KevinM
Senior member
- Joined
- Mar 30, 2019
- Messages
- 559
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 06/2019
- Country
- US
- State
- FL
- City
- Tallahassee
I’ve always been a big baseball fan, loving the game since I was a youngster and having played it through high school. That amounts to about 57 years of watching some of the greatest players to ever play the game.
In all those years, I’ve never seen anything like Shohei Ohtani, who plays for the LA Angels. Until Ohtani, I (and many others) considered his teammate Mike Trout to be the league’s greatest all around player, and to me he still is as an everyday player that doesn’t pitch. But Ohtani is unlike any player the game has seen since Babe Ruth, because he is one of the games best hitters AND one of its best pitchers when healthy. If he continues to stay healthy, he could have the most amazing season in history.
He is the first player in American League history to have at least 30 home runs and 10 or more stolen bases at the All Star break, which is the halfway point in the season. He is one of the games greatest power hitters, one of the league‘s fastest runners, and every time he pitches he is capable of throwing a no-hitter with his 100 MPH fastball and untouchable sinker.
After my diagnosis I had lost interest in so many things I always enjoyed. But this year, after the horrors of COVID for the past year and a half, I’ve found a renewed joy in watching games this year and especially following this amazing young man. I Hope others here are enjoying this season as I am. Best, Kevin
In all those years, I’ve never seen anything like Shohei Ohtani, who plays for the LA Angels. Until Ohtani, I (and many others) considered his teammate Mike Trout to be the league’s greatest all around player, and to me he still is as an everyday player that doesn’t pitch. But Ohtani is unlike any player the game has seen since Babe Ruth, because he is one of the games best hitters AND one of its best pitchers when healthy. If he continues to stay healthy, he could have the most amazing season in history.
He is the first player in American League history to have at least 30 home runs and 10 or more stolen bases at the All Star break, which is the halfway point in the season. He is one of the games greatest power hitters, one of the league‘s fastest runners, and every time he pitches he is capable of throwing a no-hitter with his 100 MPH fastball and untouchable sinker.
After my diagnosis I had lost interest in so many things I always enjoyed. But this year, after the horrors of COVID for the past year and a half, I’ve found a renewed joy in watching games this year and especially following this amazing young man. I Hope others here are enjoying this season as I am. Best, Kevin