{"id":37736,"date":"2025-04-01T08:43:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T08:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=37736"},"modified":"2025-04-01T08:43:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T08:43:45","slug":"breaking-shohei-ohtani-scores-huge-win-as-global-jersey-sales-soar-%f0%9f%8c%8d%e2%9a%be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=37736","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Shohei Ohtani Scores Huge Win as Global Jersey Sales Soar! \ud83c\udf0d\u26be"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ac_99886797\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme first_text_block\">\n<p>Shohei Ohtani\u00a0thrives at just about everything when it comes to the game of baseball.<\/p>\n<p>Hitting? He slashed .310\/.390\/.646 last season with a 1.036 OPS and 54 home runs while winning the World Series and his third MVP award.<\/p>\n<p>Pitching? In the last season he pitched (2023 for the Los Angeles Angels), he boasted a 10-5 record as a starter with a 3.14 ERA and a 1.06 WHIP.<\/p>\n<p>The guy is truly amazing, and he&#8217;s an international superstar. Is it any surprise, then, to hear that he officially boasts the best-selling MLB jersey in the world?<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the case, according to MLB, but again, it&#8217;s not all that much of a shocker.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_99886798\" class=\"article_chunk type_51\"><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1906781301807403303&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yardbarker.com%2Fmlb%2Farticles%2Fshohei_ohtani_gets_another_big_mlb_win_via_global_jersey_sales%2Fs1_13132_41985378&amp;sessionId=387edac7746791769f2b2f4dce17e470894d5722&amp;siteScreenName=yardbarker&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-8=\"true\" data-tweet-id=\"1906781301807403303\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_99886799\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme \">\n<p>The rankings are based on Nike sales from the Fanatics network, the league said,\u00a0according to ESPN. That includes MLBShop.com<\/p>\n<p>The numbers provided were since the Dodgers&#8217; World Series win over the New York Yankees this past season, which propelled the team into history and apparently into the hearts of jersey-loving fans all across the world.<\/p>\n<p>The incredible thing about it is that not only has Ohtani had the world&#8217;s most popular MLB jersey since 2023, but the Dodgers are cleaning up on the list of the top-10 best-sellers. Freddie Freeman checks in at No. 2, while Mookie Betts is also in the top five at No. 4 and Yoshinobu Yamamoto is at No. 10.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers are a team of superstars, and the world has taken notice. 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