2-2, BB4IP 1ER 2BB 5K
― ✖, Sunday, 21 March 2021 21:59 (three years ago) link
Something more than a trivial occurrence:
twitter.com/Angels/status/1386713631207792642
― clemenza, Tuesday, 27 April 2021 00:27 (three years ago) link
94 at eye-level
"Oh my goodness. OH MY goodness. Shohei Ohtani..." #WeBelieve pic.twitter.com/FNAcTDiXO3— Justin Groc (@jgroc) May 18, 2021
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 03:48 (three years ago) link
Don’t think you’re meant to be able to do that
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Tuesday, 18 May 2021 03:52 (three years ago) link
god I would fuckin hate pitching to that guy
― frogbs, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 03:58 (three years ago) link
whoa
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 18 May 2021 04:16 (three years ago) link
So sad to think he won't make the post-season.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 20 May 2021 00:45 (three years ago) link
his velo is way way down tonight
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 20 May 2021 00:48 (three years ago) link
I'm reading 89 mph fastballs?
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 20 May 2021 00:52 (three years ago) link
he's throwing up to 95 now in the 4th
― ✖, Thursday, 20 May 2021 01:12 (three years ago) link
2 HRs tonight (Angels are down by 5)
― frogbs, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 01:02 (two years ago) link
a pittsburgher i follow drove to nyc specifically to see ohtani tonight and lol
― mookieproof, Thursday, 1 July 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
2 more HRs tonight
― frogbs, Saturday, 3 July 2021 03:48 (two years ago) link
I would never in a million years bet on Ohtani having the season he’s having right now.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 3 July 2021 14:42 (two years ago) link
Folks need to stop comparing Shohei Ohtani to Babe RuthShohei Ohtani is the first Shohei OhtaniNobody’s ever done what he’s done in a half season, and it’s somehow still not getting enough media coverage https://t.co/cGY2CzpeUn— joon 이준엽 (@joonlee) July 8, 2021
― Andy K, Thursday, 8 July 2021 00:41 (two years ago) link
I agree that there aren't enough superlatives to describe what he's doing.
However, when it comes to Ohtani, there can never be enough comparisons to Babe Ruth. Babe f'n Ruth!!
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 8 July 2021 08:22 (two years ago) link
The need for the angels to make the playoffs only grows more and more urgent
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 8 July 2021 15:51 (two years ago) link
when is he a free agent? he will be an LA dodger or a boston red sock or a new york motherfucker in a couple years
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, 8 July 2021 16:01 (two years ago) link
yea he seems like one of those players who could singlehandedly rescue the sport but having him play on the West Coast on a team that's 4th in their division sucks. crazy if the Angels miss the playoffs yet again despite having 2 generational talents on their team
― frogbs, Thursday, 8 July 2021 16:49 (two years ago) link
it's a team sport
which consists 95% of moments of individual skill
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 8 July 2021 16:54 (two years ago) link
this is one of the hardest hit balls I've ever seen
Ohtani to the MOON. 😳 pic.twitter.com/BeZ3Ek9gF6— MLB (@MLB) July 10, 2021
― frogbs, Saturday, 10 July 2021 03:14 (two years ago) link
fucking absurd man
― k3vin k., Saturday, 10 July 2021 03:22 (two years ago) link
I don't know about you but I cannot see the ball post-impact with Ohtani's bat. I think he hit it so hard it disintegrated into fucking quarks.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 10 July 2021 03:26 (two years ago) link
you can just briefly see it shoot straight up, it kind of looks like the 600-foot pop up from Major League
― frogbs, Saturday, 10 July 2021 03:29 (two years ago) link
463 feet
― k3vin k., Saturday, 10 July 2021 03:31 (two years ago) link
It feels like he should be more talked about.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 02:20 (two years ago) link
Not here, but in media generally.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 02:30 (two years ago) link
watching so many people discover Giannis even though he's been 2x MVP kinda tells me you need some playoff success for that to happen
― frogbs, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 02:48 (two years ago) link
Thinking about DiMaggio's streak and Richard's 50 in 50, I have the feeling we used to have national conversations about specific athlete in a way we don't anymore? Maybe I'm wrong. But it seems conversations about sports are much more macro and/or focused on the past (how much can we still create content around Michael Jordan, I'm certain more people are aware of Jeter than of Trout or Ohtani).
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 03:38 (two years ago) link
tom pagnozzi
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 20 July 2021 03:40 (two years ago) link
haha, mais encore?
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 03:42 (two years ago) link
...
matt pagnozzi :(
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 20 July 2021 03:56 (two years ago) link
ohtani is the first player to be named AL Player of the month in back to back months (June and July) since josh hamilton in 2012
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 06:22 (two years ago) link
40 HR, 2.79 ERA
Angels are still .500 though
― frogbs, Thursday, 19 August 2021 04:08 (two years ago) link
that’s fucking crazythis season is historic
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 19 August 2021 09:06 (two years ago) link
Orange County doesn’t deserve this dude
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 19 August 2021 12:46 (two years ago) link
i honestly would never have expected him to have a season like this. just did not think this was possible.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 19 August 2021 14:14 (two years ago) link
well it's never been done before!
