MLB Thread

[Black Knight]

14 hours ago, mojoween said:

This is going to sound sore loserish because, well, I am, but the fact that there were total crickets from baseball commentators about how absolute shit Ohtani was during the World Series, but Aaron Judge was the worst player in the history of the sport *even though all of his stats were better than Shohei* will never not piss me off.

Ohtani injured his shoulder in the second game and dealt with it the rest of the WS, and had surgery on it a few days after the series ended. I'm not sure why the Dodgers even put him out there again at all, but it was hilarious that he got walked when he couldn't really swing a bat and had to hold his arm in place while moving around the bases so he wouldn't mess his shoulder up further. In any case, that's why the commentators talked about Judge and not Ohtani, because Judge wasn't injured.

[Notabug]

1 hour ago, Black Knight said:

Ohtani injured his shoulder in the second game and dealt with it the rest of the WS, and had surgery on it a few days after the series ended. I'm not sure why the Dodgers even put him out there again at all, but it was hilarious that he got walked when he couldn't really swing a bat and had to hold his arm in place while moving around the bases so he wouldn't mess his shoulder up further. In any case, that's why the commentators talked about Judge and not Ohtani, because Judge wasn't injured.

That was certainly my impression.  Ohtani was playing with a serious injury that greatly affected his ability to swing a bat.  For the announcers to criticize his lack of hitting in the Series would've been ridiculous.  

Meanwhile, Judge was apparently in a good a condition as possible at the end of a long season and he also made one of the most boneheaded errors ever seen in a game, let alone a World Series.  He is a great player, but he wasn't even adequate in the Series.  The announcers, who otherwise fell all over themselves praising the Yankees as they always do, had every right to point out that Judge was a major disappointment and they were absolutely right.

Edited Yest. at 02:39 AM by Notabug

[DMK]

Snort. Someone actually made merchandise and a website: https://www.topofthefifthmerchandise.com

[Lantern7]

*sigh* If I only knew any Yankees fans that could take a joke.

[baldryanr]

9 hours ago, Notabug said:

Meanwhile, Judge was apparently in a good a condition as possible at the end of a long season and he also made one of the most boneheaded errors ever seen in a game, let alone a World Series.  He is a great player, but he wasn't even adequate in the Series.  The announcers, who otherwise fell all over themselves praising the Yankees as they always do, had every right to point out that Judge was a major disappointment and they were absolutely right.

Plus Judge hasn't exactly been Mr. October throughout the rest of his time.  His career postseason BA is .205 (58 games), so the small sample size argument is falling apart.  There are a lot of player who think true greatness is performing well under real pressure (see all the people who criticize Mike Trout) and for the most part Judge hasn't.