GLENDALE, Ariz. — Planning for the extraordinary takes a special kind of audacity. Nobody points to center field and clears the wall with the next swing. One guy might have done it, but that was Babe Ruth, and nobody’s really sure, anyway. Then came Shohei Ohtani.
Ohtani, the walking miracle of the Los Angeles Dodgers, will resume his two-way Ruthian feats this season. His right elbow is healthy enough for pitching, and his left shoulder looks a whole lot sturdier than it did in the Bronx last October.
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In his first at-bat this spring training, on Friday night against the Angels, Ohtani launched a homer into the left-field bullpen at Camelback
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