[Special commentary]Shohei Otani’s 10th home run! Highly praised by Mr. Cal Ripken Jr. What are your memories with Mr. Kinugasa? Big Papi also says Shohei Otani is the future of baseball.

Shohei Ohtani hit his 10th solo home run of the season in his second at-bat of the third inning against the Phillies on May 29th (30th Japan time). With two consecutive games, he became the first Japanese to hit double-digit home runs for six consecutive years in the major leagues. This was the eighth time in his career that he has reached double digits. Major League legends talked about Otani’s physical strength, which allows him to accumulate such numbers while continuing to pitch and hit. First, Cal Ripken Jr. explained the greatness of Ohtani from his experience as an “iron man” who played in 2,632 consecutive games. Pitching and hitting have fundamentally different muscle coordination patterns, and muscle problems usually occur in just one pitcher. He emphasized that the reason he has not had any muscular injuries in the majors while doing both is because his preparations before games are perfect. Otani says that his philosophy of “preparation is everything” overlaps with his own. Ortiz revealed that even though he was a full-time DH, his body was in a state of disrepair towards the end of the season, and in addition to that, he was amazed at Ohtani’s otherworldly style of pitching. Alex Rodriguez pointed out that when an athlete’s body is protected in one area, the stress is concentrated on another area, causing it to break down, and praised Ohtani’s ability to manage his body’s balance so that he did not break down despite the stress of both pitching and hitting. The topic is his bond with Yoshio Kinugasa. When Ripken broke the world record in 1996, he looked back on the moment when he hugged Kinugasa, who had flown from Japan to Baltimore, and said his words were still engraved in his heart: “My record wasn’t beaten, it was passed on to me.” It is said that even though they did not speak the same language, there was a bond between those who continued to fight based on the same beliefs. Finally, regarding Ohtani’s influence on the future, Ripken praised him for destroying the common sense of “choosing between pitchers and batters” and expanding the possibilities for children around the world. Ortiz said that Dominican children are imitating Shohei and asserted that he has the power to create the next generation. Rodriguez analyzes that Otani is the biggest weapon in attracting young fans, who tend to follow American football and basketball, back to baseball. He concluded that there is no other show in any other sport where you can throw a ball 100 miles and hit a ball out of bounds. ■About the production policy for this video (Important) The videos on this channel are original content that focuses on audio commentary, structure, and discussion. The videos, images, and audio materials used are structured with consideration to YouTube’s guidelines and the scope of quotation, and are based on the premise of short-term use, processing, editing, and contextual necessity. In addition, the narration uses a machine voice generated based on your own voice, and there is no intention to imitate or impersonate any specific real person. This video is an entertainment piece based on baseball, but includes production, composition, and consideration. Please understand that some of the content may include interpretations and presentational expressions. ■ Copyright/Right Notation The copyrights of videos, images, and sound sources belong to the respective rights holders. If a problem is confirmed, we will promptly take measures such as making it private or deleting it. *Unauthorized reproduction, copying, or reuse of this channel’s content (including explanatory text, structure, and narration) is prohibited. ■ Materials/Credit 🎧 Additional Track Elektronomia – Energy Watch: https://youtu.be/eW3gMGqcZQc Free Download / Stream: http://ncs.io/Energy Video @Dodgers Official X https://www.youtube.com/@MLB