Despite mountains of evidence that Shohei Ohtani can hit with the best hitters in Major League Baseball, and pitch with the game's best pitchers, many have expected the Dodgers star to concentrate exclusively on one or the other at some point in his career.

Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani is coming out with a children’s book about his dog, Decoy. The five-time All-Star announced the news on his Instagram on Thursday with a picture of Decoy and a link to preorder the book, which is called "“Decoy Saves Opening Day." Here’s the blurb of the book, according to the publisher, HarperCollins.

With last night's Home Run Derby in the books its now time for the main event of MLB's annual summer classic. Baseball's AL vs. NL battle will take place at Truist Park in Atlanta this year where Shohei Ohtani will bat leadoff as the DH in Tuesday's All-Star Game ahead of Braves MVP Ronald