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Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani was announced Monday as the National League’s Player of the Month for September, the fifth monthly honor of his career after four with the American League’s Los Angeles Angels. The 30-year-old two-way star, who has not pitched this season as he rehabs from September 2023 elbow surgery, became Major League Baseball’s first player with 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a season on Sept. 19. That day in Miami, Ohtani had six hits, three homers, 10 RBIs and two stolen bases. In the regular season’s final month, he batted .393 with 10 home runs,…

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