“Ohtani is occupying the streets of New York” Otani’s unusual popularity locally[Shohei Otani][Overseas reaction]

“People around me, whether they’re fans of the sport or not, know Ohtani and talk about him. I don’t even know when was the last time someone asked me about Aaron Judge. I don’t remember,” said former football player Jason Skukanec. In the United States, Ohtani is becoming a hot topic, and his popularity seems to be even greater than that of Judge, who won the AL MVP award. Mr. Skukanek continues as follows: “When you see Ohtani’s commercials, he’s a force to be reckoned with. He’s such a rare baseball player that he’s talked about on late-night talk shows. Comedians talk about him. He’s a pop culture figure. “Aaron Judge is not pop culture.” Otani’s “dual-wielding” challenge appears to be of interest not only to baseball fans but also to the American public. Even before the MVP announcement, there had been rumors that Otani would receive the award, but as most expected, Otani won the award with a unanimous vote, becoming the first DH to achieve this feat. As a result, Otani has been active since 2021, when he won the MVP award, and in addition to being the only dual-wielding player, he has solidified his reputation as the number one active player. There are many “one-hit wonders” who can achieve outstanding results in a short period of one year, but whether you can become a true star depends on whether you can sustain this. Statistically, it is natural for players who have performed at the MVP level to “regress” in performance, and there tend to be more reasons for them to worsen than for them to improve. However, since 2021, when Otani won the MVP award, he has actually improved his performance in a way that goes against the expectations of experts and statistical data. Dan Zimborsky, who is known for devising a player performance prediction system called ZiPS, is astonished. “It is really difficult to perform at an MVP level for many years in a row.When it comes to the combination of pitching and hitting, of course there is no precedent, but just looking at WAR alone, it is extremely rare. Almost all of the players who have performed as well as Ohtani for three consecutive years are considered to be the best in history.If Ohtani can stay healthy and play, it would be strange not to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.” , sports media “The In an anonymous survey conducted by “Athletic” on 103 current players, when asked, “If you were to start a new team, which player would you sign first?” 45.6% answered “Ohtani.” By the way, Judge was in second place with 14.5%. As the players who chose Otani said, “It’s so obvious that I don’t even need to explain why,” Otani’s popularity is increasing. In this way, in this video we will introduce Otani’s extraordinary popularity in the local area, so please watch until the end! 〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜 ◆About BGM materials Download site/Free BGM/Music materials MusMu →https:/ /musmus.main.jp/ ・DOVA-SYONDROME →https://dova-s.jp/ ・NoCopyrightSounds →https://www.youtube.com/@NoCopyrightSounds