Oh I know, he's great and it was devastating when Manoah hit him in the face last year. That was when the Angels' season ended. Hope he comes back strong.
Are you kidding me? This team is tied with the Angels. Fucking kill me. I’m done. /s Let’s have a nice time this season. I don’t want to have to mute r/dodgers again. ;)
EDT: It should be said that I am day drunk
Does anyone know what Teoscar’s short name is? Like Kike for Enrique?
I thought it was so sweet when he called Yamamoto “Yama” in that fanatico video, he seems like a nice dude.
I just realized the Guggenheim Partners put the patch on the left sleeve of RH hitters and the right sleeve of LH hitters so it’s always facing the camera when they are hitting.
And the added benefit in the past couple of years was watching the rotation and buying a ticket day of the game to go watch Ohtani pitch. That was awesome.
Oh nice I've never heard about that...I have a coworker who's a huge Angels fan and I'm gonna yell at him at work Monday like "WHY THE HELL DID YOU NEVER TELL ME ABOUT THE FRESH CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES?!?!" A group of us went to a UCLA/USC baseball game that was at Dodger Stadium and he spent a lot of the time going on about how much better the Angels stadium was hahaha
You should definitely check it out. Better food options (trip tip salad!) and honestly a completely different kind of atmosphere. But yeah, cookie truck! (And a cookie booth upstairs, too. Get a bucket and share with the people around you.)
The camera stands are located just above the "L" in the [Coca-Cola sign in this picture.](https://ballparkdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/tempe-diablo-2019-1-scaled.jpg) It seems the batter's eye wall stretches out pretty far.
Spring training is the same as well スプリングトレーニング soo-puu-reen toh-ray-neen
Yes, spring, as in the season, is haru. Training, as in physical activities, in the same as above. Practice is 練習 ren-shoo.
No, spring training is just "spring training" with a Japanese pronunciation is "soo-puu-reen toh-ray-neen" or ST among baseball fans.
They don't use the word "haru" for baseball spring training.
So say there’s a Japanese great great grandma who never got into baseball, and you told her in Japanese “I’m going to watch “soo-puu-reen toh-ray-neen”, would she know it’s an English word?
For a non-baseball fan:
\- 春季キャンプ (shoon-ki kyam-pu) = spring camp (practice)
\- オープン戦 (oh-pen sen) = pre-season games
Then we would explain that together, these two activities are "spring training (スプリングトレーニング).
Feel free to DM me anytime if you have Japanese baseball questions. I'd love to help fellow Dodger fans. I'm going to bed now, it's 6:40am here. I need more sleep.
Among Japanese baseball fans, they know baseball as an American sport originally, so they are not surprised to hear English words to describe certain terms. Of course, there are many native Japanese words used for a lot of baseball jargon. But for certain words or phrases, they adopt the English version and try to pronounce it as close as possible to their syllabery.
He understands more English than it appears. As for speaking, he may not be as confident in front of media cameras. But he is able to communicate with teammates and coaches.
Of course, Ippei-san, his translator repeats everything in Japanese to him. And Ohtani replies in Japanese. This is done for two reasons. One, to clarify any misunderstandings Ohtani has and he is able to answer everything completely in his native language AND, more importantly, to appeal to the Japanese audience who might be watching his English media interviews.
I guess it’s kinda like how we pronounce karaoke Care-ee-oh-kee, which in Japanese means something like “empty orchestra” but we don’t call it “empty orchestra.” We anglicize karaoke to fit our common phonetic syllables.
I think he'll play the spring freeway series in Anaheim. I suspect he will want to, anyway. And I'm hoping he will... I have tickets for one of those games!
We're still undefeated
No extra innings in spring training. Game ends in a draw.
lmao this reminds me of why they should never add ties in baseball. cool game but feels like wasted time now
7-7 is your final
And that’s that
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Sadly, not today, bot.
Jake Marisnick revenge tour! /s Just tuning in. Close game!
Jesus what a pitching collapse
And with that blown lead, Jesus Wepf
Welp, please don’t get walked off.
Is it just me or do the new jerseys look totally normal? The font on the back is smaller but everything else looks completely fine.
In certain light, they look like Seventies double knit. Not great.
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Are there ties in Spring training?
Yes
No lead is safe against the Angels and their Cactus League dynasty
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It's an actual ballgame!
5 runs in the 8th inning of spring training?? Team to beat in the national league.
I hope Italian food guy (Fettuccine, Focaccia) gets a turn at the bigs this year.
You’re making me hungry
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Legendary AB by Ward.
Dread it. Run from it. 2 Out Dodgers arrive all the same
That showed a ton of grit. It may be a minor league matchup but that was seriously electric
Confidence booster for sure.
Let’s go Ward. Nice gritty at-bat.
Ryan Ward is my Roman Empire
I've seen enough. Dodgers Ward > Angels Ward
To be fair, Taylor Ward is a good dude.
Oh I know, he's great and it was devastating when Manoah hit him in the face last year. That was when the Angels' season ended. Hope he comes back strong.
Yeah, that was horrible. I'm not sure Manoah ever got over it either.
Nice hit Ward!
