How A One in a Billion Child Became The GOAT

[@BattersBoxChannel]

What has been your favorite Shohei Ohtani moment?

[@BrianYakata-m4z]

It’s still to come. There are no words. He is art. He is Picasso in cleats.

[@jsa790]

watched 2 min of your video, and info is not factual. ohtani asked npb teams to not draft him b/c he wanted to go to mlb. nippon ham drafted him anyway. continuing as a two way player was one of nippon ham or kuriyama’s selling point. please either fix or remove this video.

[@xyzhajime]

@@jsa790Indeed. That is very well known in Japan.

[@f430ferrari5]

Japan does not have a billion people. Ohtani is 1 in around 125 million.

[@HiGHtoshi]

Ohtani striking out the great Mike Trout for the WBC trophy🫡🍻🇯🇵

[@pjscafe]

We are all so lucky to witness the GOAT. 🎉🎉🎉

[@BattersBoxChannel]

Yes, yes we are

[@Oldguy-k3t]

He's lucky to be alive. Tsunami almost got him.

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Football Soccer have 4 billion fans around the world! Cricket have 2,5 billion fans around the world! Baseball is popular only Japan DomRepulic Venezuela Cuba Taiwan USA South Korea! Baseball do not have billion fans! Baseball about 300 million fans!!

[@Person3-j4r]

@@RaineriHakkarainen who said baseball had a billion fans?

[@Jowitzer]

@@RaineriHakkarainen cool bro

[@towertokyo]

Ever since he shed tears of frustration in high school baseball match,he has been surprisingly polite and beloved by Japanese people. Now he is playing for pros, playing in the major leagues, winning the WBC, joining the Dodgers and getting married, Despite suffering from betrayal by his interpreter and injuries, he is facing off against the Yankees in the World Series. Something that is like the climax of a Manga. I am so happy and excited that we Japanese can experience the same excitement as he did. Good luck Shohei, your and our dream is coming true.

[@dumdumii-gq8cc]

real life goro shigeno

[@towertokyo]

@@dumdumii-gq8cc Yes! And more exciting than Tatsuya Uehara of ‘Touch’

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

They all do that in their high school baseball games. They even line the teams up and the losing team is expected to be sobbing. They take it seriously. It’s a thing over there. Not a negative. Him crying in frustration is what’s expected for a high school baseball star.

[@Don_3k]

​@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 it's not that crying is expected it's that japanese high schoolers give and invest so much time and effort in their respective sport it's practically their life. So when they lose its like their entire world crashing down u can't help but cry.

[@bobsyoruncle4583]

There was a moment - I think it may have been after hitting his 49th hr in Miami - where the camera zoomed in on his face as he let the bat slide from his hand and stood for a few moments gazing up at the ball arcing high into the stands with a look of complete serenity, as if he were calmly watching the flight of a passing bird. In that expression there was no bravado or any emotional display - it was as if he was seeing exactly what he expected to see. That's my Ohtani moment.

[@BattersBoxChannel]

So eloquent 😍

[@えいでん-g5i]

BeautifulMoment

[@joeycard17]

I was there all 3 games vs Miami. I have never felt magic on the baseball field like I did during those games. Because of him

[@ismr2356]

what a great moment!

[@ms.psoasmajor]

Thanks for sharing a great moment. Somehow I can easily imagine how it looked like.

[@EverTruu]

One of the most impressive things about him is just how damn fast he runs for having such a huge build. He’s 6’5 in cleats and is buff af! I was at the dbacks game where he stole 3 bases like it was nothing and I realized that people need to see him in person to appreciate just how incredible it is to see someone that big running that fast. I’m a dbacks fan and dislike the dodgers to put it nicely 🤣 but I cheered for the dodgers all throughout the playoffs because I wanted that guy to get a trophy.

[@fabianavalos1386]

Ivan Drago

[@michaelurena7324]

Kinda like Usain Bolt, his longer stride helps him cover more ground than the average player. Also as a pitcher himself, he can easily read pitchers pitching que's and probably helps him gain a second on his steals.

[@EverTruu]

@@michaelurena7324 Except he weighs twice as much as Usain and is wearing a bunch of gear and not just in track runners shorts. But yeah his baseball IQ is insane and since he's a pitcher, he knows exactly how to lead-off.

[@michaelurena7324]

@@EverTruu True but Ive seen lineman run insane quick 40s for their size. Im sure under that baseball gear, he's pretty fit and muscular.

[@Rick-jz1vs]

6ft 5 220 isnt buffed

[@chrsi3178]

Took my kids to their first Dodgers game. Ohtani does a walk off Grand Slam to reach 40/40. You can feel the electricity in the air. Lucky to see it twice in my life. Second only to the great Kobe Bryant.

[@tha1ne]

he better than kobe bryant lmao

[@shintyty]

second to messi. messi is an alien not from this planet. Shohei is the GOAT from this planet

[@iminmymumscar-d6j]

kobe isnt even top 10 all time lmao, stop it.

