September 2023.