Can a team of 25 Shohei Ohtani clones take over baseball?

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Shohei Ohtani is one of the most exciting players in sports. He hasn't made the playoffs yet, so he'll try to do it himself in this episode of FUMBLE DIMENSION
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[@KofieWhy]

YEEHAWWWWWW

[@dethkillerspiral]

Will there still be yt videos?

[@rct3nut74]

@@KofieWhy Thank you Kofie, this video was adequate. Thank you Jon, this video was adequate.

[@KofieWhy]

@@dethkillerspiral yes. basically you're getting Fumble DImensions as promised but you'll also be able to see it being made in real time if you choose.

[@TheHeston83]

post Hockey content baseball is over

[@imc440]

The All Ohtani team has one massive advantage over every other team: Over a 162 game season, players will be injured, but on this team, every time a player gets hurt they are replaced by Shohei Ohtani. Real “Next Ohtani Up” mentality that no other team will have.

[@FastDuDeJiunn]

very true. but also as they mentioned, players rest more too, pitching and position players very seldom do 162 games anymore. that replacement is ofc same in this.

[@increasearmadillo3032]

And if anything else, with the knowledge of the next Ohtani up, the current Ohtani’s playing will be completely willing to put their body on the line

[@Jivvi]

How is Ohtani as a catcher though?

[@jan-Sopija]

Correction, they have a 25 massive advantages, but they all share a name

[@jonathonschwendler4644]

Every single game being pitched by a top 5 pitcher is an absurd advantage.

[@ContainsMultitudes]

Knowing MLB the show, this team is going to get close to a modern errors record. Having 7 dudes out of position is going to be W I L D.

[@dfp_01]

It's a shame Jon didn't track this. The all-time record is not easily available, but there are 177 occasions of a player recording 75 or more errors in a season, so it's conceivable the record is about 700, or around 4⅓ per game. Do I think the Ohtanis might have come close to breaking that? Maybe

[@jpteix]

The fielders are making tons of errors because they are listed as CFs. In The Show it doesn't matter if the player is Willie Mays. If he doesn't have LF as a secondary he will make errors. The game thinks the Ohtanis are in the wrong position so it makes them commit errors.

[@spoder22]

Yeah it does the same thing if you put closers as the starter

[@xneurosiis]

Yeah, I was just gonna comment about this. Would we want Ohtani how he is now in the game, or would the testing be better done if he was listed as a total utility player, whose positions are listed as OF/IF? That way the game doesn’t think he’s playing out of position and penalize him.

[@joebaker2311]

In all fairness Ohtani is in the wrong position

[@jeccdog7584]

This is good/more realistic for the purposes of this video. In real life, Ohtani at Catcher/Infielder would struggler more than the average starter at those positions

[@IdliAmin_TheLastKingofSambar]

@@jeccdog7584 On the other hand, we are talking about Ohtani. It wouldn’t shock me if he could play in the NFL for a season, just on a lark, and, like, rush for 1000 yards as a running back (I suppose he’s built more like a WR, but I digress). In all seriousness, given a spring training to work on his defense, my guess is he could at least be _passable_ (puns!) as a corner infielder.

[@kylekorb5305]

I love how the Met pitcher known for being able to hit pictured is Bartolo instead of DeGrom

[@Glasg0wSmil3]

Jake is a god... but there's only one Big Sexy

[@evancarlson5805]

If it's not Dae-Sung Koo, I'm not here for it.

[@luuk3731]

@@evancarlson5805 YES, Finally someone remembers the legendary .500 hitter. Also, did you know Koo recorded 1st on wins and 2nd on saves in the same season in kbo? he was just insane.

[@TheFallorn]

I mean, only one has an MLB home run record!

[@sdelmonte]

I want a team of deGroms

[@stofu92]

Shohei Ohtani is someone's OC in a baseball TTRPG game. "Well, Shohei is an ace who hits for power!" "Jeez Brian, we talked about this."

[@JamesTobiasStewart]

Then the GM fields an entire team of them because their notes are missing, so they're just using Ohtani's stats over and over for the other team.

[@HebrewHammer185]

The 9 Ohtanis line high fiving is the best part of this

[@impracticallyperfect8987]

2019 was the year that MLB made it very clear that they totally didn't change the baseball. Multiple times, like seriously guys, same ball.

[@hurrythepeace9443]

What actually happened?

