Man, chocolate-covered espresso beans are such a great late-night snack!
- Angels designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hit for the cycle last night. He’s the first Japanese-born player to hit for the cycle in MLB.
- Jon Tayler notes that as a hitter, Ohtani is as good as he ever was. And he was very good.
- Fabian Ardaya writes that Ohtani is just a player who is destined to make history. (The Athletic sub. req.)
- Not only that, but as this article points out, Ohtani did it against a Rays pitching staff that has been the greatest pitching staff since the Cubs’ teams of 110 years ago.