>>151787403the question is, is he a better pitcher, than shohei ohtani's pitching and batting combined?
>>151787612ohtani's pitching and batting > Yamamoto > ohtani's pitching
>>151787403Crazy 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
>>151802039Its 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
>>151802044No, it's a sport where nothing happens for 200 minutes.
>>151802039when's neuer going to start playing as a striker
>>151802080Actually 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.
>>151802154I'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
>>151805592Yes, it would. Because it's 5-6 hours one way, so 10-12 hours extra travel.
>>151805592LA 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.
>>151802039All 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.
>>151809787If you had to watch Schwarber field for your team you would be asking for a DH spot
>>151810302If 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.
>>151809787Make a rule saying everybody has to take a turn at pitching the way they do with batting. That's all it takes.
>>151809787DH 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.
