Right now the US Open tennis tournament is being played in New York City. Known as a major championship, it is one of the biggest tennis tournaments in the world.

There are four total major championships: The Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, the US Open. Together they are known as the Grand Slam Tournaments.

Year after year tennis pros travel to these events. Each played in a different country at a different time of year.

Their skills are tested on different types of courts against the best players in the world.

winning just one of these events would be a dream come true for any tennis player… imagine trying to win all four… in the same year!

This is the story about a Queen of the Court and her quest to capture all four of tennis’s Crown Jewels.

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There are baseball players who can hit.

There are baseball players who can pitch.

And then there is Shohei Ohtani.

Part 2 of our two part story tells the story of Shohei and his Samurai Japan teammates as they advance through the knockout round of the 2023 World Baseball Classic, eventually to a championship game when the entire baseball world seemed to stop and watch.

The game would come down to the final at bat.

Where one pitcher and one hitter who were professional teammates took the field as international rivals carrying the hopes of two baseball loving countries with them.

For the full story of Shohei Ohtani's rise to stardom be sure to listen to part 1 of this story found here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2630057/episodes/19685066

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There are baseball players who can hit.

There are baseball players who can pitch.

And then there is Shohei Ohtani.

For more than a 100 years, young baseball players had been told that if they wanted to become truly great they would need to choose a path. A player could become a great pitcher, or a great hitter. But they could not do both.

But Ohtani never seemed interested in choosing.

He believed he could do both.

And his journey would take him from a small town in Japan to the brightest stadiums in America—and eventually to one unforgettable tournament and a championship game when the entire baseball world seemed to stop and watch.

This is the first part of a two part story about Shohei Ohtani and the 2023 World baseball Classic.

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