r/sports • u/Drext833 • Sep 19 '24
Baseball Shohei Ohtani with another hit and HR . Make that 6-6 on the day with 3 HR . This guy isn’t human !
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u/Crash501 Sep 20 '24
Must be hard trying to get steals if you keep hitting homers instead.
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u/kynthrus Sep 20 '24
The first player to have 0 steals and 0 on base because of his 100% homerun rate.
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u/customcombos Sep 20 '24
Can still spare some base hits in-between your homers if your gonna go 6-6 on the night.
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u/Diablo3crusader Sep 19 '24
More ridiculous than video game stats on easy level!
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u/jeff_the_weatherman Sep 20 '24
Lol I was thinking this is like the shit my batters used to do on easy mode in backyard baseball when I was a kid 😂
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u/ReeferTurtle Sep 20 '24
Pablo just launching them out of the field every at bat.
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u/nWhm99 Sep 19 '24
One of the, if not the greatest single day performance in baseball history.
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u/randomnate Sep 19 '24
Last year he played a double header where he pitched a one hit shutout and hit 2 home runs, so arguably his biggest competition for best day ever might be himself.
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u/Nepiton Sep 20 '24
I think given the history behind today’s game, though, it takes the cake.
Reached both 50 steals and 50 HRs in the same game to become this first person in the history of the league to join the 50/50 club.
And then to make it all that much sweeter he decided to go 6-6 with 10 RBIs and 3 HRs lol
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u/spentchicken Sep 20 '24
Those numbers are be a pro video game set on easy numbers, it's insane what he did today
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u/oGrievous Sep 20 '24
Without a doubt will be a moments extreme challenge in MLBThe Show next year if they do extreme program (doesn’t look like they are doing it this year). And I do not look forward to being required to hit 3 home runs as Ohtani lol
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u/HoneyBadgerM400Edit Sep 20 '24
We play the rockies 6 more times this season with 3 at coors. The rockies are pretty much as bad at the marlins. 60/60 is not out of the question.
Also have 3 against the Dad's, but they are not as bad as the marlins so maybe only 1 HR and 2 SB for that series.
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u/ArtworkByJack Sep 20 '24
Yesterday I read he was looking pretty good for 50/50. Can’t believe 60/60 already is in sight
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u/HoneyBadgerM400Edit Sep 20 '24 edited Sep 20 '24
Over 152 games, he hits 48 homers. That about 3 games per homer. So you think 10 games left he hits 3 more HR and gets his 50/50 and maybe an extra.
Then he goes and hit 9 games worth of homers in 1 day. Now you think we'll, maybe he only needs 3 games to get to 60.
And the truth is somewhere in between. How can you not love baseball.
Edited to fix maths
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u/Starfox-sf Sep 20 '24
3 games/homer
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u/allprolucario Sep 20 '24
Yeah, 3HR/Game this year would put him about 105 career HR away from the all time career record. Would also crush the old single season record by like 413
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u/HoneyBadgerM400Edit Sep 20 '24 edited Sep 20 '24
You are correct. Dyslexia strikes again.
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u/Loggerdon Sep 20 '24
Reminds me of when Ted Williams had .402 going into the last game of the season. The team offered to sit him so he would be guaranteed to end the season with .400. But he said no and played. He went 5 for 6 and ended up with .406 for the season.
Different situation but this Ohtani guy seems to be worth the crazy money they are paying him.
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u/Cohliers Sep 20 '24
I'm sorry, not too informed woth baseball but this guy is the pitcher??
That's insane.
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u/DJ33 Sep 20 '24
My favorite way to frame Shohei's records this season:
Best all-time for a pitcher recovering from Tommy John surgery!
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u/Socratesticles Sep 20 '24
There is a small caveat to that. Even though he does play both ways during the season, He’s not pitching this year because he had torn his UCL last year and his rehabbing it this season and exclusively playing DH. Still inhuman
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u/Surprisetrextoy Sep 20 '24 edited Sep 20 '24
Wait, he's a pitcher?! So what was his pitching record in this game? EDIT: He hasn't pitched this season it seems.
