I wrote about Shohei Ohtani five years ago . Shohei came to America from the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters ( also produced Yu Darvish, 6'5", to the left, and both wore #11 ), and recorded the fastest pitch in Japan:  102.5 MPH.  He reached 99 MPH in high school.  He began his professional career in 2013 as both a left-handed hitter and right-handed pitcher.  He   signed a contract with the Angels last year   for only $545,000/year, plus a one time bonus of $2.3 million.  If he had waited until the age of 25, he would have gotten more than $200 million in a 6-8 year contract.    However, he will get his share of endorsements.  The Ham Fighters will receive $20 million for allowing him play in the USA.   Oh, he is single, humble, and with movie-star good looks.   There are many Ohtani books .  If you are into cards, here is a source of  five of them with a wristband gift bundle . There is thus nothing much I can add to what is in print.  So here are some tidbits of interest: In h