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 19 August 2021 14:18 (two years ago) link
What a joy this guy is
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 19 August 2021 15:54 (two years ago) link
he's on pace to make the top 10 single season WAR list, which is basically all guys like Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds, plus those insane Yaz & Hornsby seasons
― frogbs, Thursday, 19 August 2021 15:58 (two years ago) link
there are a bunch of guys having monster seasons and he’s 2 wins ahead of them
― k3vin k., Thursday, 19 August 2021 16:49 (two years ago) link
even though ppl, like, intuitively understand this, it's still an under discussed story that the angels have had one of the greatest baseball players in 100+ years on their team for a decade, and now have an international superstar putting up one of the greatest seasons in 100+ years... and still LITERALLY CANNOT MAKE THE PLAYOFFS MORE THAN ONE TIME!!! you can make a very reasonable argument that this fact alone has contributed to baseball's decline as a national interest and cultural phenomenon. you could also make a very reasonable argument that it's in the best interest of baseball to forcibly remove arte moreno as owner and find someone who could maybe run a franchise in LA w/ 2 of the best players in baseball and get them into the playoffs, like, one time before the world implodes. it's not asking for much!
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 19 August 2021 17:08 (two years ago) link
its a uniquely frustrating scenario...idk if the Angels ownership/management just sucks but I can't really point to a single thing they've done over the last decade that's worked, outside of maybe the trade for Andrelton Simmons. they also happened to grab those two players during the years where they knew Pujols was gonna be an albatross - they signed him knowing full well that they were likely going to be punting the last 4-5 years. they've also had a lot of bad luck - Trout's hurt, Rendon's hurt, they just cannot seem to develop a decent pitcher who doesn't overdose on fentanyl. its a shitty situation and I agree its bad for the game.
― frogbs, Thursday, 19 August 2021 17:58 (two years ago) link
they give big free agent contracts to older and/or injury prone players and rarely have homegrown talent, it's a really bad mix that comes from the top down. josh hamilton contract was a disaster, rendon contract isn't looking much better. they haven't had a good pitcher since like jered weaver. it's just a poorly run franchise.
they actually have some younger talent now... jo adell has looked good recently, brandon marsh is a top 50 prospect tho he flopped after being called up. reid detmers is finally a pitching prospect they have. if they had a healthy trout, rendon, ohtani, plus a good season from adell, and made some additions, found some pitchers.... it's still so many ifs. and trout is at the point now where he's prob more of a 130-140 game player -- at best -- than a 160 or 180 game player. the fact that they're 5.5 games worse than the mariners this year is insane.
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 19 August 2021 18:36 (two years ago) link
it’s a team sport
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 19 August 2021 19:25 (two years ago) link
i wonder if any other team's management would have done anything differently about the "pujols problem", especially the 2017-now version of the problem. i guess it's easier said than done to bench him, because he truly always believes he's about to turn the corner and is vocal about it. i guess they just couldn't face the spectacle of releasing him years early and eating the cost?
― professional anti- (Karl Malone), Thursday, 19 August 2021 19:36 (two years ago) link
i mean, i think the marlins would have done something drastic for some reason. and the padres. although they haven't exactly done anything about their "eric hosmer problem"
― professional anti- (Karl Malone), Thursday, 19 August 2021 19:37 (two years ago) link
how many other teams would have even signed a stupid contract like that? I mean I guess I'll cut them some slack because 2009-2012 was like the prime era for teams giving fat contracts to fat players, despite the fact that IT HAS LITERALLY NEVER WORKED OUT A SINGLE TIME. to his credit Pujols has not been downright awful since that 2017 season but I still can't believe they didn't find some way to engineer a trade to some bad team that needs to get fans in the door. even if they had to eat like $80 mil
― frogbs, Thursday, 19 August 2021 20:05 (two years ago) link
how many other teams would have even signed a stupid contract like that?
*stares in chris davis*
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 19 August 2021 20:43 (two years ago) link
I think there are possible universes where the Chris Davis deal isn't awful, the Pujols one was just so doomed from the start. The only way it makes sense is if the Angels were a slugger away from being a championship team which they definitely were not
one that comes to mind that is definitely worse is Ryan Howard, sure it's a lot less money but also possibly the dumbest, most guaranteed-to-fail contract I've ever seen in pro sports. and it somehow turned out even worse than anyone could've imagined
― frogbs, Thursday, 19 August 2021 21:01 (two years ago) link
Ohtani's batting average (.365) is currently higher than The Angel's win percentage (.361)
― H.P, Wednesday, 8 May 2024 04:31 (three weeks ago) link
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/shohei-ohtani-gambling-scandal-interpreter-ippei-mizuhara-to-plead-guilty-faces-up-to-33-years-in-prison/
Mizuhara, described by the Attorney's Office as Ohtani's "de facto manager," will plead guilty to one count of bank fraud and one count of subscribing to a false tax return at an arraignment scheduled for May 14. He faces a maximum sentence of 33 years in prison, five years of supervised release and a fine of $1,250,000.The 39-year-old former interpreter will be required to pay full restitution to his victims, which includes $16,975,010 to Victim A, Ohtani, and $1,149,400 to the IRS.