[@DUNGSTA]

Kobe no where near LeBron

[@colts574you]

Ohtani > Kobe

[@Potato_Panda7]

We witnessing a legend I didn’t get to see babe Ruth but I’m sure as hell will witnessed Shohei

[@number9999]

Shohei's obsession with baseball is on par with Kobe's obsession with basketball. That almost psychopathic drive for the game, that relentless drive for victory. Shohei Ohtani will go down in history as one if not THE greatest baseball player to ever live. The world is lucky to have witness someone like him play.

[@akita1934]

Ohtani is humble he not smell money

[@Gundum]

humble and still got paid

[@LiquidTrees]

I have been blessed to Witness the Jordan era of Basketball, where he dominated on both ends of the court! Now I get to Witness Ohtani, who I believe is the MJ of baseball. The guy is amazing 🤩⚾️🔥

[@ravin-yw1vj]

Ohtani is the man and is just built different, the Goat 🐐 Even on my Playstation video game of me as Shohei Ohtani with extra gold chip and points can't beat the real thing.

[@rrcreation6722]

he's the real life Gorou Shigeno from the animated series Major. thats my favorite sports anime of all time. a young japanese kid who is obsessed with baseball and dreamed to be in the MLB, he is a two way player who got a killer fastball and hits homeruns so easily exactly like Shihei Ohtani. its like my fav character became a real person and more, he is a real GOAT and now he has won the 2024 world series. Congrats Shohie Ohtani.

[@Finedeserthouses]

Great great video, but one huge mistake….a wrong information here. Shohei didn’t insist on becoming a two-way player. Out of high school, he wanted to come straight to the MLB. He would have been a first player to have done so in Japan. So he asked all of the teams in Japan not to draft him but Nippon Ham Fighters insisted talking to him, while suggesting to become a two-way player. The manager, Kuriyama, suggested him that he could give Shohei the opportunity, become successful as a two-way- player, that might help him to have a better resume for the MLB. Fighter’s was willing to give him the opportunity which Shohei never thought was allowed in the professional baseball. He thought he had to choose one way or the other. So you can say that Kuriyama is the reason why we can enjoy this two-way-player ❤ I know Shohei wanted to play in the WBC but having Kuriyama as a manager, I’m sure he was more convinced to participate in it as well.

[@redwing644]

And a World Series championship in his first year with the Dodgers to add to his resume

[@TN-ux5rk]

Ohtani himself says he had never considered pursuing a two-way player until he received an offer from the Nippon Ham Fighters to do so.

[@japiler]

Kuriyama gave an idea of becoming 2way player

[@pothead8157]

I heard he became a two way player because Babe Ruth came to him in his dream and in perfect Japanese told him he was gonna be the greatest two way player of all time.

[@japiler]

@@pothead8157 no no no, watch any japanese documentary series about Ohtani and you will see that is not true(I am half-japanese, and had been following him since the beginning), Kuriyama, manager/coach of Nippon Ham gave him an idea to stay in Japan first couple of years of PRO career(not go to MLB directly), mature as a player and try two-way in Japan first, then go to MLB. Kuriyama pulled up statistics about how foreign high-school graduates are successful in MLB and it was surprisingly low. And Ohtani never thought he was able to continue on PRO level to be a two-way player, and he accepted the offer of Nippon Ham

[@fumin8]

​@@japiler Hello from Tokyo! You are right. If Shohei had joined the MLB straight out of high school as he had hoped, he would have been only a pitcher. We wouldn't have been able to see the home run hitter and prolific base stealer Shohei Ohtani that we are so excited about now. The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and manager Hideki Kuriyama (who was also the manager of Team Japan in WBC 2023) persuaded him, paving the way for him to become a two-way player and making it a reality. I can't thank them enough for that.

[@DUNGSTA]

Yeah but did he bet on baseball? 🤔

[@memotsubasa93]

THE GOAT

[@cindymmm11]

Goatani

[@DeeJayJaMzZ]

As of now the Dodgers lead the World Series 3-0 one win away for Ohtani to walk with a ring all in a single season.. amazing.

[@cabmate2005]

Amazing indeed 😂, Dodgers won the World Series vs Yankees yesterday in New York 😅. Congratulations Los Angeles Dodgers!!!🎉🎊🎈🎈🎈

[@MonteMizu]

Great footage, edits and commentary, keep it up.

[@BattersBoxChannel]

🫡

[@h.h1623]

What a amazing video, I don't watch baseball but i wanted to know more about shohei

[@eDGALRJTV6Yr3PA]

At the time of the draft, his goal was not to play the two-sword style, but to be active in the majors. However, Kuriyama, who was the manager of the Nippon Ham Fighters at the time, who evaluated his qualities, strongly argued to him that it was a shortcut to go to MLB via NPB than to the United States as a high school graduate. In addition, Kuriyama proposed to him to appoint a two-sword school, and Otani, who was convinced, joined the Nippon Ham Fighters.

[@anasxeniadis5392]

Very good video❤

[@michaelwang1981]

A good quality video. Good job, hope to see more videos of this quality in the future.

