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Originally Posted by KhalDrogo
Who talks about Ohtani only being a DH?
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A lot of “baseball fans” I work with talk about him not being as good because he is only a DH. I try to explain to them about what he is doing and what he has done. He is more than just a generational player, he is a once in history player.
I remember when people would talk about Verlander and his bat because he hit homeruns. Could he have done what Ohtani is doing, no way.
Could he have had even a single season of pitching and hitting like Ohtani, no way. Maybe a few games, but then he would stop. I think Skenes would have had potential to do it, he was a batter first, pitcher second.
So many casual fans do not realize what they are witnessing. They always point to his pitching being slightly above average. They don’t look at a 50/50 season FROM A PITCHER. Or the fact that he puts up 30 HRs when pitching above average. When was the last time this happened? 1920? The game was also so different then.
I love the casual fan for keeping the game alive, but they really don’t understand what they are watching. Like Ohtani being on pace for more HRs than last year, and we should see him on the mound soon too. No player has ever pitched multiple games and hitting 50+ HRs.
I don’t have much in way of Ohtani cards, just some base RCs, I just like being able to say I saw it happen.