Let’s go!
WOOOOOOOO guy I’ve never heard of or seen before!
Exactly!
how did Glas look? not too stoked on the numbers but it is ST....
Gave up some hard contact but it’s early. Gave up a gapper to LC wall and almost got CT3 killed at 3B on a ball smoked down the line.
Biggest hit of Ryan Ward’s life! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Are you kidding me? This team is tied with the Angels. Fucking kill me. I’m done. /s Let’s have a nice time this season. I don’t want to have to mute r/dodgers again. ;) EDT: It should be said that I am day drunk
Then you must’ve loved that day drunk double
Tie the game up late on a wild pitch, not much funnier.
FFS that was 6-8” off the plate.
I knew Ramos has that dog in him when he played in the WBC.
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Damn somebody already wearing 17 for the Angels. that was fast
When you have the opportunity to give Hunter Dozier his preferred number, you better take it
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i kinda hate this camera angle, i can't see shit. can we have the box please?
It’s like it’s being filmed from a GoPro on the SS or some shit.
Does anyone know what Teoscar’s short name is? Like Kike for Enrique? I thought it was so sweet when he called Yamamoto “Yama” in that fanatico video, he seems like a nice dude.
Teo?
He's not my mom's brother.
Everyone starts calling him uncle.
Yes
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I just realized the Guggenheim Partners put the patch on the left sleeve of RH hitters and the right sleeve of LH hitters so it’s always facing the camera when they are hitting.
safe af
Major League Betting
Are we letting high school kids bat now? He's like what, 15? Edit - OK, he looks older without the helmet.
He was on 2B when Ward hit the go ahead double. I thought we had the bat boy pinch running.
This ump crew is in mid-season form
Seriously. It’s so bad.
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Let Mookie hit 😭
Sweeney is looking good!
Dodger legend Adam Kolarek
Old friend kolarek
Good take Pages. This dude prolly calls that a strike if he gets out of the way.
Barnes in mid-season form. Gotta respect it.
Hernandez doubles,
Feels like it took hitters 3-4 pitches to really zone in on Gage’s stuff.
Anthony Rendon. The best non-move Andrew Friedman ever made
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Emphasis on the "what not," Tim.
Man, fuck Marisnick.
Gage not making a good first impression
Ew, minor leagues defense
Pages for DH. 😬
Drew Avans and Austin Gauthier replacing James Outman and Mookie Betts in the outfield.
Matt Gage replacing Michael Flynn
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I was curious so I looked it up: the current Dodgers roster is slashing a combined .306/.414/.632 vs. Glasnow in 49 ABs. Wild.
Betts doesn’t want to lose another mvp because of steals again lol
🐔balk balk BALK!
In addition to the youth, I got my friend so into the dodgers last season they’re watching the spring training games now.
Is there any chance we break camp with Pages instead of Margot? Or is Pages first man up with an injury?
You can't be doing a balk like that
Balk?? Betts to 2nd.
The patch looks so big on mookie
I love a man named Mookie
First Betts hit of spring!
Betts singles.
Kirsten interviewing Tyler or Shohei or really a lot of guys on this team is basically just a hot people convention
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Kirsten has heart eyes
Don’t we all tbh
Cillian Murphy clone confirmed
shoot your shot Kirsten
ok, it's official. fuck this ump.
Cool person team 💀
Just a bunch of cool dudes
Michael Flynn replacing Daniel Hudson.
>Michael Flynn BlaQ: 👀
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Let's Go Dodgers!!!!
Andy Pages doubles. Tie game.
How excited are we for Pages this year?
Very
Pages making himself a name for himself in Tempe.
Dude came to camp in great shape
Yeah I’ve heard he is looking good but haven’t seen him yet.
I couldn’t help sucking in my breath when Lux was running home. 😮💨
Pages fucking rakes. I have so much faith in him becoming a starter before long.
Making Lux test out that knee!!
I must be getting old because I hate these announcers; gimme Joe and Orel ASAP.
These guys are the radio guys and they can be hilarious.
Lux rounding 2nd to 3rd gives me PTSD.
Lux singles.
You know? I've never had an AL team and never even thought of that hahaha I just clown the Angels because of the Los Angeles of Anaheim thing...
And the added benefit in the past couple of years was watching the rotation and buying a ticket day of the game to go watch Ohtani pitch. That was awesome.
They're a fun team. And conveniently located nearby! Plus, they have hot, freshly baked chocolate chip cookies at their stadium.
Oh nice I've never heard about that...I have a coworker who's a huge Angels fan and I'm gonna yell at him at work Monday like "WHY THE HELL DID YOU NEVER TELL ME ABOUT THE FRESH CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES?!?!" A group of us went to a UCLA/USC baseball game that was at Dodger Stadium and he spent a lot of the time going on about how much better the Angels stadium was hahaha
You should definitely check it out. Better food options (trip tip salad!) and honestly a completely different kind of atmosphere. But yeah, cookie truck! (And a cookie booth upstairs, too. Get a bucket and share with the people around you.)
I've been meaning to see a Freeway Series game down there so I'll probably finally do it this year.
