nytimes August 20, 2021 12:00am Is Shohei Ohtani ‘the New Babe Ruth,’ or Something Entirely New? #baseball #losangelesangelsofanaheim #ohtanishohei #ruthbabe #majorleaguebaseball #recordsandachievements #news Is Shohei Ohtani ‘the New Babe Ruth,’ or Something Entirely New? The two-way star for the Los Angeles Angels draws countless comparisons to the Yankees legend, but their paths are fairly different.