Shohei Ohtani’s season is over. He’s having knee surgery. Didn’t see that one coming. Justin Upton was the one who had an MRI on his knee. #Angels https://t.co/VTdRtIm6g5— Jeff Fletcher (@JeffFletcherOCR) September 12, 2019
― na (NA), Thursday, 12 September 2019 20:51 (four years ago) link
i have that same condition, never bothered me
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 12 September 2019 21:44 (four years ago) link
how's your fastball?
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 13 September 2019 00:57 (four years ago) link
i threw on one of those in-stadium radar gun setups a few yrs ago & my shoulder is sore just thinking abt it
― johnny crunch, Friday, 13 September 2019 01:50 (four years ago) link
in the hulkiest shape of his life
Shohei Ohtani said he swam and shot some hoops this offseason as part of his training. pic.twitter.com/qfdID6CKzd— Rhett Bollinger (@RhettBollinger) February 19, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 23 February 2020 18:15 (four years ago) link
in case u didnt know, on mound vs Oakland now
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 26 July 2020 20:30 (three years ago) link
begins 1st with a single then 3 walks
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 26 July 2020 20:36 (three years ago) link
Will he get an out?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 26 July 2020 20:44 (three years ago) link
He would not.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 26 July 2020 20:48 (three years ago) link
ugh, 5 ER
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 26 July 2020 20:53 (three years ago) link
the dreaded infinite (or is it undefined?) ERA
― mookieproof, Sunday, 26 July 2020 20:56 (three years ago) link
fortunately there is Trout ... 3-run bomb on a 3-0 count
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 26 July 2020 21:22 (three years ago) link
Struck out Springer leading off, so he has an ERA now.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 2 August 2020 20:15 (three years ago) link
1-2-3 first! It's 45.00.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 2 August 2020 20:17 (three years ago) link
2nd inning exit :/
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 2 August 2020 20:59 (three years ago) link
dip in velocity may have prompted hook
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 2 August 2020 21:13 (three years ago) link
damn
― k3vin k., Sunday, 2 August 2020 21:27 (three years ago) link
42-pitch second inning -> shower -> MRI
― Andy K, Monday, 3 August 2020 02:28 (three years ago) link
strained something pronator, no more pitching this year
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 02:18 (three years ago) link
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 (two 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 (two 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 (two years ago) link
god I would fuckin hate pitching to that guy
― frogbs, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 03:58 (two years ago) link
whoa
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 18 May 2021 04:16 (two years ago) link
So sad to think he won't make the post-season.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 20 May 2021 00:45 (two years ago) link
his velo is way way down tonight
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 20 May 2021 00:48 (two years ago) link
I'm reading 89 mph fastballs?
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 20 May 2021 00:52 (two years ago) link
he's throwing up to 95 now in the 4th
― ✖, Thursday, 20 May 2021 01:12 (two 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
i just closed on our new apartment and for the down payment i was asked to bring a certified check. that completely skeeved me out, carrying a piece of paper for that amount of money. would much have preferred jumping through a bunch of controls and red tape. but then i guess you run the risk of being scammed by a man in the middle attack. which is not uncommon!
― 龜, Wednesday, 27 March 2024 17:00 (two days ago) link
Congratulations and I believe hand-delivery or courier was also presented an option and I was like... yeah no.
Back to gyac's insuation that ESPN (and the LA Times based on their article today) is still harboring a neutral-angle in their reportage:
Both media accounts have access to Bowyer's wire data and can see if Ippei is curiously absent from the list of individuals that Bowyer and his associates were connected to financially.
WaPo also did a deep-dive into Bowyer and he is a real piece of work, a child of a Long Beach Fire Department employee, they called him a high-end Baccarat (! lol) player who is banned from seemingly half of Vegas casinos, divorced (once? twice?) dad of four with 2 bankrupcies on file. Lives in a sprawling orange county luxury mcmansion (that was raided by federal agents) tucked between the hills and the ocean. He runs a BJJ studio called (don't laugh) RYSK.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 27 March 2024 17:39 (two days ago) link
I wasn’t really insinuating, just saying based on the questions put out in the article that ESPN themselves may be. I have zero knowledge of the banking & various protocols to be able to know if the article is insinuating that Ohtani’s people may not have made a report to a relevant agency, or if it’s common practice for an agency to not confirm whether they’re investigating on the basis of a person’s request to journalists. Personally I would be surprised if they did.Anyway Passan tweeted out a link to this piece:
Other players have interpreters, but only Ohtani had an interpreter who worked as a trainer and a coach and a valet and a best friend and a bellman in addition to translating his interactions with the media.
