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Baseball

kairos12

(12,862 posts) Mon Apr 9, 2018, 04:12 PM Apr 2018

Ohtani

Currently has more homers than Aaron Judge and more strikeouts pitching then Max Scherzer.

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Ohtani (Original Post) kairos12 Apr 2018 OP

I'm not ashamed to admit that I was wrong about him (so far). Bleacher Creature Apr 2018 #1

Can you believe this guy? Ohiogal Apr 2018 #2

I thin he said he wouldn't play on the east coast. kairos12 Apr 2018 #3

Shohei Ohtani is a National League manager's wet dream Brother Buzz Apr 2018 #4

Bleacher Creature

(11,257 posts)

1. I'm not ashamed to admit that I was wrong about him (so far).

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Mon Apr 9, 2018, 04:44 PM

Apr 2018

I thought that the fascination with him as a two-way player was a pipe dream, and that he'd ultimately need to pick one or the other. My only basis for thinking this way was the fact that there hasn't been a great two-way player since Babe Ruth.

I was really wrong.