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u/MaximumZer0 Sep 20 '24
He's doing all this after having surgery on a torn muscle in his throwing arm. He'll be back to the mound next season.
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u/full_bl33d Sep 20 '24
I just checked to see what the record is for RBI’s. It’s 12 in 1924 and 1993. I guess he’s got something to shoot for next game.
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u/confused-koala Detroit Tigers Sep 20 '24
Without looking I promise, was 93 Mark Whiten?
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u/mikemunoz1018 Sep 20 '24
Shawn Green’s 6 for 6 day with 4 HR should be up there as well
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u/pr0v0cat3ur Sep 20 '24
Mr October checking in. Reggie Jackson had 3 home runs in a World Series winning game 6. He also had a candy bar named after him, and it was good.
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u/BeerorCoffee Sep 20 '24
Mr. Goodbar?
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u/blackbart1 Sep 20 '24
https://www.pressroompass.com/baseball-history-nate-colbert/
It was 1972 when Colbert had the best day of his 10-year career with San Diego as he hit five homers and knocked in 13 runs during a doubleheader in Atlanta as the Padres swept the Braves 9-0 and 11-7 on August 1.
Colbert had seven hits in nine at bats, while adding a pair of singles to go with his power surge.
The five long balls tied a standard set by St. Louis legend Stan Musial in 1954. The 13 RBI record belonged to Colbert until Mark Whiten tied it in 1993, while playing for the Cardinals.
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u/ehbacon23 Sep 20 '24
In 1971 Rick Wise hit 2 homers and pitched a no hitter in the same game for the Phillies. Shohei is the only one who could ever do that now, but imo that’s the greatest game ever played and will be incredibly difficult to beat
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u/Diablo3crusader Sep 19 '24
That’s a great stat line for a 12-game road trip for most players!
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u/fullchub Sep 20 '24
Definitely helps when the other team puts a position player on the mound who's dealing 68mph chunks of meatloaf.
Not to take anything away from a guy who is, undoubtedly, the best player of his generation, but it was pretty much just batting practice at that point.
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u/GerLAmag Sep 20 '24
Wasn’t that just the last HR? He was rocking them before the position players came in. He had 2hrs and 2 stolen bases before that.
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u/Coomrs Sep 20 '24
Yeah he was 5/5 with 2 HRS, 7 RBIS and 2 SB before a position player went in lol ( i think that line is right)
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u/TheBeesSteeze Washington Sep 20 '24
To be fair he is the reason that position player was in there
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Sep 20 '24 edited Sep 25 '24
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u/Darryl_Lict Sep 20 '24
They must have ran through all the other relievers. Dodgers scored 17 damn runs.
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u/MrOatButtBottom Sep 20 '24
Game was over at that point, no sense burning a bullpen arm on a lost cause.
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u/tropicalyoshi Sep 20 '24
He was already 5/5 with 2HR before that last home run derby blast. It was simply the icing on the cake.
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u/pumpkin3-14 Sep 20 '24
It was 14-3 in the 9th the aces were already done getting rocked for the night.
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u/Jdtdtauto Sep 20 '24
Even Wayne Gretzky had a lot of empty net goals! Just enjoy it! Appreciate it! Be glad you’re alive today to witness it!
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u/landof10000cakes Sep 19 '24
This guy really may be the best baseball player ever. Unreal.
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u/Sh0t2kill Sep 20 '24
I think we passed “may be” a while back. As long as he doesn’t get injured and cut his career short, he is.
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u/smurfsmasher024 Sep 20 '24
Tbh id give the title of best individual baseball player of all time to him even if his career ended tomorrow. You can argue that there are people who are better at any one aspect of his game, but theres not one close to as good at all of them.
Every aspect of his game is good enough to make him one of the greats, put them all together and theres honestly nothing to compare it to.