[@AllisonIsLivid]

@@hurrythepeace9443 A change in suppliers for baseball materials led to a 'new' baseball that absolutely every player picked up on as being weird immediately, but the league insisted up and down that it wasn't. It's actually something that's been a problem quite a few times in history. Here's a whole thing on it, and I'm sorry it took four months for someone to answer. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2msn3mMaMR0h8U

[@justmaxproductions]

should've named them Ohtani #1, Ohtani #2, Ohtani #3, etc... would be funnier imo if you could get attached to them or see Ohtani #24 become a clutch god or something like that

[@rjhaney2614]

Wait, 9 missing games? 11:37 162-151 = 9? You sure a Ti-83 is the only thing you need John?

[@bobertportis4841]

Tbf a ti-83 would help him in that situation

[@machinatingminotaur6285]

sports guys are very good at math, just not at simple math. throw in a percentage calculation and he'd get it right

[@Kinglink]

As someone who worked on MLB The Show for years, I'm ready to see what you do to break the game. Bring it! "Part 1" uh oh.....

[@AlchemistJijo]

@AYLÉN not now aylen we're watching baseball

[@antoniobarry]

@@AlchemistJijo Thank you good sir

[@bartonallenlewis6012]

what did you do on MLB The Show? that's awesome

[@richardtherichard26]

Are you still in contact w anyone from the dev crew? Can you tell them to make it easier for me to steal vs the cpu? Even the best catchers in the league only throw out ~ 30% of base runners. No reason it should be as hard as it is

[@bartonallenlewis6012]

@@richardtherichard26 when you still do you just press R2 or do do lead off with R1, then break for the base at your own command? Leading off is essential as jn real life

[@adamsmeltzer2664]

Wow the 1896 Orioles are insane. Hughie Jennings stole 70 bases with a .960 OPS... and this is my favorite-- hit-by-pitch 51 times.

[@timothypurvis4168]

Is it truly a fumble dimension we live in if we don’t see a (football) team of Tim Tebows?

[@Moejoedajoejoe]

I love when the batter fouls it off and the pitcher charges right at him. You don't see pitchers charge the plate every day.

[@Timjblackley13]

So far, I think the main problem with this experiment is that you're using the pre-season rosters. I can tell by the fact because I saw Ceasar Hernandez with Cleveland who was traded mid-season in real life among others like Bryant, Soler , and Danny Duffy. If the rosters were updated Ohtani would have been upgraded by a lot. But that's just my theory

[@ThatOneGuy8305]

Yep. So these stats are based pretty heavily on Ohtani's 79 obs+ season as opposed to his 158 obs+ one. It explained why the problem seemed to be the hitting.

[@conrad69x]

he's an 82 overall in this video. a 96 on the updated rosters. not sure why they'd use pre-season rosters. makes the entire video pointless

[@xneurosiis]

@@conrad69x not only that, but they’re playing him out of position, according to the game, so the game will penalize him for that. His stats are even worse when playing out of position. I think this all needs to be redone.

[@anonymousperson3023]

@@xneurosiis because he is actually playing out of position...

[@TheIcemancometh13]

Something was off and it didn't click in my head until we reached the home run derby and I saw that Kris Bryant was still a Cub. They never updated the roster before they started the experiment. Shohei is a 96 in the game currently compared to an 82 when the game was released in March.

[@lincolnwright7896]

Starts off with Backyard Baseball. This is already my favorite Fumble Dimension video!

[@JWex-jy7sk]

And first video they showed was when the 🐐 himself hitting a 723 foot home run!

[@doneisenbarth]

Pablo Sanchez is the Goat!

[@armadillolover99]

@@doneisenbarth I love that out of all sports takes, the one we can all agree on is that nobody will ever be better than Pablo Sanchez

[@JSelby]

I gave it a like based purely on that tribute to one of the greatest games ever made!

[@JayLandon64]

Jon: "The Angels have been blessed with one of the most electrifying players baseball has ever seen..." - Plus, they have Ohtani.

[@thenumberquelve158]

Don't forget, the Angels have had Shohei for four years... and they've had Mike Trout for WAY longer. TWO transcendently talented players can't even carry a baseball team to the Promised Land. Also: You guys sold me on the concept of a giant outfield more and more as the video went on. More inside the park home runs sounds like a great way to make baseball more exciting. We all love watching a MASSIVE dinger pop off, but making them put a little more effort to get an effortless jog around the bases probably wouldn't be a bad thing in terms of intrigue.

[@feddyvonwigglestein3481]

Okay, I burst out laughing when the two clones celebrated together with identical animations

[@Sk8rTalent]

This video has: 1. Finally sold me on the Fumble Dimension, not only as an executed concept because the idea was always cool but this application was somehow the most entertaining to follow, but also Kofie and Jons method of displaying the journey. 2. Made me realize how much of a junkie I am for content because I will do ANYTHING to have part two drop right now. Keep it up you two!

