The Observer is a student-run, daily print & online newspaper serving Notre Dame, Saint Mary's & Holy Cross. Learn about us.
-4 posts tagged "Shohei Ohtani"
Liam Coolican | Thursday, March 23, 2023
It would have been impossible to script a better ending for the World Baseball Classic. Mike Trout against Shohei Ohtani. Bottom of the ninth. Two outs. 3-2 count. One run game. Ohtani dispatched his MLB teammate with an absolutely wicked slider to secure the 3-2 victory for Japan in the final game of the tournament
Jose Sanchez Cordova | Thursday, April 7, 2022
With the MLB about to start on Thursday, it has been hard to contain my excitement for the return of my favorite sport. But every time I mention it, I get the same few reactions. “Baseball is boring.” “It’s so slow.” “Nothing ever happens.” Or “it takes forever.” This article is my response to those
Andrew McGuinness | Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Few sports franchises are blessed with the gift of generational talent. When a team is lucky enough to find one, they must go all in to not just keep their heartbeat happy, but maximize on their higher than normal odds of winning a championship. On the rare moment when a team has two of these
David Kramer | Thursday, September 9, 2021
Amid the rise of the coronavirus pandemic, finger-pointing surged to an almost unbelievable high. Cooped up behind their computer screens, Americans absorbed the barrage of news coverage and slowly shifted blame from China to political figures to socioeconomic disparities to personal ideologies. We know the story. But nearly a century before the pandemic, Americans sparked