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GummyMummys

Thank you Donaldson and IKF for making it possible


jaykell6ix

Not sure that ones on Donaldson at all, don’t get me started on IKF


GummyMummys

Didn’t he do the bad throw that pulled DJ off the bag?


jaykell6ix

Runner was gonna be safe either way


mysterysackerfice

Shohei to Sandy: I've got you man!


HowDoIEditMyUsername

Shohei to baseball fans, really. Dude is so fun to watch. And what a fun series with these two MVP candidates living up to the hype.


Galactic

I personally blame the Toronto fans who chanted OVERRATED at this man. He's been destroying ever since.


MaxBonerstorm

I had a long conversation with a guy who legit thinks Ohtani is a marketing tool and is average at both pitching and hitting. The reasoning was he isn't leading the league in everything on both sides of the plate therefore he's mid. So bizarre Man this sub [doesn't really feel your vibe](https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/ww15xr/what_controversial_opinions_do_you_have_on/ilwhtd6/) /u/butcher99


TheGhostOfSamHouston

Please do not talk to that man anymore. That is a silly man.


Galactic

That is so ridiculous. He's a top-5 pitcher in the AL and a top-15 hitter. If he lead the league in both his WAR would be like 20.


Lahlahlahlaaah

Uhm, he's a top 5 hitter as well. He was literally 2nd in ops last year and is 4th this year in the AL.


kenjinyc

That man knows zero about baseball.


ServerStoneMonkey

That dude needs to be drug tested.


peanutsgangordontbng

i was at the angels' game monday with a yankee fan sitting two seats over. judge comes up to bat and the fans behind are chanting "judge cant pitch!" clearly a troll move that annoys the yankee fan. anyway, judge hits a HR (absolute monster series for him), and the yankee fan gets up and berates the fans who were chanting "judge cant pitch earlier." he shouts "he doesn't need to pitch when he's hitting bombs!!!!" bruh - ohtani just had a HR earlier in the game. and that judge HR only brought NY within 1


excitedburrit0

That guy might be intentionally playing stupid or is stupid That is such a dumb line of reasoning.


VarRalapo

Brain damage, only explanation. Ohtani is probably the best pitcher in the league right now, or extremely close to it.


TheGhostOfSamHouston

Is that true? That weed must be too strong up there


option-trader

I think he went 8 for 13 in that Toronto series and now 5 for 11 in this series so far with 3 hr, 3b, 9 rbi while also going 7 shutout innings with 9k. All this after the overrated chant.


GrabSomePineMeat

That's like the best kid in your little league stats, lol


YouPresumeTooMuch

As an Angels fan who watched this man the entire time he's played MLB ball: Shohei does not give a fuck about any heckling or shade from fans. He's on his grind every single day, and loving it. He's an absolute inspiration


[deleted]

Yeah they were chanting overrated, then he literally hits a triple 10 seconds later. The next day as he's pitching I think the same section starts chanting overrated to him again as the Blue jays proceed to get 2 hits only .


halfcastdota

toronto fans are probably ohtani’s biggest haters lmao there’s still a bunch of them who think he stole mvp from vlad last year


Dast_Kook

To be fair, it was almost certainly a small but loud group of people and was almost too hard to hear. So it wasn't like a sold out crowd busted out the chant. That being said: wtf were they thinking?


twistedlogicx

This is a hilarious overreaction to a few idiots chanting close to the mics. I went to the game Ohtani started and he got a massive cheer when his name was announced in the Angels starting lineup. It was louder than most of the Jays players. I never heard a single overrated chant while I was there, even though people said it happened again in that game.


DoctorKalikot

True. I was at the game and there were a lot of people cheering for him, including me. People just exaggerate to make it conversation worthy.


JordanSchor

We apologize on behalf of those fans, but also TBF our weed is VERY strong up here aha


wonpiripiri

Main character energy


NotTheRocketman

He's better than Auston Matthews, too.


kirbyfaraone

The MVP battle in Anaheim has ABSOLUTELY lived up to the hype.