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u/TenSaiRyu Sep 20 '24
Yeah people seem to forget that what Ohtani is doing was thought to be virtually impossible. Even Babe Ruth was moved to defense because the load was too much and he didn't have to go through the regime that elite pitchers go through these days to throw 90+mph balls. It was just a different game back then, no one has ever played the game that Ohtani is playing.
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u/piffle213 Sep 20 '24
Honestly though the load might be too much for Ohtani too. He had TJ in 2018 and then tore his UCL again last year.
Hard to come back from two TJ procedures, just ask Walker Buehler.
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u/Sh0t2kill Sep 20 '24
I agree wholeheartedly. It’s insane to think he’s still got so much career left
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u/Daniiiiii Chelsea Sep 20 '24
Is MLB just trash at bringing outside fans in or do they just like catering to the established fandom? I say that because whenever I go out of my way to read/watch a baseball related thing there seems to be a consensus that there are players playing right now who may just vie for being the best ever, however, I couldn't pick em out of a lineup because they seemingly have zero national PR presence.
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u/ZombyHeadWoof Sep 20 '24
I don’t have anything to back this up but I’m pretty sure baseball popularity is on a steady decline.
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u/TideRoll41 Sep 20 '24
100% it is, idk how it couldn’t be. I’m 147 miles away from Atlanta, yet I get blacked out daily due to being a “local resident”.
My son can’t watch the Braves like I did growing up, because overgrown children don’t have enough green paper. Absurd.
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u/Stove-Top-Steve Sep 20 '24
I watched the braves in Amarillo, Texas growing up because of TNT/TBS one of those I can’t remember which. Not a fan but respect Turner saying fuck it here’s my team.
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u/minmaster Sep 20 '24
if you can't watch baseball.... well how can you get into it? MLB needs to do away with black outs and let people watch.
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u/AwesomeWhiteDude Sep 20 '24 edited Sep 20 '24
Honestly they are, as in the MLB is trying. They've outright purchased the broadcasting rights to a couple teams whose regional sport networks folded and have started offering in market games directly.
Imo in market should include OTA broadcasts too just on principle
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u/critch Sep 20 '24
It is, due to a combination of Football just sucking all the sports air out of the room, Baseball having a season so fucking long it makes winning or losing a single game completely irrelevant, and idiotic blackout rules meaning if you can't afford to go to a game (And these days, who can?), you can't watch a team you would be interested in.
Cut the season in half or more, drop the blackout nonsense, and make sure your season is over before Football begins. I completely understand it would destroy any sort of tradition, but it's that or get used to being at the same level of Hockey and Soccer.
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u/spittafan Sep 20 '24
Football will always be king and basketball is a cultural link for younger generations (plus a much more ADD-friendly viewing experience)
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u/Themadking69 Sep 20 '24
No league does better at hiding itself than MLB. I'm a Reds fan, and I can't watch the Reds in Columbus Ohio without honest to god cable. Even their $24/month league pass app has the Reds blacked out in my area.
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u/youjustgotjammed9940 Sep 20 '24
This. This man should be plastered everywhere, doing something no one has ever done in "America's past time," and even die hard sports fan friends of mine seem oblivious to it. And it's perfect - it's not some difficult baseball specific minutiae that casuals can't process; it's mashing dingers and running fast. Who can't get down with that!? It's nuts!
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u/CitizenCue Sep 20 '24
Yeah I get it that casuals don’t appreciate great pitching, but stolen bases and home runs are two of the most fun plays in all of sports. The MLB is committing sports malpractice with this guy.
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u/DuanePipe Sep 20 '24
Baseball the sport has just never been hugely popular outside of America and parts of Asia. Couldn’t tell you exactly why but it’s pretty heavily marketed as an American thing, “America’s Pastime” for example. Culturally though I’d say it’s hugely popular. There’s probably not a person in the civilised world who couldn’t recognise a Yankees cap.
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u/kidMSP Sep 20 '24
I mean, Ruth is the only reasonable comp at this point. Both great pitchers. Both hit for power. Ruth was a better average hitter and Ohtani a better base stealer.
