There’s little more indicative of the shroud of mystery hiding Shohei Otani from the Western baseball world than the spelling of his surname. Depending on where you look, there may be a vestigial h shoehorned between the O and t, neither which is really either right or wrong (I stick with the shorter version because that’s what I’ve always used, but the explanation in that link is great). As more barriers to his move to MLB are removed, however, we’re getting a clearer picture of a man who has existed primarily as myth to this point.
Okay, Seriously, Do Cubs Really Have Shot at Landing Shohei Otani?