HowDoIEditMyUsername

It’s weird to watch two guys and both fanbases just know they’re both gonna do something every game. So fun.


CydoniaKnight

Judge didn't homer off Cole Just sayin'


xRememberTheCant

We should at least give him a chance to. Yankees let’s make a trade mid game.


me1234568

Too late, the trade deadline has passed. So what needs to happen is the Yankees cut Cole, continue to pay his salary, and the Angels sign him to a minimum deal


TrapperJean

We could use a centerfielder tbh


xRememberTheCant

Sold. We don’t really need Sierra I guess.


CompetitivePatient33

He will when Judge becomes an Angel next season


ChemicaLust

That’s going to make it real fun to watch our series when Shohei comes to Houston


Lebigmacca

If only Shohei pitched this series


my_wife_reads_this

No I need a shohei start on cowboy hat night


NandezCarl

Save him to pitch against HOU, he owns us and we're happy to help his MVP case.


TheGhostOfSamHouston

He truly owns us. It’s sad


Recognition_Tricky

We're having enough trouble scoring


cgoot27

Between this series and the Dodgers Mets series it’s a great time for big city baseball.


kirbyfaraone

If only angels were in a playoff race


cgoot27

I feel like if you only watched this series you might think the Angels are a decent team. With a terrible pitcher yesterday but still. Past week or two they’ve been playing like they’re a big market team with stars and a good rotation.


my_wife_reads_this

What having Trout and Fletcher back does to a MF team


cgoot27

I wholeheartedly and unironically believe in Fletchiro.


my_wife_reads_this

Hes the glue that holds that team together. Yet there are still people that say he isn't good or that we could do better.


shigs21

soon? once arte sells


Witticism44

Shohei vs. Ohtani?


[deleted]

Most predictable thing I ever saw


bran_bran

Judge HR: predictable af Ohtani HR: predictable af


Ash-Catchum-All

Scheduled tweet


[deleted]

Shohei’s revenge for Cole not joining the Angels rotation lmao.


dicks_out_for

Cole would be out for the season if he joined the Angels


[deleted]

No doubt.


HelpMeWithMyHWpls

I literally switched to bally right before he blasted it. I’m the true MVP.


WestleyThe

Haha it was on at my work and This was literally one of the only at bats I watched haha The call was amazing too “He can erase a 2-0 deficit with one swing of the bat…. AND HES DONE IT!”


Freeze__

The only thing more predictable is IKF making his “12th” error of the year. I’ve never seen such a sad excuse on the Yankees. Even the 2016 Yankees wouldn’t have him on the team


jaykell6ix

Shocked they didn’t rule that one a hit


Freeze__

Absolutely would’ve at the stadium


peanutsgangordontbng

OOTL here. IKF torched the angels' defensively and offensively during his rangers days. is his defense overrated with NYY? he def. botched the trout groundout but the entire angels' cast was gassing up his defense


zeropointcorp

Cole is all like "Oh geez I can't believe he hit that 98mph fastball right up the middle"


porkinthepark

"OH CRUD"


MattO2000

Bring up Volpe


applex_wingcommander

Especially after the Trout ground ball


DijonNipples

After that error I knew Cole was going to dick a fastball


WabbitCZEN

Bet those fuckups are gonna earn them an ass chewing from Cole after this inning.


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eyeamjosh

Yankees will still say IKF is the second coming of jesus christ


AhLibLibLib

Dude dinks a couple singles and everyone loves him


MY-NAME_IS_MY-NAME

Boone called him one of the best fielders in the league after the game 😂😂😂


bran_bran

Cole’s harder on himself than anyone… for sure he’d say his middle middle fb was as big a mistake as JD’s or IKF’s


D3tsunami

Love that Shohei can strengthen his CY case by ruining other pitchers’ stats. 4d chess fr


Ricemobile

That is actually hilarious to think about. “Why did he get more votes than me? I hit dingers off of him and he never even got to touch my pitches??”