[@Sk8rTalent]

@@CinemaDemocratica Good point, nothing better than fumbling into a big ol W

[@pattongilbert]

Easily my favorite Fumble Dimension yet. Though, the golf episode was pretty great. XD

[@dustyb58]

The funny thing about that 2019 Twins home run record is they got to 268 by hitting 6 HR against the Tigers. Later, the Yankees hit 6 against the Tigers to get to 276 (and lost 12-11). The Twins also hit #300 against the Tigers. So, yeah. Detroit. Woo.

[@Magic_beans_]

9:10 I love how the Ohtanizone requires multiple relays.

[@KofieWhy]

NEW FUMBLE DIMENSION LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@carcosa_swamp]

I really want to see that third twins game on the schedule that ended in a combined result of 28-4 since the two games it does display show a combined score of 24-5. Must have been a hell of a game three to make the twins score negative 1 points.

[@Zoyx]

Game 3 was 4-3. There was some bad maths. It was 28-8.

[@calvinwilliamson4202]

Kofie also said they were projected 4th in the league but that was 4th in the division. And Jon also said 162-151=9. The Fumble Dimension does not subscribe to the same universal truths as our own.

[@richardtherichard26]

@@calvinwilliamson4202 no it was 4th in the league. The dodgers padres and Yankees aren’t in the same division as them

[@colinbanning9416]

@@calvinwilliamson4202 If Jon says that's how math does I'm not entirely sure I'm qualified to oppose him

[@leehurst172]

@@colinbanning9416 the fumble dimension is Schrödinger's wet nightmare

[@JouvaMoufette]

Managing this team must have been weird but amusing. "Aww crap Shohei Ohtani is out with an injury. Gonna need to replace him with Shohei Ohtani" "Alright let's pull out Ohtani and out Ohtani in" Hell, how would they know which of them is in the line up if this was an actual team of clones?

[@scullystie4389]

Being in the NL would be even more entertaining with all the double switches for Ohtani and Ohtani

[@douglasfels9789]

I'm sure they switch places at the pre-game briefing on the managers just for the lulz.

[@richardtherichard26]

“How do you feel today shohei” “Not very good, shohei. Feel kinda sick” “Want me to take your place, shohei” “You would do that for me shohei” “I would shohei”

[@qfmarsh64]

Jersey numbers, apparently. For my 25-man roster I would give them all of the different letters as first initials to differentiate them. Except for S.

[@imgroot3450]

The passed ball “I don’t think..” comment had me in tears 😅

[@evancarlson5805]

31:04 Two. The Angels have been blessed with two of the most electrifying athletes in the history of baseball and still can't win.

[@MattHawkesPurdy]

He must have a pretty strong stand if he’s fighting The World

[@JC-zj2is]

Ahhh, a man of culture with the jojo reference 🤌

[@zaneseibert]

Oh! That's a Baseball!

[@17zay17]

IS THAT A JOJO REFERENCE

[@joeybatmania9327]

@@zaneseibert RED JAGGERS

[@patrickbohn5235]

Dude that Backyard Baseball flashback. None of the later ones ever quite matched that one. Remember getting the Wii one and getting a triple play. On a foul ball pop up.

[@ethanwagner]

Will be back to watch shortly. Gotta work and then set up to enjoy this masterpiece. Can't wait. Thanks Secret Base Crew!!

[@taymorrison]

watching at work i don’t care anymore lol

[@LemurJackson]

Between JCS’s upload yesterday and today, my Christmas has been well satisfied.

[@EnjoySackLunch]

Your priorities are out of wack

[@Cass2kX1]

@@taymorrison rhhdrddbdh

[@teen_laqueefa]

I worked out ten times the last 2 weeks , working every other day, hope this helps

[@8stormy5]

That intro brought me back to the days of little league where you played whatever position no matter how odd it'd seem if you only knew professional baseball. I was an outfielder, inconsistent hitter with huge power (relatively, anyways) and on rare occasions was the emergency backup pitcher because I had the best control of all the non-pitchers on the team

[@logansoutham71]

I hope you saw the Chiefs scoragami the other day, Jon! They even called it a scoragami on live tv. You famous!

[@tmage23]

Apparently there's an issue with The Show's version of Ohtani because of the way the game handles stamina differently for pitchers and batters. I suspect the team full of Ohtani's won't perform nearly as well as you'd think he would.

[@denistuohy2535]

Yeah it’s aggravating to use him in franchise mode

[@richardtherichard26]

Yea it sucks tryna use him. I’ll usually create my own 2nd 2way player and switch them off for about a month at a time. Pitching then playing right.

