It took all of three innings on opening day for Shohei Ohtani to steal his first base of the season.
Then, the Dodgers waited three weeks to watch him swipe one again.
It’s easily forgotten now, with Ohtani stealing bags on an almost nightly basis and padding a total that’s reached gaudy heights, but there was a time early this season his stole bases felt rare.
“I think there was a bit, for him, of feeling out the initial part of the season,” first base coach Clayton McCullough said. “New team. New kind of lineup.