Apparently being the first two-way player in Major League Baseball in 100 years wasn’t enough for Shohei Ohtani, as the incomparable star of the Los Angeles Dodgers created his own club on Thursday, and it’s a club of one. Ohtani entered the 50/50 club, with 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a single-season, becoming the first player in MLB history to accomplish the feat.
He was just shy of both legs of the milestone as he entered Thursday’s game with the Miami Marlins with 48 home runs and 49 stolen bases. But he didn’t even wait for the first inning to end to scratch one part off as he doubled to lead off the game, then saw Freddie Freeman walk to put Dodgers on first and second. Los Angeles then executed a double steal with Ohtani taking third base and Freeman taking second. That was steal No. 50, making him the first Dodgers player in a decade to reach the 50-stolen base plateau.
