Inside Shohei Ohtani’s latest march toward history: ‘He’s obsessed with being great’ [Video]

If the thunderous crack of the bat doesn’t give it away, Shohei Ohtani‘s mannerisms divulge the inevitable. 

After he taps his toe, coils and releases his forceful swing through the zone, the National League home run leader lets it be known when he fully connects on a drive and is sending a souvenir into the stands by taking a series of small steps toward first base as he fixates his gaze on the ball’s path and flips his bat to the side. 

As common as the occurrence is becoming, his home runs never cease to amaze. 

The force he can generate on a swing stupefies even those who regularly see it up close. The distance he can send a baseball bewilders his coaches and teammates. 

“I don’t know what more we can really say about him,” Freddie Freemansaid Tuesday after Ohtani’s seventh home run in nine games. “Sometimes you just have to step back and appreciate a …