01972cam a2200361 i 4500 601858564 TxAuBib 20220811120000.0 220531s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781635767971 hardcover $27.99 1635767970 hardcover $27.99 (OCoLC)1332952598 TxAuBib rda Fletcher, Jeff, author. Sho-time : the inside story of Shohei Ohtani and the greatest baseball season ever played / Jeff Fletcher. First Diversion Books edition. New York : Diversion Books, 2022. xix, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. A Yakyu Shonen -- "He Proved It To Me" -- An Unprecedented Recruiting Battle -- Blessed and Cursed -- "You Have To Give It Time" -- "Out of the Gate Better Than Anyone Was Expecting" -- A Discouraging Diagnosis -- Two Challenging Seasons -- High-Tech Diamond Polishing -- New Approach, New Hope -- The Start of Something Extraordinary -- "The Gold Standard" -- Star Among Stars -- Brilliance Amid Disappointment -- "Unicorn.". Fletcher traces Ohtani's path from his youth and time in Japanese baseball through the recruiting war to bring him to the majors to his historic 2021 season and his dominance as a two-way player--a pitcher and a hitter. He also looks at other great two-way players from history. 20220828. Ohtani, Shohei 1994- Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (Baseball team.) Baseball players Biography. Biographies.