Baseball: Japanese also playing major league waiting game

Just as Major League Baseball's regular season remains in limbo, Japan's major leaguers are also riding out the storm of the coronavirus pandemic, waiting for word on when and how they will be able to play ball once again.If any single player can be said to benefit from the layoff in which players have been sent home, it is Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels. Ostensibly a two-way player, Ohtani had Tommy John surgery in 2018 and spent most of that Rookie of the Year season and all of 2019 as a designated hitter.The Angels had expected Ohtani to start 2020 as a DH before returning to th…READ FULL ARTICLE