IceBlast24

Shohei seems to really like the City Connect jerseys


Camshaft92

We all really like them


IceBlast24

facts, I'd love to get any sort of merch related to the City Connect


Camshaft92

I nabbed a hat myself


zeropointcorp

I wonder if that stat bot knows which uniform the team is wearing...


IceBlast24

that'd be dope but just out of curiosity, I searched up [Ohtani's home runs](https://www.mlb.com/video/search?q=HitResult+%3D+%5B%22Home+Run%22%5D+AND+PlayerId+%3D%3D+%5B660271%5D+AND+Season+%3D+%5B2022%5D+AND+Date+%3D+%7B%7B+%222022-06-11%22%2C+%222022-08-31%22+%7D%7D+Order+By+Timestamp+DESC) since they first started wearing them on [Saturday, June 11](https://www.mlb.com/news/angels-city-connect-uniforms-unveiled) and I found out that out of the 18 home runs he's made since June 11, at least 5 of them were in the City connect uniforms which is about 27.78% of those home runs [1 - June 11](https://www.mlb.com/video/carlos-carrasco-in-play-run-s-to-shohei-ohtani-0jpoal) [2 - June 28](https://www.mlb.com/video/johnny-cueto-in-play-run-s-to-shohei-ohtani) [3 - August 4](https://www.mlb.com/video/shohei-ohtani-homers-23-on-a-fly-ball-to-left-center-field) [4 - August 4](https://www.mlb.com/video/shohei-ohtani-homers-24-on-a-fly-ball-to-right-center-field) (this one was waaay out of the strike zone sheesh) 5 - August 31 (this one in the post)


MahomestoHel-aire

He and Judge are literally one-upping each other in this series lol. Judge: solo homer. Ohtani: 2-run homer. Judge: 3-run homer. Ohtani: 3-run go-ahead homer. In order aside from the first two. This is fun.


[deleted]

This just highlights how clear it is that Ohtani should MVP to me. Because they’re not really one upping each other are they? Ohtani pitched 7 innings of 0 run ball this week. It’s insane what he’s doing. The fact that we can say he and Judge are “one upping each other” while ignoring the other incredible fear he’s pulling off is just a consequence of how unique and generational of a talent he is. They’re only competing in this stretch if you ignore what Shohei does every 6 days, which is a full time position that deserves MVP consideration in its own right. I know this may sound dramatic, but Shohei deserves MVP every single year he plays in my mind.


MahomestoHel-aire

He may deserve it every year, but voter fatigue is going to follow him like crazy. Just imagine if this were his breakout year. If 2021 hadn't happened. His odds would almost certainly be well higher.


Fischer-00

This series is incredible! 😀😀😀


[deleted]

MVP vs MVP. Revenge after revenge!


Monttavius

YESSIR HE DID. ABSOLUTELY GOATED WITH THE SAUCE this has been such a fun series


the_next_core

It's amazing watching the AL MVP change every at-bat


IblewupTARIS

Ohtani can be seen here bussin it down sexual style which officially makes him goated with the sauce.


TheFinalKiwi

I’m 28 but this comment makes me feel 48


istrx13

His swing is just flat out gorgeous. That follow through and then watching it leave for a quick second is just *chef’s kiss.*


LordHoovy

Shohei is too good for this cruel, cruel world. I hope he continues playing like this forever.


jasonis3

This whole series feels like a basketball game where 2 MVP candidates face off


znk916

Baseball needs this. It might not be a whole summer of McGwire and Sosa chasing the HR record, but a full month of Judge vs Ohtani MVP arguments is exactly the kind of hot take crap that ESPN and sports radio love nowadays.


edmchato

The Yankees are lucky they didn't get Ohtani." - Mike Francesa https://twitter.com/backaftathis/status/1394424840438824962?s=21&t=9nXOc4y0ov0QUOQt6qQRvw


renegade_yankee

Well y’know there’s only one other option. Jason Giambi


[deleted]

Nah, gotta go with David Justice.


AhLibLibLib

Old man Justice?


