Shohei Ohtani Hits 30 Home Runs for Sixth Straight Year
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Shohei Ohtani is a famous baseball player from Japan.
He plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers in America.
Ohtani hit his 30th home run of the year.
This is the sixth year in a row he did this.
A home run is when a player hits the ball very far.
It means the batter can run around all the bases.
Ohtani now has 139 home runs for the Dodgers team.
He needs 10 more to pass Babe Ruth's record with the team.
Babe Ruth was a very famous old baseball player.
The Dodgers manager is Dave Roberts.
A manager is the leader of a sports team.
Roberts talked about another player named PCA.
PCA means Andy Pages, a teammate of Ohtani.
Roberts said other players can push Ohtani to do better.
He said this can help Ohtani grow even more.
Vocabulary15 words
- Dodgers
- a baseball team from Los Angeles
- home run
- hitting the ball very far in baseball
- manager
- the leader of a sports team
- consecutive
- one after another, without stopping
- record
- the best result ever
- batter
- the player who hits the ball
- career
- all the years someone plays a sport
- teammate
- a person on the same team
- stimulate
- to help someone try harder
- growth
- getting better or bigger
- total
- the full number
- achievement
- something good that a person does
- season
- the months when a sport is played
- famous
- known by many people
- player
- a person who plays a sport
Quiz
Answer key
1. 30 2. Six 3. True
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Shohei Ohtani is a famous baseball player from Japan.
He plays for the Los Angeles _____ in America.
Ohtani hit his 30th _____ of the year.
This is the _____ year in a row he did this.
Ohtani now has _____ home runs for the Dodgers team.
He needs 10 more to pass Babe Ruth's _____ with the team.
The Dodgers _____ is Dave Roberts.
Roberts said other players can push Ohtani to do _____.
He said this can help Ohtani _____ even more.