[@Frigidevil]

28:06 Shoutout to the bees for an absolutely ridiculous season. 116-26!?

[@JutiMayranen]

Kinda funny that you mentioned Shohei Ohtani being a real life create-a-player. You can play as a two-way player in MLB The Show 21's Road to the Show -mode

[@Mayrink.]

Did y'all really miss on the opportunity to call the stadium "The Big Valley" or whatever? That's what "Ohtani" means, man! Come on, it would've fit perfectly

[@RabbitEarsCh]

This is the snappiest, best-edited and best told Fumble Dimension yet. I'm excited for Part 2!

[@Alex-xk5xt]

the intro to this made me think it was gonna be a backyard baseball video and now i desperately want a backyard baseball fumble dimension (sick video tho!)

[@WolfDB]

Hold on a second...a Fumble Dimension episode where the strategy actually works? I guess that just goes to show you how great of a player Shohei Ohtani is

[@pja36]

But what if the Otanis hit 3,000 batters?

[@tomlevy-theflatlandcyclist2448]

Damn I love Fumble Dimension. Can you do one on the the Pro Cycling game and see if you can create an extreme team to smash the Tour De France? I would happily work on this with you!

[@Legault397]

Hell yeah the Ohtani's are playoff bound! Great work as always to the Secret Base team

[@mr.cook5]

holy smokes that AAA record. was ohtani also populating the minor league rosters in the event of injuries on the MLB side?

[@stormcat3648]

This video was actually incredible, I loved it so much

[@TheKing-rq9sk]

I could watch these for hours, and I do. Brilliant stuff.

[@adamcoe]

excellent baseballness and excellent music. do not stop doing these things

[@matthewbodony4000]

Life is great because there’s a new fumble dimension

[@tonzillaye]

Watching three people throw the ball to get to the infield is going to kill me every time

[@SimGunther]

A Madden team full of Sammy Baughs or Jim Thorpes could be an interesting experiment

[@lecygnenoir4313]

But can they beat an entire team of Koo Dae-Sung?

[@jackbauer123321]

I didn't need to do anymore work today. Thank you SB!

[@theBCEproductions]

>"the schedule will show the Ohtani's as having played 151 games" >"there are 162 games in the season" >"that means there are nine missing games" The last two games: *"And I took that personally"*

[@grantreill1966]

YES! when the world needed more Kofie Yeboah, he returned. oh, and look! Jon is here too!

[@reverberate10]

this is the most excited I’ve been about a Fumble Dimension in a hot minute

[@darkhawk4863]

Honestly, the Angels should really catch a lot more stick for how badly managed they are. You said it yourselves: 4 years of Shohei Ohtani, and losing records all four of those years. Well, more damningly, four years of Shohei Ohtani AND Mike Trout - arguably the two best players in the league - and losing seasons all four years. That's Lions/Barry Sanders levels of wasting talent there.

[@livifan45]

Yes!!! I get the Astros have been as close to a dynasty as you can get without multiple titles in that time but it is still indefensible that especially with 2 wildcard teams a team that has Mike Trout, who will be regarded as one of the top 5 players ever to play the game alongside Shohei and still get nowhere close to October. It is really a disgrace if you think about it for more than 5 seconds.

[@L4NkYb]

Memories of the Abbots. The team I made in Tony LaRussa Baseball 3 made entirely of Jim and Kurt Abbot

[@bluspidr]

So glad this video was made because 1. These videos are always entertaining 2. It gets to show what a dumpster fire of a game that The Show 21 was.

[@4077Disc]

I love this. Thanks team Ya'Bois. I love you.

[@williamhowland9977]

Just gonna leave this tab here until I can kick my feet up and fully enjoy Kofie and Jon's latest masterpiece this evening

[@stefmanpkb]

This was brilliant!

[@Hawkmanuno]

26:06 "Oh my god, you just thought about betting, didn't you." Fumble Dimension proving its prescience by talking about Shohei Ohtani and betting.

[@zieellingham7297]

Please continue with this kind of video- I want to explore the Fumble Dimension

[@DanStrayer]

Love the Polo Grounds center field set up. If you’re going to create an outlandishly huge baseball stadium, might as well pay homage to the original outlandishly huge center field. Nice detail.

[@zakarypembleton9666]

Took my break at work to watch this. Totally worth it

[@imaginerp]

Good timing for this to pop up in my recommended videos

[@falcon1378]

Waiting for this for ages!

[@kaddyshakkgolf]

The Backyard Baseball 2001 flashback made me feel soo good inside!