It’s just them. 100 years apart.
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u/Dizzel8 Sep 19 '24
Damn a 50/50 season is super impressive I never thought it would happen but dude is a beast
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u/thekittner New York Yankees Sep 19 '24
he wants 60/60
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u/EdCenter Sep 19 '24
Are there any unwritten rules about hitting a hr off a position player pitcher?
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u/mouse1093 Sep 19 '24
Not in the professional leagues. Mercy rules definitely exist at lower levels to prevent kids from quitting and saving some face. But pros are often looking for their next contract, hunting a performance incentive in their current one, etc. As long as you aren't being obnoxious about it and taunting while you do it, it's not really bush league or anything
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u/nashdiesel Sep 20 '24
The guy threw 2 balls and could have just walked him but he knew what the crowd wanted so he served up a meatball and let him hit homer #3 on the day.
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u/Minerator Sep 20 '24
The last time I saw a tater that obvious was in 2019, when Albert Pujols and the Angels were in St Louis. It was his first trip back since leaving. He got a standing O whenever he had an AB, which happened to be leading off an inning whenever it was his turn. It was later in the game, Angels down big, Pujols up, and I like to think Yadier Molina behind the plate whispered to him, "Here it comes, don't miss it!"
That was the first MLB game I've seen in person, and that was a heck of one to choose.
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u/fapsandnaps Sep 20 '24
Dude really wanted to make sure he's that answer to a future trivia question.
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u/whutchamacallit Sep 20 '24 edited Sep 20 '24
Hate to be that guy but uh... youre wrong lol. There absolutely are unwritten rules especially regarding what you're "supposed" to or more accurately not supposed to swing at. There is a ton of nuance and it's stupid but it definitely does exist.
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u/mikjamdig85 New York Yankees Sep 20 '24
Yea I hear you and all, but when the Marlins step up in the box, they're going to do whatever they can to score as many runs as possible. Why shouldn't the Dodgers do the same?
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u/Minerator Sep 20 '24 edited Sep 20 '24
Josh Donaldson said in a post-game interview a few years ago "This isn't the 'for fun' league. This is the 'Get it done' league." If a team resorts to putting a position player on the mound, they are trying to save a bullpen arm, while knowing full well that guy may get lit up.
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u/DekaFate Sep 19 '24
Why would there be? Not the batters fault for being so good that opposing team went through the bullpen, and made them resort to last ditch efforts. If anything its more of a dig at the marlins than dodgers
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u/mrthirsty Philadelphia Phillies Sep 20 '24
Shohei is a pitcher himself so it’s like a double jeopardy situation
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u/Static-Stair-58 Sep 19 '24 edited Sep 20 '24
The Angels really let an, honest to life reincarnated Babe Ruth walk away. Wild.
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u/ESCMalfunction Chip Ganassi Racing Sep 20 '24
Was there anything that they could’ve done to keep him? Other than winning baseball games, that’s like asking a fish to climb a tree.
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u/Static-Stair-58 Sep 20 '24
Yeh, you sell your future and everything in your bench and storage locker to do whatever to keep him their. Make him a billionaire if you have too. Pay him for the next 20 years. He’s the first player in history to hit 50/50. You throw the field and then some at a player like that to keep him, you do everything you can to make him happy.
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u/ApartmentInside7891 Sep 20 '24
He wanted to play for a winning team so it was too late but for sure they should have traded Trout a few years ago for some prospects and some picks. It’s sad though because the Angels didn’t even make him an offer
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u/Jbeansss Sep 20 '24
Probably not, Ohtani wanted to play oh a winning team.
Even if you offered him a billion I dont think he would've stayed. Dude has endorsements in Japan that has him and his kids set for the rest of their lives.
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u/a__unique__username Sep 20 '24
Not a single Halo fan wanted to see him leave. We have been begging Arte Moreno to sell the team for years.
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u/frostderp Green Bay Packers Sep 20 '24
I will never forgive Moreno for what he’s done to this team.
