My fanaticism for professional sports in Los Angeles has waned somewhat for various reasons but that's another thread. However, Shohei Ohtani had an incredible night last night while in the process of being the first player in baseball history to reach the 50 hr / 50 sb in a season. Normally I expect a level of hype (marketing) but this guy is treating that baseball and those pitching it like Tiger to a golf ball in his prime.
Re: 50-50 club a lonely place
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2024 1:35 pm
by Carson
Too bad he's a compulsive gambler.
Re: 50-50 club a lonely place
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2024 4:00 pm
by Mikey
Doesn’t speak English, and probably eats dogs and cats.
Re: 50-50 club a lonely place
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2024 4:46 pm
by HighPlainsGrifter
The smart move is to keep him off the pitching mound but you don't pay a guy a Billion unless he's playing both sides of the ball.
Re: 50-50 club a lonely place
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2024 5:03 pm
by The Seer
HighPlainsGrifter wrote: ↑Fri Sep 20, 2024 4:46 pm
The smart move is to keep him off the pitching mound but you don't pay a guy a Billion unless you're the LA Dodgers.
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Re: 50-50 club a lonely place
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2024 9:25 am
by kcdave
Only in the modern game.
No way he reaches these milestones prior to 2000.
He would have worn one on his ass during his 4th at bat
on Thursday. One in his ear during his 5th at bat, and would
have never seen the 6th chance.
Re: 50-50 club a lonely place
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2024 1:01 pm
by Mikey
New rules make stealing bases a lot easier too.
Re: 50-50 club a lonely place
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2024 2:35 pm
by The Seer
kcdave wrote: ↑Sat Sep 21, 2024 9:25 am
Only in the modern game.
No way he reaches these milestones prior to 2000.
He would have worn one on his ass during his 4th at bat
on Thursday. One in his ear during his 5th at bat, and would
have never seen the 6th chance.
Yep. Some of those pitches he saw resembled T-ball....like they wanted to be a part of history...ala Al Downing.
The safety conscious era we're in won't allow the unwritten rules of the past, but scoring runs keeps people in the seats.
kcdave wrote: ↑Sat Sep 21, 2024 9:25 am
Only in the modern game.
No way he reaches these milestones prior to 2000.
He would have worn one on his ass during his 4th at bat
on Thursday. One in his ear during his 5th at bat, and would
have never seen the 6th chance.
Yep. Some of those pitches he saw resembled T-ball....like they wanted to be a part of history...ala Al Downing.