Shohei Ohtani blasts into MLB 50/50 club as founding member with Dodgers

A year ago, Ronald Acuña Jr. became the founding member of Major League Baseball’s 40/70 club, belting 40 home runs and swiping 70 bases in a historic season.

Shohei Ohtani has now become the founding member of another historic baseball club.

Thanks to his 50th home run this season, the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar is now the first player in MLB history to hit 50 home runs, and steal 50 bases, in a single season.

Ohtani founded the 50/50 club with this blast Thursday against the Miami Marlins. First, he went deep in the sixth inning for homer No. 49. When he came up in the order again in

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