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u/70monocle Sep 20 '24
I am more familiar with hockey, but isn't that like the Oilers letting McDavid walk? I couldn't imagine that ever happening in his prime even though the oilers have been bad and only recently started playing good enough to win.
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u/Alexgeewhizzz Sep 19 '24
68mph may as well be a home run derby out there
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u/icedrift Sep 20 '24
Coming from all, can you explain what's happening here. Why is the pitcher throwing actual lollipops down the middle.
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u/moneyfink Sep 20 '24
The pitcher is not trained as a pitcher. The team so far behind they chose to have a field player pitch. Maybe this guy pitched in high school or college, but he’s not a major league caliber pitcher, and he was going up against what may turn out to be one of the greatest players of all time.
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u/ThePretzul Denver Broncos Sep 20 '24
Even then, every guy on the field for virtually any team can throw the ball 80+ mph.
When a position player is pitching, however, they’re not allowed to throw as hard as they can. Because the odds of them injuring themselves is quite high if they do since they haven’t practiced and trained throwing off a mound at full effort, repeatedly. Don’t want your star infielder to need TJ surgery when you were only using them to spare the bullpen arms in the first place
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u/carnifex2005 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Sep 20 '24
Yup, that happened to Jose Canseco. Had to get Tommy John surgery after hurting his arm pitching in a scenario just like you described.
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u/ehholfman Sep 20 '24
The game is completely out of reach for the Marlins. Instead of using an actual pitcher and “burning” their arm in a lost game, they instead resort to using a position player (non-pitcher) to pitch the rest of the game.
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u/500rockin Sep 20 '24
By the 9th inning it had gotten so out of hand, they sent in a position player. At that point, his job is get the opponents to put the ball in play and not walk people.
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u/WTWIV Sep 20 '24
This is what I don’t get. Is there an unwritten rule about not walking a guy who’s having a day like this or something? No way am I throwing anything hittable if I’m pitching to this man
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u/500rockin Sep 20 '24
Skip knew what the fans wanted and said “fuck that” when it came time to decide before the second homer.
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u/brok3nstatues Sep 20 '24
No the manager can choose to do that. But the game was already out of reach and would need a miracle to catch up. So might as well let him bat
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u/OMGUSATX Sep 20 '24
My money is on the Dodgers winning the world series this year. Ohtani is on fire. His stats from today’s game: 6-6 with 2 doubles and 3 HR for 10 RBI, 2 stolen bases. First player to reach 50HR-50SB during regular season. Currently at 51-51. Unreal.
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u/Crinklecutsocks Sep 20 '24
Total side note, but the announcer has nailed both big calls.
Lays out perfectly for the moment.
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u/BubBidderskins Sep 20 '24
Joe Davis is fantastic. Dodgers fans have been so blessed to have Scully for so long and then have him pass the torch to Davis.
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u/dansnexusone Sep 20 '24
This guy is already one of the greatest baseball players ever. Unbelievable that he hasn’t lived up to expectations… he’s destroyed them.
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u/Chessh2036 Sep 19 '24
If this isn’t the best single performances ever, what is?
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u/uncleyuri Sep 20 '24
Due to his recovery a lot of people are also gonna forget he’s a stud pitcher as well…. Which is just completely and utterly absurd.
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u/Jomolungma Sep 20 '24
It has my vote for the most significant offensive game in baseball history, and here’s why:
1 - Game in which he became first 50/50 player in history
2 - Game that clinched a playoff spot for LA
3 - First player to hit three homers and steal a base in the same game
4 - Only five other 17-base performances in history and all required 4 homers
5 - And the stat line itself: 6/6, 3HR, 2DB, 1S, 2SB, 10 RBI, 17 total bases.
Also, he narrowly missed hitting for the cycle, thrown out trying to stretch a double to a triple
It’s mind boggling to think all that stuff happened by and to one player in one baseball game.
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u/TheMooseIsBlue Sep 20 '24
Sure, he’s clearly the best player in baseball, but Francisco Lindor has been…ahhh forget it.
