He’s an amazing player. I’m not a Dodger fan, but Ohtani is fun to watch.
Saw the 20 minutes of game highlights. Very exciting.
It’s clearly among the most impressive performances ever in a major league baseball game. But whether it was the greatest game of all time, there might be argument. What about game 6 of the 1975 World Series between Cincinnati and Boston?
Meh. For over a half a billion he can learn English like everyone else
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He is an amazing baseball player. Toss in there his unusual size for a Japanese person. Truly a freak (in a great way)
Amazing player and probably an unprecedented individual performance. But enough with all the talk that he’s the greatest player who ever lived. That would be …The Babe.
Batting:
HRs per 162: Ruth 46, Ohtani 45
RBIs per 162: Ruth 141, Ohtani 106
Lifetime BA: Ruth .340, Ohtani .282
Lifetime OBP: Ruth .474, Ohtani .374
Lifetime SLG: Ruth .690, Ohtani . 582
Pitching:
ERA: Ruth 3.00, Oh 3.00
W-L: Ruth 94-46 (.671), Ohtani 39-20 (.661)
So far.
A greart achievement, for sure, but the fact that the 10 strikeouts were against postseason Brewers lessens it somewhat.
I'm afraid not, and it's not even close.
Let me take you back to 1966:
Tony Cloninger, a pitcher for the Atlanta Braves, hit two grand slams in a single game on July 3, 1966, during a 17-3 win against the San Francisco Giants.
Mr. Cloniger also pitched a complete game, and the two grand slams resulted in a then-major league record of nine runs batted in for a pitcher.
Have a nice day.
Take a gander at his MLB stats. Good, but nowhere near the top.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/stats/_/id/39832/shohei-ohtani
The greatest game that I remember was a low-scoring game on May 31, 1968 in which the Dodgers squared off against the San Francisco Giants in Dodger Stadium. Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale was seeking to tie a record for the most consecutive shutouts.
As we entered the stadium, a Democrat campaign worker asked us, “do you want to vote for Senator Kennedy?” Sen Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY) was running for president, but I, being a Nixonite, told him, “no, I don’t.”
The Dodgers soon got on the board, while the Giants failed to score, yet the air grew heavy with suspense as the game went on.
Late in the game, the Giants loaded the bases and Dick Dietz came up to the plate. Drysdale hit him with a ball, and it looked as though the shutout streak was broken. However, the umpire ruled that Dietz had leaned into the pitch. In the ensuing rhubarb, the Giants’ manager was tossed out of the game.
Drysdale got out of the inning and got his shutout, the Dodgers winning 3-0. He would score one more shutout the following Tuesday.
He is so juiced
For 100 years we have been waiting for the next Babe Ruth. The wait is over except he will eventually eclipse the Bambino.
Ohtani personally outscored the entire Brewers team.
I’ve tried to find the record my G**gle-fu is weak. I’m wondering if that’s the only time in MLB history when a starting pitcher has gone yard twice. I’ll bet a box of donuts it’s the only time it’s ever happened in post-season play.
Totally agree! I was comparing Ohtani to Babe Ruth... but it seems to me Ohtani is far better than Babe Ruth was. Ohtani's pitching and hitting performances during Friday's game were astounding!
Surely one of the best performances of all time.
I think he should take a few weeks, maybe a month off to savor exactly what he accomplished (this, coming from a true Mariners fan ;o) ).