[@TuckLeg]

I needed this right now lol

[@sauce3749]

Same. Clutch timing as always, SB!!!

[@Arden2000]

6:48 I thought he was gonna say "The Los Angeles Angels have disappeared and no one seems to care" 💀

[@KKGAllen]

The Return!!!

[@matthewvanzandt6589]

I love this concept!!

[@jeremymccommons7741]

Fumble Dimension X Shohei Ohtani Both baseball KZbin boxes checked.

[@mathewmackie5623]

Props to Kofie for referencing the Polo Grounds in the Ohtani Zone.

[@benk6129]

it’s always a good day when there’s a new fumble dimension

[@joshuapatrick682]

I’m just amazed no Ohtani’s got injured and put on the IL so you’d have to replace them in the lineup and do so via trading and bringing players up from Triple A.

[@TheBrettN]

23:36 As a Cubs fan, no worries at all Kofie. We’re rebuilding the next great Cubs dynasty and I’m optimistic about the future. You don’t have to feel sorry about anything; you are all good.

[@coltman18322k2]

Welcome to MLB The Sho, we've got a great game here at the Oh-zone between the A's and the Oh's

[@nikoladukanovic5615]

The only KZbin channel that I have notifs on

[@CharmCityGamer]

Oooh, new Fumble Dimension! Excellent! 😁

[@MrCytree]

The Angels don't just have the best player in baseball, they have the TWO best players in baseball (and in the conversation for 'of all time').

[@Niptonian9551]

The two best are probably Trout and Soto tbh.

[@TornaitSuperBird]

It just goes to show you how baseball is unlike the other sports.

[@sneersh9107]

And they're wasting the careers of both of them... Trout having never won a playoff game (and only being in the playoffs once) in his over 10 year career is inexcusable and the Angels' front office needs to be held accountable, not just Angels' fans but baseball fans should be upset over this

[@lylamcdowell7200]

Part two is gonna be great

[@gordonwiley2006]

Thank you for continueing the field of science.

[@jmdcomplexity1034]

Damn do i love this KZbin channel

[@c_spare]

The backyard baseball video game clips were a nostalgia blast i was not expecting

[@jemmemccann2952]

“Give me a TI-83 and about 15 minutes”…good stuff!

[@dawg6556]

this video was… amazing to say the least.

[@PunishedLasagna]

Cubs fan here that didn't expect to experience the crushing feeling of loss watching this Shohei Ohtani video!

[@ethanwagner]

"What was happening in 2019?... oh... nothing" as baseballs literally turn in to bouncy balls.

[@WindmillsSpin]

If you count each Ohtani's appearance in each game, they'd easily surpass Cal Ripken Jr.'s consecutive game streak in like just over a season

[@jamesgaston2745]

If you consider that the DH and the Pitcher Ohtanis would miss games the other 8 could get 1296 games and it would take over 2 seasons because Cals record is absurd

[@WindmillsSpin]

@@jamesgaston2745 I had figured that the relief pitcher Ohtanis would goose that number up a bit

[@lainewiens]

So stoked!

[@bmac4]

This video feels like it's from another dimension. The *Fumble* Dimension.

[@false8507]

this is my favorite the show video of all time

[@Eidenhoek]

goated video just from the first game shown

[@grantbeaver2029]

Funny that you were talking about ichiro pitching once when today I saw a video of him in some random game like this week pitching

[@Wheres-my-toes-bro]

I'm gonna fall asleep to this, wake up and watch it properly later.

[@daveycash3479]

My CAP catcher build last year in DD couldn’t actually catch a strike because there was no actual catcher archetype. It’s interesting that Franchise mode is so forgiving for out of position players despite the errors the Ohtani’s did face.

[@kadirkoylu4334]

Fumble League is my favorite Internet thing for a year now

[@madmudkip9036]

Glad to see Backyard Baseball 2001get some love -The world record speed runner for BYB2001

[@Mr_Jish]

Love the intro with clips from Backyard Baseball. Pablo Sanchez was always the GOAT, as well he should be...but for my money, Kenny Kawaguchi was Shohei before Shohei was Shohei (and no, not because of anything to do with them both being of Japanese heritage). The amount of times I could pitch a near perfect/perfect game with my man Kenny and then have him blast absolute hammers over the fence the following inning was staggering. Pablo Sanchez is the GOAT, *of course* but Kenny was always *my* GOAT

[@mattmurphy5805]

Secret base video: ! Fumble dimension: !! Fumble dimension baseball: !!! Part 1: !!!!!

[@Extinguisher10]

"Ichiro was only a position player". The next day Ichiro strikes out 17 (granted high schoolers, but still 17)