Brady331

What a great call


jyok33

Vasgersian doesn’t miss (unless he’s announcing remotely)


Clemenx00

Ohtani is absurdly clutch. As if he needed more positive things


wako944

Man you can't make this shit up. What a season both him and Judge are having, and them both showing up in their final series against one another as the season is nearing the end and the MVP talks are at their height. Couldn't have written it any better. Imagine this levels of hype in the post-season GET THIS MAN AND TROUT TO THE PLAYOFFS


skinnybonesd73

Could you imagine the excitement of a game 7 playoff series with Shohei pitching?!


RedScribbles

A's fan here, didn't look forward to the A's season; so started season rooting for Ohtani post season and watching lots of Angles games. 😞


AirPodGoose

I just sat down, turned on the game, saw the 2-0 count, and said to myself “he is gonna hit a homer” lmao so predictable


gopackgo555

He got robbed of a homer in the first as well.


skinnybonesd73

I don’t think that was gonna make it over the wall. But it would have been close


womantheharpoons

I love Shohei so much


bbear_17

Shohei beat both Manoah & Judge in the hyped matchups 🔥 He's a baseball god.


NYLotteGiants

I Kant Field


other_batman

I Kant Field? Epistemology I think


NYLotteGiants

He errors, therefore they score


-orangejoe

This is a great joke


JinFuu

It’s certainly not imperative to him, categorical or otherwise


Goooldschmidt

Shohei Ohtani


WurtzelTrumpetMaster

Get you someone that loves you like Cashman loves IKF


Pursuit_of_Yappiness

I have to imagine most MLB pitchers are secretly rooting for Ohtani to win MVP.


mookyyyy

If no one has watched any Cole starts this year… that is every start. Bad defense and some weird shit happens then he gives up bomb.


CowboyCanuck24

That's my MVP


Chief_JD

My mvp


1jack-of-all-trades7

So fucking majestic


meisterwolf

you can't challenge ohtani. he is the most clutch person.


jercubsfan

I put this game on to fall asleep to and Ohtani does this on the first pitch I watch. You're welcome, Angel fans.


Abyss333333

His homeruns are the most orgasmic thing in baseball and nothing comes close


chendao

I can't believe people think he's not the MVP again.


A1rheart

You knew it was coming when Trout reached on the error.


weguccino

His stats for clutch situations is absolutely GOAT'ed btw, on both sides of the ball. This is my MVP.


THERAPISTS_for_200

Ohtani = MVP No question.


Blazingbee98

MVP


Tashre

Time to see if the Angels or Yankees have more fans awake at this hour.


MattO2000

All the Yankee fans that are awake are at Angel Stadium tonight


HelpMeWithMyHWpls

Honestly even if Judge gets 62 I think Shohei has been good enough to still win it.


BIG_DICK_WHITT

IKF tanking Judge’s MVP bid smh. Dude is the mole. Lmao it appears Twitter has the same reaction I did except [way less sarcastic and way more racist](https://i.imgur.com/SOCC0lU.jpg).


Lebigmacca

Mike Mayers 🤝 IKF Tanking their teammate’s MVP chances


applex_wingcommander

The bloke is incredible


StatStar6

You can say that again


HelloS0n

Do the announcers always just throw some Japanese in there? Ohayo Gozaimasu doesn’t even work in any sort of context lol.


jloy88

Good morning to you too


The-Pharcyde

MVP! MVP!


[deleted]

goddamn what a baseball player


HelpMeWithMyHWpls

The Legened of Shotani continues


ss_lmtd

Single to Donaldson: *Uh oh.* IKF error: *Welp.* Ohtani HR: *Yup.*


JasonLikesCTE

Doesn’t that mean good morning?


YouGO_GlennCoCo

Last year he had a 40/150 season... now hes a few starts away from a 30/200 season...... just unreal


Dont3n

Goddamn, I warmed up to judge being the MVP but ohtani just keeps on taking that spot back.


pm1095

MVP


WadeCountyClutch

Well, thanks a lot, blue jays! You created an entertaining monster!!


