Is Otahni channeling Ruth?

[OAITW r.2.0]

This guy is amazing. 1st rate pitcher and dangerous hitter.

[Diamond_Dog]

1. He's from another planet, I think!

[Xavier Breath]

7. That's my conclusion as well, and he's only on loan to baseball until the mothership comes back for him.

[BootinUp]

8. Or, he will become one of the best instructors ever after his playing days. nt

[BootinUp]

2. I understand he clobbered one out of

The stadium.

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. That's my point. Has the Babe's power and he is a great pitcher.

I wonder if Babe Ruth would have been relevant in today's game? Seriously, no better 2 way player has played this game than Otahni , IMHO.

[BootinUp]

5. I believe it. His form

is like perfect in terms of generating power/speed in my opinion.

[OAITW r.2.0]

6. 3 HRs tonight. Whoa, what "pitcher" does this?

Pitching 6 scoreless innings?

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. Relevant?

With far better strength and conditioning methods and equipment? With batting cages in the clubhouse that have video cameras that allow you to analyze your swing or pitching motion frame by frame? With Certified Athletic Trainers (many with Master's degrees in disciplines such as kinesiology) whose job is to keep players in top condition? With ball parks designed to favor the power hitter? (In Ruth's day, many yards had fences 450 feet or more from the plate.)

Yeah, I think he'd be pretty relevant today, as would the other greats of a century ago.

[OAITW r.2.0]

10. Could Babe Ruth of 1925/1930 have played in this league today? I doubt it.

[Oeditpus Rex]

12. So, nothing I posted above meant anything to you?

You think the game is the same as it was a century ago?

[OAITW r.2.0]

13. Of course, this is a impossible exercise.

Perhaps Babe would have devoted his time to PE. I doubt it. He had a live arm and a great swing...amazing in his moment.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

4. Yes he did.

3rd longest HR in Dodger history.
Is there anything this man can't do in Baseball?

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. Yeah

Stop people from hyping him.

[OAITW r.2.0]

14. Why?

How do you define greatness?

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. Apparently, you make it seem mythic

Don't misunderstand me. I have nothing against Ohtani (though his contract is simply ridiculous). He's a great ballplayer, almost one of a kind. He could be a five-tool player, like Willie Mays and others, but we have no way of knowing that.

But, I can't stand hype. Never could. It simply isn't right, as in proper and correct, to treat the rest of the club like the supporting, uncredited cast of a movie.

Baseball is a team sport, and the Dogders are the best ball club of the past 13 years; their record over that time supports that statement. Ohtani didn't make them a great ball club because they already were. No player is bigger than the club he plays for, not even those who've been deified by fans and announcers.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

16. You are, of course, right,

there is no I in the word Team and I didn't mean to imply that Ohtani is the reason the Dodgers are having so much success, it's the offense, defense, pitching that got them to where they are today.
Every player on the roster has contributed to their incredible record over the last several years.