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Column: How Shohei Ohtani rose to international superstar status one GIF at a time

Shohei Ohtani didn’t share many details about his reunion with Mike Trout this month.

“Normal,” he said in Japanese of their meeting at the Dodgers’ spring-training stadium.

Ohtani said Trout and other Angels players congratulated him on the $700-million contract he signed with the Dodgers. He said he and Trout asked about each other’s families.

And that was about it.

Except there was more, some of which was revealed by a video that was uploaded to the Angels’ Instagram account.

The recording showed Trout marching toward Ohtani with a bag over his shoulder and a smile on his face.