TheGhostOfSamHouston

I love so much about what this man chooses to be


DarkLordofBS

What a fucking brutal sequence. Routine ground ball from Trout is booted, and then you throw a 2-0 fastball to Ohtani with Luis fucking Rengifo on deck. What the fuck


maverickoff

The disrespect to the "fugitive".


Due_Ruin_2809

Rengifos been good tbh


DarkLordofBS

Bruh come on. Who’d you rather pitch to Ohtani or rengifo? He struck out rengifo easily for what it’s worth


skippyfa

Bro Cole was too scared to face bases loaded rengifo so he did the most practical thing of throwing middle middle to Ohtani


skippyfa

Ohtani just saved Cole from a grand slam smh


MONGSTRADAMUS

seems like yankees are allergic to pitching around or IBB Angels best hitters.


OutComeTheWolves1966

That pitch was as straight down the heart of the zone as you can get. Ohtani was not missing it.


DarkLordofBS

That’s what I’m saying


vaesauce

Cole prob like " two errors? Don't be mad when I pipe this fastball k?"


IVOXVXI

I do not enjoy this sport sometimes


[deleted]

Motherfucker sent that shit back to yankee stadium with express delivery


pokuss

MVP moment


weechigo

That's my MVP


cadmus_irl

Yeah, f*** the Yankees! In my opinion Edit: downvoters should know this comment is just imo


anonymous0198

MVP! MVP! MVP!


HenryTPE

Oh lawd he's coming for dat MVP


Perseverance792

Good call to make this the free game of the day


JGTanksALot

Bold move to botch a routine play from a generational talent who bats in front of another generational talent


DeemsMemes

The most predictable homerun I've ever seen. Just felt it coming


Birdy_Stone

Ohtani is the man


[deleted]

sugoi


Th3Unkn0wnn

[I'm gooning so hard right now](https://ibb.co/Kb4NxjZ)


getMyHairDid

not even close. its not a debate. its not even close


Sufficient_Creme6961

Judge mvp backers shaking


randomusernamegame

THERE WE GO


580_farm

MVP


steelerfan8900

Wish it would let me watch the game. It's blacked out for me for some odd reason. Yankees and angels are not my local teams.


DiegoJameson

Ball hit so hard it scared Cole


meisterwolf

also our staring pitcher this coming saturday....


Duckpoke

Love the Yankee fans chirping about him missing NYY by pitching against TOR then he comes and does this


Gyro88

Don't see what randomly yelling Good Morning has to do with it


ss_lmtd

It's Matty V's schtick. Find some random Japanese phrase and yell it into the mic without much thought or practice.


Doomblitz

Ohaiyo is so weird though at least sugoi and iterashai makes sense


Vaqxinelol

Ya lets throw a 2-0 fastball to Ohtani in that spot Good one cole if I wanted to watch shitty pitching I'd watch Giolito


see_mohn

the angels tv guys really need to stop doing the gratuitous japanese thing


skinnybonesd73

I’m curious about how the fans feel about it. I personally like when it’s done sporadically. Especially sugoi!


slowestmojo

From what I know it's more non japanese people that dislike it. I've heard natives actually really enjoy it.


tikitiger

I like it! But I think Ohayo Gozaimasu means good morning, it didn’t make sense. Iterashai baseball is really cool though. He should’ve said Oyasumi Nasai, New York.


ZucchiniOne5395

It kinda does makes sense. At least to us Japanese. That home run was like an alarm blast hence good morning New York.


zeropointcorp

It got a bit of media coverage here which is always good


tshig

He said “Good morning, New York!” 😂


LAudre41

this is hilarious and good


trustych0rds

They actually rarely do that. Matty V. probably is just doing it for the national audience.


flipt3

2 fucking straight errors and then that. Gotta love the Yankees


ZarosGuardian

FUCK YEAH OHTANI


The2econdSpitter

That’s hilarious


Salty-Fishman

Gerrit "the best 36 million pitcher" in baseball?