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 27 March 2024 17:56 (two days ago) link
…which I pressed send on new zing before linking or quoting further fromhttps://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39816463/shohei-ohtani-dodgers-interpreter-gambling-betting-scandal-ippei-mizuhara
That, and everything else, was left to Ohtani and his ever-present confidant. "Interpreter" was never an adequate word to describe Mizuhara, who toted Ohtani's training tools and to-the-second workout schedule in the backpack. Ohtani's rhythms were Mizuhara's rhythms. They occupied the same locker, ate at the same table in the players' lounge, sat on the same five feet of bench in every dugout. Until Ohtani got his driver's license last season, Mizuhara drove the two of them to the ballpark every day. Nobody knew if they lived together, but his Angels teammates assumed they did. From the outside, it appeared that Mizuhara cleared away every menial task and potential obstacle; the great one would worry only about his game. Mizuhara's constant presence was proof of Ohtani's singular genius, so much so that it is jarring to see him, now, walk alone.
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 27 March 2024 18:07 (two days ago) link
“I’ve enjoying driving,” Ohtani said in February 2020 through his interpreter.
When asked if he was a good driver, the baseball star replied: "Pretty good."
Shohei's garage:Rolls Royce Wraith: $330,000Aston Martin DB11: $205,000Bentley Continental GT: $200,000Porsche 911 Targa 4S: $175,000Mercedes Benz S63 AMG: $170,000Porsche 911 Carrera T: $125,000Tesla Model X PD90: $100,000
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 27 March 2024 19:55 (two days ago) link
What 😭😭😭
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 27 March 2024 20:20 (two days ago) link
Now those are some eye-popping WHIPs
― felicity, Wednesday, 27 March 2024 20:39 (two days ago) link
disappointingly quotidian taste in cars, imo. sad!
― 龜, Wednesday, 27 March 2024 21:21 (two days ago) link
basic bitch millionaire cars.
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 27 March 2024 21:41 (two days ago) link
he should be driving a tricked out supra or nismo or something
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 27 March 2024 21:42 (two days ago) link
A lot of money for what was basically a fancy chair collection for him
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 27 March 2024 21:45 (two days ago) link
it would be like me buying a very expensive skateboard
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 27 March 2024 22:01 (two days ago) link
Trying to find pix of the luxury++ stuff is impossible, only mentions in japanese sports pages (and machine translations of).
The Porsche stuff is easy to find because he's a brand ambassador
Targa: https://i.imgur.com/Q5Fgjwm.pngCarrera: https://i.imgur.com/OF5pbqa.jpegTaycan: https://i.imgur.com/wu3iPZX.jpeg
2 OTHER Porsche models that I don't know from earlier this year in AZ (Ippei driving):https://i.imgur.com/zOrqGoZ.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/TNac8YM.png
The black matte Tesla pix are easy to find and is ugly and dumb so I won't link.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 27 March 2024 22:27 (two days ago) link
He’s driving the car in that one photo? We need an ESPN source check on him not being able to drive
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 27 March 2024 22:28 (two days ago) link
Sorry, this is indeed on ESPN for some sloppy cut and pasting from an older article I guess: https://www.mlb.com/news/shohei-ohtani-got-his-driver-s-license
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 27 March 2024 22:31 (two days ago) link
I know Porsches make RHD for the UK market but it's weird to see a LHD one in Japan (unless this was shot here):
https://www.instagram.com/porsche_japan/p/CmP_TpMP8Tr/
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 27 March 2024 22:34 (two days ago) link
(^^^shot in Tokyo, pardon me!)
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 27 March 2024 22:36 (two days ago) link
that one appears to be RHD based on the second and third pics?
― 龜, Wednesday, 27 March 2024 22:45 (two days ago) link
he’s probably getting out of the passenger side after one of porsche’s pro drivers took him for a lap
― 龜, Wednesday, 27 March 2024 22:46 (two days ago) link
kinda surprised he can fit in that porsche
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 27 March 2024 22:53 (two days ago) link
I join this thread in clowning Ohtani's taste in cars. wack tbh
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 28 March 2024 12:11 (yesterday) link
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Thursday, 28 March 2024 12:38 (yesterday) link
Yeah but is that the largest auto he could afford
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Thursday, 28 March 2024 13:43 (yesterday) link
Monster truck doesn’t fit the vibe
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Thursday, 28 March 2024 14:26 (yesterday) link
My sad urbanist take: It's very telling that here is a kid who grew up in rural Japan who moved to the extreme north of his country (akin to moving to somewhere like Juneau for Americans) who NEVER needed nor felt the need to have a driver's license even as a celebrity and the best player in NPB.
When he first joined the Angels, he lived next to Angels stadium and would "walk to work" until paparazzi and fans bugged him and honked at him and then Ippei started driving him.
Did America (Anaheim)'s car-centric post-war urban design warp this carbrained mentality for Shohei and create eventual additional codepedency layers between he and Ippei? Is Walt Disney at fault because he created a carfree Utopia (well, except for Autopia) positioned in the middle of several thousand acres of parking lots which used to be endless citrus groves? Do you know in Japan you can take the commuter train directly INTO both DisneySea & Tokyo Disneyland?
