SHOHEI Ohtani has paid tribute to the death of a baseball icon.

The Los Angeles Dodgers superstar shared the message on social media on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, it was revealed that Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima died at the age of 89.

Nagashima died of pneumonia, and Ohtani gave a tribute to the Yomiuri Giants icon.

Ohtani posted three photos of himself with Nagashima on Instagram .

Two of the pictures were from March, when his Dodgers were in Japan to play the Chicago Cubs during the Tokyo Series.

The last snap showed a past pic of Nagashima and Ohtani.

The Dodgers' two-way star captioned the post, "May your soul rest in peace."

Fans sent their praise to Ohtani's post and sent their condolences his way.

"Sorry for your loss, brother," one said.

"What a

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