[NohSpinZone]

Uh, wrong, you insufferable blowhard. What Ohtani is doing is amazing and universally understood. Ichiro already proved that you don't need to speak English right away to be immensely popular.

BTW, Smith himself barely speaks understandable English. Quit throwing stones.

[Red Badger]

Sounds racist.......................

[GnuThere]

Wow, he needs a re-education camp!

[ConservativeInPA]

Funny, Steven A. Smith barely speaks English.

[Steve_Seattle]

A few months ago, an executive of the Seattle Mariners was fired for making similar comments about a player.

[Responsibility2nd]

Is he respectful to the US flag and this country?

If so - shut up. He’s got for more integrity than most woke sports millionaires.

[lee martell]

English fluency is the least of Baseball’s real problems.
Nine innings is just too long for some of the younger fans.

[Tallguy]

Shoot, many of the Latin ballplayers from the ‘60s & ‘70s weren’t too comfortable with English. They learned.

[Responsibility2nd]

What next? Will Smith complain Ohtani drives his Honda only 40 mph on the expressway?

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

Actually, Ohtani is an even better icon for baseball because he doesn’t speak! It should be all about the game, and what he does on the field.

[Fido969]

More anti-Asian hate from an African-American.

[Osage Orange]

I liked his POV on many things./...but he's wrong here.

Blacks can't be racist in our country..these days.

But I'd call this by Stephen A. Smith ,,,racist.

[stevem]

MLB is committing suicide down the woke path. Look to the commissioner. He only speaks The Soros tongue.

[Magnum44]

[lodi90]

What a bigoted thing to say. Somebody needs to hand Stephen A. a white hood.

[chajin]

I gave up MLB when it went anti-Trump, but this guy is an idiot. We’ve had non-English-speaking players for at least the last four decades, and half the English speakers couldn’t speak English either. It’s what’s on the field that matters, not what’s on the mic.

[pnz1]

Is he the only player that doesn’t speak English?

[dfwgator]

I suspect what Smith really can’t stand is that white people like Ohtani.

[ocrp1982]

Democrats seem to have developed a deep disdain for Orientals. Attempting to discriminate against them in college/university admissions and now in sports.

[Verginius Rufus]

Has Smith attacked Latin American baseball players who spoke little or no English?

How do you say "Beisbol has been berry berry good to me" in Japanese?

[StAnDeliver]

Hideki Matsuyama's English is shaky, at best, but I would have put the green jacket on him myself. He's good for the sport.

Stephen A Flapalip knows he can get away with it, it's intentional clickbait. He saw what ESPN did to Kenny Mayne (cruel!), and Flapalip knows he's on his last contract at Disney, so he be advertisin' da hooptdy for either Fox or CBS/Viacom.