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 28 March 2024 16:48 (yesterday) link
The only city in Japan I’ve been to is Tokyo and my single criticism is what the FUCK is the deal with the various metro and train lines all being run by different providers, and no integrated transport system for payment? Otherwise 10/10 experience outside rush hour.I read that many Japanese MLB players prefer to live in the cities they play in - this is said to be part of Imanaga’s draw to Chicago. Maybe he should have taken a leaf out of Yoshida’s book
NHK filmed Masataka Yoshida riding his scooter around Boston. He’ll be on Monday’s episode of Sports x Human. pic.twitter.com/HEVAFMfDHV— Jason Coskrey (@JCoskrey) August 13, 2023
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Thursday, 28 March 2024 16:58 (yesterday) link
More seriously, LA Times alluded to this when he signed & interesting to see ESPN make the same point:
At the beginning of spring training, Roberts, perhaps jokingly, nominated outfielder Jason Heyward to be the one on whom reporters could rely to contextualize Ohtani's achievements when Ohtani chooses not to -- a designated speaker of sorts. It was a nod to Heyward's experience and statesmanship, but it also served to emphasize Ohtani's lack of availability. In Anaheim, the guys speaking for Ohtani were Zach Neto, Taylor Ward and Logan O'Hoppe. When it's a team filled with All-Stars and three other MVPs, maybe the most accomplished collection of talent in the past several decades, it's a tougher sell.He seldom speaks for himself. "I know," catcher Will Smith said during spring training. Then, perhaps thinking that it sounded harsh, he quickly said, "And I'm fine with it."
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Thursday, 28 March 2024 16:59 (yesterday) link
...and no integrated transport system for payment?
There are integrated forms of payment FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY (except Okinawa) even as long ago as 25 years ago (via mobile phone!!!) which blew my fragile american mind... but they are not easy for tourists to navigate.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 28 March 2024 17:02 (yesterday) link
What I mean is if you’re buying a ticket and changing to a line owned by a different company than the one you started with it’s confusing. I’m sure permanent residents have passes that navigate all that but it was confusing to me
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Thursday, 28 March 2024 17:05 (yesterday) link
ime a pasmo or suica card is all you need to get around tokyo? even when transferring to different lines.
leaving tokyo was where things got squirrelly for me
― 龜, Thursday, 28 March 2024 19:43 (yesterday) link
yup, add Suica, Pasmo or ICOCA in wallet (or watch) and tap transponder- voila. We (SF) didn't have that tech (FeLiCa NFC) until 2021 I want to say...?
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 28 March 2024 19:58 (yesterday) link
Fellas did I mention I’d never been there before
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Thursday, 28 March 2024 20:00 (yesterday) link
did you go to a baseball game (y/n)
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 28 March 2024 20:03 (yesterday) link
The run line on this game was BAL -1.5 ... Ippei could have easily thrown $500k on that.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 28 March 2024 20:05 (yesterday) link
xp I didn’t care about baseball in 2018 & it was December so no :(
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Thursday, 28 March 2024 20:10 (yesterday) link
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Thursday, 28 March 2024 20:11 (yesterday) link
i’ve only been to tokyo twice! and we got pasmo cards the first time. it was as easy as using an oyster card presumably is (i’ve never used one).
― 龜, Thursday, 28 March 2024 20:13 (yesterday) link
I like buying the tickets because you get to put them in the turnstiles afterwards for them to eat.
― H.P, Thursday, 28 March 2024 20:16 (yesterday) link
Nah I’m telling you if you don’t know what an Oyster card is you can buy a paper ticket for the day that covers you everywhere and it’s easy to find and buy. But I’m not comparing it to London, which I’m obviously very familiar with comparing it to taking public transport in Moscow, Paris, Hong Kong etc.
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Thursday, 28 March 2024 20:17 (yesterday) link
Looks like Ippei and his fat wallet paid off the 3B coach B-)
#ippeicurse
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 28 March 2024 20:27 (yesterday) link
Does he ever not get on base?????
― H.P, Thursday, 28 March 2024 21:27 (yesterday) link
Do not feed the Oyster~🎵🎵
(xps: You can get a multi daypass for all JR regions (7/14/21 days iirc) *OR* Tokyo Metro/Osaka Metro (1-day open) but all are independent agencies which I believe is gyac's gripe. And that's not even mentioning the regional railways.... Keisei and Seibu lines may have some form of daypass? In Kyoto there is an obscure pass that gives you access to all buses, tramways, ropeways and funiculars if you are feeling adventurous.)
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 28 March 2024 22:14 (yesterday) link
Next time I go to Japan I’ll ask you for tips (and Dayo too?)
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Thursday, 28 March 2024 22:17 (yesterday) link
Jr railpass jacked up the price significantly a few months ago, sadly not worth it except foe the fastest travellers now imo
― H.P, Thursday, 28 March 2024 22:22 (yesterday) link
Would you believe... that once upon a time (pre-mobile gps/OCR trans.), the JTB used to heavily subsidize airfare & railpasses because Japan tourism was considered too daunting due to language & cultural barriers?
I wonder if the JTB even exists anymore, they used to have a huge office downtown but it closed 7 years ago.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 28 March 2024 22:50 (yesterday) link