Texas Rangers manager Jeff Banister has showered praise on Shohei Otani after watching the Nippon Ham Fighters ace featured in an American news program.Otani, who is working his way back from a torn left hamstring, has been dubbed the "Japanese Babe Ruth," and was featured on 60 Minutes this spring."The only thing I know about him is what I saw on (60 Minutes)," Banister was quoted saying by dallasnews.com on Friday. "Inside (the show), they showed a tremendous athlete with a big arm who could really hit and hit it a long way.""This is a premier athlete that's a baseball player. He looked l…READ FULL ARTICLE
