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Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani has been named the National League Player of the Week, Major League Baseball said Monday, marking his first weekly award since switching leagues and his eighth overall. The 29-year-old became the third Japanese player after Hideo Nomo and Ichiro Suzuki to win the weekly award in both leagues. He claimed the American League honor three times last year as part of his second AL MVP-winning season with the Los Angeles Angels. For the week starting April 29, Ohtani batted .524 with three home runs and seven RBIs. The span included his first multi-homer ga…

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