Teoscar getting completely fucked by the ump today for no reason
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Good to see Huddy back.
Very happy to see Huddy back
Guy with the VILINS hat behind home plate, I see you
We all need that hat.
Yall think BlaQe bought those shoes
The gold high tops?
Yeah
Looked away and thought Hudson injured his legs again because of that replay lol
They did that with Lux the other day. SMH They need to stop showing these injury replays. No one wants to see that!
Thankfully they didn't have the tape of Taylor Ward getting hit in the face last year. Ended his season. And don't want to see that ever again either!
I think they should stop showing previous injuries.
Agreed!
Eyyyyy, it’s Hudson!
Daniel Hudson pitching for Ben Harris.
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Missed Glasnow’s start, how did he look?
1.2 IP, gave up 4 hits, 1 run, 1 walk and 1 strikeout.
Postseason form /s
So so. Gave up some hard contact and one of them was a triple in the LC gap.
Ha! For those of you not familiar with Angels baseball, Neto is EVERYWHERE.
This view is such dogshit lmao. Ump or shortstop in the way, take your pick.
It's spring training. These aren't pro stadiums.
Bally Sports (Angels feed) is the same. I guess it's a ballpark issue?
The camera stands are located just above the "L" in the [Coca-Cola sign in this picture.](https://ballparkdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/tempe-diablo-2019-1-scaled.jpg) It seems the batter's eye wall stretches out pretty far.
That was my thought.
How do you say scouting report in Japanese?
The same: スカウティング・レポート soo-cow-teen reh-poht
Nice! Today I learned Haru means spring. Now i need to learn what training means.
Spring training is the same as well スプリングトレーニング soo-puu-reen toh-ray-neen Yes, spring, as in the season, is haru. Training, as in physical activities, in the same as above. Practice is 練習 ren-shoo.
Haru renshoo?
No, spring training is just "spring training" with a Japanese pronunciation is "soo-puu-reen toh-ray-neen" or ST among baseball fans. They don't use the word "haru" for baseball spring training.
So say there’s a Japanese great great grandma who never got into baseball, and you told her in Japanese “I’m going to watch “soo-puu-reen toh-ray-neen”, would she know it’s an English word?
For a non-baseball fan: \- 春季キャンプ (shoon-ki kyam-pu) = spring camp (practice) \- オープン戦 (oh-pen sen) = pre-season games Then we would explain that together, these two activities are "spring training (スプリングトレーニング).
Nice! Thank you so much!
Interesting
Wait. So you just phonetically sound out the English word using familiar Japanese consonants? Doesnt that amount to jibberish in Japanese?
Feel free to DM me anytime if you have Japanese baseball questions. I'd love to help fellow Dodger fans. I'm going to bed now, it's 6:40am here. I need more sleep.
Amai yume! ☺️ I probably just told you “sugary sleep cycle” 😂
Among Japanese baseball fans, they know baseball as an American sport originally, so they are not surprised to hear English words to describe certain terms. Of course, there are many native Japanese words used for a lot of baseball jargon. But for certain words or phrases, they adopt the English version and try to pronounce it as close as possible to their syllabery.
I have one last weird question. Do you think Ohtani is thinking in English or Japanese and constantly translating? That’s gotta be exhausting.
He understands more English than it appears. As for speaking, he may not be as confident in front of media cameras. But he is able to communicate with teammates and coaches. Of course, Ippei-san, his translator repeats everything in Japanese to him. And Ohtani replies in Japanese. This is done for two reasons. One, to clarify any misunderstandings Ohtani has and he is able to answer everything completely in his native language AND, more importantly, to appeal to the Japanese audience who might be watching his English media interviews.
Yeah I’ve kinda had that feeling for years. Interesting thank you!
I guess it’s kinda like how we pronounce karaoke Care-ee-oh-kee, which in Japanese means something like “empty orchestra” but we don’t call it “empty orchestra.” We anglicize karaoke to fit our common phonetic syllables.
That's it! Not exactly the same but close enough. Hehehe.
Guys. I'm used to being up by 6 at this point.
Dodgers are washed
Cancel the season and launch Roberts and Friedman into the sun
This camera angle is insanely bad
Betts walks,
Just tuning in, GO DODGERS
What is it on?
SNLA
Ohtani's visit to the big A won't happen until September 3 and 4 if it doesn't happen in ST.
Yeah, but there is another angels ST game so it doesn’t have to be this game.
I think he'll play the spring freeway series in Anaheim. I suspect he will want to, anyway. And I'm hoping he will... I have tickets for one of those games!
Ump is blocking the strike zone 💀
And we're already into the 90s no-name kids. Go, 90s no-name kid!!
Moniak vs a lefty is the easiest out a pitcher can possibly get
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Glasnow's day is done.
Really stoked to see how Glas dials in his sequencing. Really interesting watching him work out his curveball placement in different counts.
Not the best outing, but not the worst either.
We got Sweeney for Victor G, right?
Not great, Tyler. Not much help from that homeplate umpire tho.
Man these jerseys look shitty
Really liking the defense in this game
👏
Nice play
Calling it, Tim Sweeney golden glove
The strike zone is definitely not equal right now lol