The 39-year-old former interpreter will be required to pay full restitution to his victims, which includes $16,975,010 to Victim A, Ohtani, and $1,149,400 to the IRS.
As well as the millions siphoned out of Ohtani's account to pay off gambling debt, Mizuhara also bought $325,000 worth of baseball cards on eBay and other online resellers in order to flip them and profit himself. In September 2023, Ohtani agreed to pay for Mizuhara's $60,000 dental work and provided him with a check. Instead, according to prosecutors, Mizuhara paid the bill with Ohtani's debit card and deposited the check into his personal account.Mizuhara also admitted to falsely reporting his taxable income on his IRS tax returns in 2022, resulting in the tax fraud charge. According to the plea deal, Mizuhara falsely claimed he was single when he was in fact married and failed to report additional income of $4,100,000 that year.
Mizuhara also admitted to falsely reporting his taxable income on his IRS tax returns in 2022, resulting in the tax fraud charge. According to the plea deal, Mizuhara falsely claimed he was single when he was in fact married and failed to report additional income of $4,100,000 that year.
― 龜, Wednesday, 8 May 2024 22:07 (three weeks ago) link
Not a good day to be an ippei-stan
― H.P, Wednesday, 8 May 2024 22:25 (three weeks ago) link
In September 2023, Ohtani agreed to pay for Mizuhara's $60,000 dental work and provided him with a check.
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 8 May 2024 22:45 (three weeks ago) link
POV scant minutes after you took the over AND the spread:
https://streamable.com/jnpw0y
#freeippei
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Friday, 17 May 2024 05:01 (one week ago) link
First walk-off hit as a Dodger yesterday ... and his first walk-off in four years? I know the Angels were a bad team when he played there (if you're not winning, you're not getting walk-off hits) but that's still a surprising non-stat.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 20 May 2024 10:41 (one week ago) link
Not sure if this was noted in the New Yorker thread:
https://i.postimg.cc/2S7VvbLc/shohei.jpg
― clemenza, Tuesday, 21 May 2024 19:55 (one week ago) link
(Nothing inside that I can see.)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 21 May 2024 19:56 (one week ago) link
cmon whaaat
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 21 May 2024 20:28 (one week ago) link
The worst part is, he doesn't even look anything like that
― H.P, Tuesday, 21 May 2024 20:33 (one week ago) link
Pure disrespect for his running game
You disapprove? A Pinterest page suggests they've done around 25 baseball covers, most of a general nature. Seems like quite an honour--artists do mess around with details. All that's missing is a Roger Angell piece inside.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 21 May 2024 21:20 (one week ago) link
Well it suggests he bets on games, which seems borderline libellous
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 21 May 2024 21:50 (one week ago) link
Oh, god, I totally missed that!
― clemenza, Tuesday, 21 May 2024 21:52 (one week ago) link
I guess you could be charitable and take that as "makes a lot of money"...but you're almost certainly right.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 21 May 2024 21:53 (one week ago) link
(If they ever got sued, I bet that'd be their defense, though. "Gambling? How so...")
― clemenza, Tuesday, 21 May 2024 21:55 (one week ago) link
took that as pocket ripe for picking/his focus is on the game
― bulb after bulb, Tuesday, 21 May 2024 22:05 (one week ago) link
That's a nice interpretation. I say we go with that
― H.P, Tuesday, 21 May 2024 22:06 (one week ago) link
hmm maybe
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 21 May 2024 22:10 (one week ago) link
(I didn't see it as particularly libellous, more an illustration on how shohei's game and the fat stacks of cash surrounding that game are insepperable; ippei-gate just being one product of that)
But Bulb's phrasing for simple and pointed.
― H.P, Tuesday, 21 May 2024 22:18 (one week ago) link
I honestly just thought it was a cute New Yorker cover on how he is well paid. Never thought of the others but now it's ambiguous.
Shohei, be careful of your money!
― felicity, Tuesday, 21 May 2024 22:21 (one week ago) link
I thought it was a comment on his un-deferred salary (pocket-change) because he is anti-tax.
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 21 May 2024 22:23 (one week ago) link
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-22/dodgers-star-shohei-ohtani-buys-la-canada-flintridge-mansion-for-7-85-million
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 23 May 2024 03:06 (one week ago) link
I think he's making more than 2 million a year
― H.P, Thursday, 23 May 2024 04:07 (one week ago) link
more pics here https://www.realtor.com/news/celebrity-real-estate/shohei-ohtani-buys-southern-california-mansion/
i feel like it's surprisingly modest?
― 龜, Thursday, 23 May 2024 10:44 (one week ago) link