“Very cool” with a baseball player on the cover for the first time in 18 years and a suit by Shohei Ohtani in Time magazine | Full-Count

“Time” is the world’s first news magazine launched in 1923.

Shohei Ohtani of the Angels who participated in the opening game with the Astros on the 7th (8th Japan time) as “No. 1 pitcher and DH”. As a pitcher, he developed a “strikeout show” with 4 hits, 1 run and 9 strikeouts until the middle of the 5th inning, and even after he got off the board, he continued to play as a DH under the new rules and ended up with no hits in 4 at bats.

Otani graced the cover of the latest issue of the US magazine “Time” released that day. It is the world’s first news magazine, launched in 1923, and it is the first time in 18 years that a baseball player has been on the cover. Holding a grab in a navy suit, the magazine describes “Shohei Ohtani is a baseball tycoon who has never seen anything in MLB history.”

Time magazine also publishes an interview with Otani behind the scenes of this cover shoot on official Twitter. He said, “I think that’s the case with all players, but since it’s a page with a long history, I want to make it an impressive page,” he said with a laugh. Fans were fascinated by this video, saying, “I think he’s very cool,” “What a nice person!” “He’s so cute …, hot …, handsome … tall.”