Last Updated on 11/01/2022 by てんしょく飯
Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels will continue to thrill baseball fans around the world with his phenomenal pitching and hitting in the 2022 season.
It’s hard to imagine anyone else coming up to Ohtani’s level.
Although Ohtani himself has entered the offseason, there is still no end to the praise for his performance, just as there was during the season. The other day, former Angels manager Joe Maddon’s comments about Ohtani became a hot topic in the U.S. media.
Joe Maddon said of Ohtani’s performance to date, “I’m not saying it [similar success by other players] won’t happen again, but I don’t think we’re going to see a player of Ohtani’s caliber in the near future, and if we do, I don’t think he’s going to be able to do it. But I don’t think we’ll see another player of Ohtani’s caliber in the near future, and even if we do, I don’t think he’ll have the success he had.
This loving tribute to his beloved pupil was also picked up by the U.S. sports website FanNation, which noted Ohtani’s potential to continue to achieve greatness.
Maddon’s point is that Ohtani is special,” the media outlet said, referring to his view that “it’s not just hard work and determination that have brought Ohtani to where he is today. He continued, “Hitting in the major leagues requires talent and coordination that cannot be taught. You can coach a natural talent to its full potential, but you have to have a certain baseline of talent,” he stated that many factors are required to play at the top level.
He then noted that “pitching and hitting are completely unrelated skill sets, and the chances of finding both skills in one person are astronomical.
He further explained the uniqueness of Ohtani’s existence and how difficult it is for him to play two sports as follows
No one is more gifted at both than Ohtani. The talent level in Major League Baseball today is the highest it has ever been, and the fact that he is one of the best in baseball at both pitching and hitting is crazy. While Maddon did not say that we will never see him again, perhaps he should have made that clear. Because we will never see it again.”
Ohtani is regarded as a one-of-a-kind player by the U.S. media and his former coaches. We can only hope that he will continue to impress people with his performances next season and beyond.
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