The world of Japanese baseball was celebrating on Wednesday after former Pacific League MVP Shohei Ohtani followed up his first pitching win in the majors with a stellar batting effort in his home debut.His first pro skipper, Hideki Kuriyama, who six years ago lured Ohtani away from a major league deal by concocting a plan to have him both hit and pitch, said his protege's three-hit, three-run homer effort on Tuesday in Anaheim, California, was to be expected."It's normal for him," Kuriyama said from Sendai, where the Fighters were playing the PL's Rakuten Eagles. "That's because I have no …READ FULL ARTICLE
