Thread 151787403

>>151787403 (OP)
the question is, is he a better pitcher, than shohei ohtani's pitching and batting combined?

>>151787612
ohtani's pitching and batting > Yamamoto > ohtani's pitching

>>151787403 (OP)
Crazy to me how Americans find players playing the “whole” sport werird.
Yes, you should be good at pitching and hitting. No, swqpping out your whole team between offense and defense in the NFL is incredibly onions and girly.
Im honestly surprised Basketbal hasn’t found a way to have Lebron only on offense and some lanky genetic freak from africa or china be his defense cuck

>>151802039
Its not soccer where nothing happens for 90 minutes except for guys running around. You cant have a guy throw 100 MPH pitches all game and then come back and hit HRs

>>151802044
No, it's a sport where nothing happens for 200 minutes.

>>151802039
when's neuer going to start playing as a striker

>>151802080
Actually something does happen in maybe 5 of those 200 minutes and baseball fans go on about how it's the greatest thing in all of sports.

In my country, nobody knows who this chink is.

>>151802154
I'm not interested in football, so I don't know football players.

Why do Japs love LA so much? Would an extra 5-6 hour flight from Japan to the east coast really be that bad? Come to the AL East you bums

>>151805592
Yes, it would. Because it's 5-6 hours one way, so 10-12 hours extra travel.

>>151805592
LA has nice weather and a notable Japanese community. If you're rich you get to live in some of the best neighborhoods in the world.

>>151802039
All players play offense and defense in baseball*, but pitching is a much more specialized position than any fielding position, and more important than any fielding position, and almost nobody has the talent to be >elite at both. Why don't you focus on developing more than a single (1) sport.

*except for pitchers and designated hitters, which is complete bullshit and needs to be eliminated.

>>151809787
If you had to watch Schwarber field for your team you would be asking for a DH spot

>>151810302
If someone is bad enough in the field that it negates their contributions at bat, then they don't belong at that level. Nobody should get to play only half the game.

A pitcher who is dogshit at hitting making a big play at bat is the apex of baseball.

>>151802039
>Yes, you should be good at pitching and hitting
>Yes you should be good at someone who is biomechanically advantaged and spends 100% of their time at something when you only spend 50% of your time.

>>151809787
Make a rule saying everybody has to take a turn at pitching the way they do with batting. That's all it takes.

>>151809787
DH rule is where sport started to lose integrity. Ohtani DH rule is where sport lost its integrity. It's pure bullshit. Imagine a sport where one team can have one extra player on its roster. Where one team can substitute a player for another player, but the substituted player can still stay in the game as long as his name is Ohtani. Ironically, it's also the same sport that gives advantage to switch hitter over switch pitcher, for no reason at all.

>>151805592
It's not about how long the flights are. It's about the time zones with Japan. West coast games usually start in the afternoon in Japan. East coast games start early in the morning there.

>>151787403 (OP)
FORGIVUNESS PREASE, YABU-DONO!

>>151802044
I only learn about baseball through manga and even I know players used to both pitch and bat in the old days
Didn't know about the designated hitter thing until recently

>only played 2 seasons so far
>won championship in both

pretty impressive, ngl.

>>151802154
In my country nobody knows your country exists and thinks it's a brand of pocket knives

>>151806360
Downtown LA is a hellhole but the surrounding valleys are nice to live in and there constantly a lot of things to do here.

>>151812754
Nah , hitting and pitching is expected for youth and college baseball (theres even an award for the latter) . It only becomes virtually impossible 99% of people when you get to pros because it become way too demanding .

>>151802039
how many strikers would you trust goaltending?

>>151810488
>¾ of all At Bat players get walked to first

>>151814225

San Fernando Valley is a bean-ridden hell hole
Conejo Valley is nice
Simi Valley is nice but has gotten jeeted lately
Santa Clarita is nice
Gendale nice
Pasadena nice

that's all the valleys I'm familiar with

>>151814816
I would trust Jan Koller.

>>151787403 (OP)
I hope his special training and throwing mechanics means he has an extended career

I'm kind of worried they will over use him and wearout his joints. I know his style is supposed to reduce strain but it's all theoretical still
Like no other starting pitchers showed up, so he put everyone on his back by completing games and relieving right afterwards..

>>151814816
rooney

>>151814821
Then players will dedicate more time to pitching practice. The amount of hours dedicated will balance itself over time like the free market

>>151814816
Giroud

>>151818847
Based, if he missed he would have gotten him right in the balls