Tony D'Amato
It's all about the inches
Im gonna go out on a limb and say Babe Ruth fat azz didn't have sho's repertoire of pitches. Dude is filthy as a pitcher.
The Official 2023 World Baseball Classic Thread
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god shamgod
Veteran
Trout has had 24 3 swinging strikeouts in 6,174 plate appearances in his career
That shyt ohtani did to him last night rarely happens
That shyt ohtani did to him last night rarely happens
VegetasHairline
Veteran
Saysumthinfunnymike
VOTE!!!
They should have put this on FOX. Between FS1 and FOX Deportes the game averaged 4.97 million viewers. It dominated the 18-49 demographic for all TV viewers last night.
Next World Baseball Classic is going to be huge.
Next World Baseball Classic is going to be huge.
Spidey Man
Superstar
Especially if the good us pitchers show up.
RickyDiBiase
The Sword of Jesus of Nazareth
Nah keep it as is. Make our equivalent to the World Cup
The future of baseball looking good.
- Japan’s 3-2 victory over the USA drew 5.2 million viewers across the FS1 cable network, Fox Deportes, and Fox Sports’ streaming platforms, according to MLB. That made it the most-watched WBC game telecast ever on American TV. It was up 69% from the last WBC Final in 2017.
- FS1 alone averaged 4.5 million viewers. That made Tuesday’s Final the most-watched WBC game ever on a single network, the most-watched cable telecast of the night, and the most-viewed FS1 telecast since Game 3 of MLB’s 2022 National League Championship Series.
- TV Viewership on FS1 and Fox Deportes peaked at 6.5 million viewers between 10:30 pm and 10:45 p.m. ET as Ohtani and Trout neared their ninth-inning showdown. On its own, Fox Deportes averaged 492,000 viewers.
VegetasHairline
Veteran
The WBC drew more fans in 2 weeks (47 games) than 5 big-league teams did for the entire 162-game season last year: Cleveland, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, Miami and Oakland.
Copy Ninja
Superstar
They're saying Ohtani might eclipse over $600M 
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MLB insider projects record-breaking contract price for Shohei Ohtani in free agency
A top MLB insider believes Shohei Ohtani could land a contract this winter that would be the biggest in the history of American sports.
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Babe ruth the pitcher was skinny. He didn't get fat until the mid 1920s. He pitched in the dead ball era so fast balls, curve balls, emeryballs and spitters were the primary pitches at that time. By 1920 emeryballs and spitters were made illegal.
He did lead the league in ERA and starts one year and threw 29 straight scoreless innings in the world series.
Amor fati
Superstar
They're saying Ohtani might eclipse over $600M
MLB insider projects record-breaking contract price for Shohei Ohtani in free agency
A top MLB insider believes Shohei Ohtani could land a contract this winter that would be the biggest in the history of American sports.
CEO of Morgan Industries
Superstar
You're getting two elite players in one.They're saying Ohtani might eclipse over $600M
MLB insider projects record-breaking contract price for Shohei Ohtani in free agency
A top MLB insider believes Shohei Ohtani could land a contract this winter that would be the biggest in the history of American sports.
60M AAV seems perfectly fair as a starting point. Something like 11/670 or 12/725 isn't off the table.