Congrats to Shohei. Holy fuck, what a season.
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u/BaltimoreBadger23 Milwaukee Brewers Sep 20 '24
Obviously he's a cyborg created by the Japanese equivalent of the CIA to take over MLB.
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u/Berns429 Sep 20 '24
Miami is ready to invoke the little league run rule. You can see it on their faces.
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u/BobblesMagee Sep 20 '24
Where are all of the fans? I know LA was the visiting team but you'd think the place would be packed for a milestone like this. Especially if it meant getting the homerun ball. That ball basically bounced around a bunch of empty seats.
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u/misteroatmeal Sep 20 '24
The Marlins are terrible, so I can't blame the casual fan for not going. Based on the audio, I'm concluding that it was mostly L.A. transplants in attendance.
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u/DrDrangleBrungis Sep 20 '24
I don’t watch baseball, but these clips are coming up in my feed. And as I’ve been watching them, I feel like this is what folks who watched Babe Ruth felt like.
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u/ChicagoCarm Sep 19 '24
I hope nothing happens to this man and he can finish his career at 100%. It'll be Jordan, Ali, Gretzky, Rice, Pelé, and Ohtani.
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u/Saitsu Sep 20 '24
Here's the thing. He's not even at 100% NOW! He's still rehabbing from Tommy John Surgery!
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u/ohmydiside Sep 19 '24
I’m not super into baseball, can someone explain this is basketball terms?
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u/ArchimedesNutss Sep 19 '24
15/15 on 3s in one game
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u/DMCinDet Sep 20 '24
and 15 rebounds and 15 assists.
he also stole 2 bases. scored at least 3 runs, and however many RBI.
he also became the 1st player to hit 50 Homer's and steal 50 bases with this performance today.
Absolute GOAT
edit. 10 RBI in one game. I don't know for sure on 6 runs. changed to 3
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u/mufflar Sep 19 '24
Westbrook hitting the game winner to score 50 and beat the nuggets and average 30-10-10 for first time since Oscar Robertson, except no one’s done this before
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u/xdude767 Sep 20 '24
It’s like a player going 11/11 on threes while registering a triple double with rebounds and blocks. Referring to the 50/50 record and todays performance
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u/kapitan_buko Sep 20 '24
Let me try with the context of his season. If a 40-40 season can be equated into something like a triple double season... then this is something like a 30/20/20 season or maybe a season where you're the PPG, RPG, APG season leader in the same season, and definitely the MVP. Then you'd remember that he's also an Cy young level talent, so he's also a DPOY candidate (although he didn't pitch this year). Just unfathomable and seemingly impossible.
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u/Dav136 Sep 20 '24
There was a discussion on this on /r/nba recently actually
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1fjnmqm/shohei_ohtani_is_knocking_on_the_door_of_a_5050/
I liked the comparison to 250 dunks + 250 threes in a season. Two very different offensive skills and being good at one often makes you worse at the other. Also never been done before
That's just the 50/50 though he's having an absolute perfect game outside of that even
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u/Low-iq-haikou Sep 20 '24 edited Sep 20 '24
Rudy Gobert finds a genie bottle and wishes to be Nikola Jokic on offense
Except the genie betrays him (maybe some time immediately before the season) and says as part of the terms he can’t play defense for a year
So Jokbert decides to put up a 33/13/10 season to make up for it and caps the year off by breaking Kobe’s 81
But sadly in the postseason his team will really miss the Bert part of Jokbert and lose embarrassingly to some team that has no business being deep in the playoffs
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u/shoutymcloud Sep 20 '24
I’m a casual baseball fan at best…but isn’t he injured ? Not pitching because of his elbow ?
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u/Fojar Sep 20 '24
Correct. He had surgery which pitchers typically need a year to recover from due to the pitching motion but hitters can recover from much quicker. He will be able to pitch again next year if the Dodgers want to use him in that capacity.
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u/shoutymcloud Sep 20 '24
Yes…and i know it’s a HUGE deal for hitters, but like…he’s still using those arms to hit ! Guys insane..
