Japanese Major League Baseball player Shohei Ohtani set a new record yesterday, hitting his 50th home run of the season coupled with 50 stolen bases. Ohtani is a baseball superstar with fans in the US and Asia. Host Carol Hills speaks with Victor Matheson, a professor of economics at the College of the Holy Cross, about Ohtani’s impact in the US and abroad.
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