Ohtani takes the mound right now! I wonder how long they will let him go.
Update- first AB is a hit! oops
second batter hit, runners on 1st and 3rd.. don't think he'll pitch too many innings 2 if lucky
his final line 1 Ip
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I thought that all things considered, it was a very good first outing for him. It's unprecedented that a guy recovering from surgery and not having been on the mound for nearly 2 years would go up against a hot big league lineup and perform how he did. His velocity was excellent and the movement on his pitches was eye-opening. He predictably struggled with command but also got kiked out of a K against Machado by a blind ump.
If Machado is punched out then it's possible that he doesn't even give up a run. On top the great velocity, the contact that he did give up was soft which is what you want if your pitches are finding their bats. Now we just have to hope that he doesn't have any injury flare-ups. To add to the absolute meme that is his career, Ohtani said fuck it and provided his own run support by knocking in 2 RBI's.
Listening to a lot of Boston talk radio about Devers is rather infuriating. I went back and looked at all of the World Series winners since 2002 (the year that Fenway Sports Group took over the club). They've won 4 World Series in the last 23 years. There are only 3 other teams that have had anywhere near that level of success: the Giants (3 wins), the Cardinals (2 wins) and the Dodgers (2 wins). I won't count the Astros and their 2 "wins" because they're cheating cunts.
The Giants won 3 in a period of like 5 years and so while they were "dynastically good", they weren't able to recreate that success over a long period of time. Huge peak and then pretty much all valleys.
The Cardinals won 2 chips a few more years apart which is the sign of a good front office and ownership but again, they've only won 2 against the Red Sox 4.
Then you have the Dodgers...I mean, I support these fags and all that but let's be honest: their "win" in 2020 isn't a legit Championship to me, so it's really 1 win and an asterisk.
So it goes to show just how great the Red Sox have been this century. All of these dumbasses who want the ownership group to fuck off should start attending furry conventions rather than ball games because that's the type of insanity that they would jive with.
. 4 World Series titles in 21 years is a feat most would kill for no matter how you slice it. It's probably because baseball seasons are so damn long, when you have losing and middling seasons the aggravation is just amplified, if that makes sense. For me though there's no one else I would want at the helm outside of FSG.