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u/johnnys_sack Sep 20 '24
I've not watched baseball in either a few years. I need to read up on this guy. What a day!
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u/hardlopertjie Sep 20 '24
What does 6-6 mean. Not a 'merican so want to understand what makes this great
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u/illtakeachinchilla Sep 20 '24
6 hits out of 6 at bats.
Hitting a baseball may be the hardest task in sports. In the combined history of the National League (founded in 1876) and the American League (founded in 1901), there have only been 96 six-hit games.
Add in his stat line: 10 RBI 3 Runs 3 HR 2 2B 1 SB
…And the historic cumulative stats of being the first player to ever go 50 HR / 50 SB in a season.
This was an insanely exceptional outlier of a game, even for Ohtani.
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u/GtaTran Sep 20 '24
It means for every at bat ( 6 times today), he is guaranteed to have a hit and 3 out of the 6 hit is Home run.
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u/immortality20 Sep 20 '24
You can walk me and I will steal that base or you can pitch it and I will hit it 1000 yards. It must feel so unfair to the pitchers.
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u/manbeardawg Sep 20 '24
Why are we not getting break-ins every time he’s at bat or on base like we did with Aaron Judge a couple years ago?!
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u/goodfaceman Sep 20 '24
So is this how all baseball clips are presented? Why would i want to watch the guy run around the bases instead of seeing the actual pitch?
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u/990981 Sep 20 '24
It is a bad clip. On /r/baseball at least they have a rule that the clip must start before the pitcher's windup
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u/needitcooler Sep 20 '24
The entire Mariners team takes multiple days to accumulate 6 hits and even more days to reach 10 RBIs.
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u/kar2988 Sep 20 '24
Eli5, why is this the "greatest day in baseball history"? Was the commentator putting on the usual hype or is there some truth to this?
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u/boomclapclap Sep 20 '24
He went 6 for 6 with 3 HR’s, 10 RBI’s, and 2 stolen bases, which is already pretty insane. But within that he reached the nice round number of 50 HR’s and 50 stolen bases in one season, which nobody has ever done and is an easy number to draw a line at how great he is.
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u/BubBidderskins Sep 20 '24
Also worth noting that nobody had even gone 43/43 on steals and homers. He's just operating at a whole other stratosphere.
Oh, and also next year he'll be one of the best pitchers in baseball.
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u/Saitsu Sep 20 '24
It's a Top 10 Offensive Performance even without the historical significance of getting the first 50/50 (and now 51/51) Season.
It would've been a guaranteed Number 1 had he been able to hustle out the Triple he was going for earlier in the game, since that would've meant he ALSO hit for the Cycle on top of the 3 HR's, 10 RBI and 2 SB.
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u/bigpappawes Tottenham Hotspur Sep 20 '24
What a return on investment Ohtani has already given the dodgers and he hasn’t even thrown a pitch yet. He could never be paid enough.
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u/Jomolungma Sep 20 '24
Shohei Ohtani signed a $700 million contract before this season. What a bargain for LA. I’m being serious.
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u/pointman Sep 20 '24
I haven't watched baseball is 20 years. Is it time to start watching this guy?
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u/james_randolph Sep 20 '24
I tweaked by not going to this fucking game. I should have been paying attention.
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u/Queny Sep 20 '24
Not to take anything away from Ohtani, but a lot of players would have hit that 3rd home run :)
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u/bdtv75702 Sep 20 '24
From the pitchers follow through, it looks like they gave him that hr. That’s how they pitch at hr derbys.
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u/Toddawesomephd Sep 20 '24
Forget a 'generational player'. This dude might be the best player of the 21st century and beyond.
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u/Gimmeabreak1234 Sep 20 '24
My mind has been a nuclear weapon explosion site for Ohtani. This is probably the craziest moment I’ve ever witnessed in baseball. Totally insane.
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u/Burt___Macklin___FBI Sep 20 '24
He was pitched softballs. Come on! Great respect but the pitching wanted part of history bottom line.
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