Shohei Ohtani to Donate Gloves to 20,000 Elementary Schools
17:14 JST, November 9, 2023
Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani, who has recently become a free agent, will donate three baseball gloves to each of the roughly 20,000 elementary schools across Japan, the two-way star announced on his Instagram account on Wednesday.
He said in his Instagram post, “I’m hoping the kids can spend their days happily with a lot of energy through baseball.”
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