[@megashoken]

He wanted to go MLB after high school, despite all NPB clubs want him in. Then there was a unique coach (he has become coach because his great love to baseball) came to him, at first face to face meeting, with astonishing proposal: 1. don't go to mlb now, it's not the proper time for developing your career 2. let's pursue two ways player, we will fully support you as well as your dream going to mlb ..... then the young talent gave a big knod. The rest, you knew it.

[@joseromero9933]

My man Shohei GOAT!!!!!

[@zookeykneetv]

I feel like Kobe and Shohei would have gotten along very well. They both lived and breathed their sport and have the craziest work ethic

[@tootspogsforever5590]

Blessed his soul, but kobe was kind of a jackass and narcissistic individual during his career with the lakers 😀

[@alexritchieofficial]

what’s beautiful about this is they did have respect for each other - Kobe recorded a video message for Shohei Ohtani to help the Dodgers recruit him on 2017, and Shohei said it helped seal the deal for the Dodgers in 2024 💙💜💛

[@amazingabby25]

He got his ring, likely his first of many

[@raisondetere1]

If my memory recalls well, he didn’t imagine himself to be a 2-way player in professional league. His only wish was to play in major league. So he was about to refuse all offers from Japanese baseball teams. However, Fighters made legendary presentation. They show their plan for him to be a 2-way player.

[@DrJohnnyChow]

Ohtani started the 2024 Spring Training with a bang🎉 and ended the season with a WORLD SERIES RING! 💍 😂😂😂

[@ahaaha8462]

He looks exactly like someone coming from the Japanese Anime, yes, I am talking about even the look!

[@martinthomas2520]

Soon to be a World Series champion!

[@ktcrzzz2381]

GOAT or not, just the fact that he declined millions of dollars just to play in MLB earlier earns my utmost respect.

[@parapa-papa]

insane player. Good luck in your new channel!

[@BattersBoxChannel]

Appreciate it!

[@FryEmUp]

Well done, keep up the awesome videos!!! I love this style, and the quotes were amazing.

[@mfreak1126]

And some people still claim this honorable baseball god is the gambler, which is crazy.

[@anubizz3]

"Shohei Ohtani is being childish. His selfish desire to hit is taking at-bats from real players, angering his teammates and keeping him from becoming the player he could be"Harimoto after Shohei Ohtani hit 10 homers in 212 at-bats as a 19-year-old in 2014 “…He (Ohtani) is a child saying, ‘I want to do it, I want to do it (be a two-way player)….It’s absolutely disrespectful to other players” Harimoto when Ohtani won the Pacific League MVP award in 2016 "I'll grant you Shohei Ohtani can hit, but he could be the world's best pitcher if he focused on that. It's a mistake for him to think that he'll ever succeed at both in the majors."Harimoto after Ohtani was named the PL's 2016 MVP, Best Pitcher, Best DH "Maybe it's luck or the level of American pitchers has fallen," Harimoto that after Ohtani's three straight homers in mlb From a man that never make it to MLB

[@BattersBoxChannel]

Haha I wasn’t aware of the last 2 quotes. Harimoto was so salty lol

[@FAFORednickincell]

For this guy, there is no shame in admitting you are wrong... This guy seems like an important figure in the Japanese baseball scene... Just makes him look bad to double down Most of us were expecting Shohei to get hurt or be an average player playing both ways. Although he has been hurt half the time he has managed to play full seasons both ways and do it at an elite level both ways Very few of us thought he could do that if we are being honest All we can do now is just marvel... Because the next Ohtani wannabe is going to have to take those huge pay cuts risk injury to maybe get paid off years down the line

[@tino2854]

張本勲なんて口だけ達者な84歳の男。 才能ある若者に嫉妬して文句しか言えないおじいちゃんだよ。 トレーニングに関しても前世紀の時代遅れの意見しか言えない。 そもそも張本勲は韓国国籍の韓国人であって、日本人ではない。 張本勲は自己顕示欲が強く、自分の若い頃より活躍する選手を快く思ってない。 18歳で打者でMLBに行こうとしていた大谷を説得し 日本のプロ野球に入団させ、二刀流の道もあるんだよと大谷に伝え 育て起用したのは、当時日本ハムファイターズの監督で、WBCでは日本代表の監督をした日本の栗山英樹(Hideki Kuriyama)です。

[@momosaku3720]

This is a typical statement from someone with Korean roots.

[@Freemasonry1390]

Hes a former Tokyo Giants player. There are so many authorities in Tokyo, who dislike MLB by the reason why they hold NPB, also even having no ability to produce players up to MLB level.

[@Tyler-c3e]

Why do you only have 60 subs? These videos are amazing!

[@BattersBoxChannel]

Everyone’s gotta start somewhere 🫡

[@the__maverick]

you need more subs mannn! what a great explanation

[@LPUSW]

Love the video, and just realized how underrated this channel is. You really deserve a lot more subscribers/views. Could you please tell me what the name of the song at 15:07 was?

[@BattersBoxChannel]

Love the support! Keep tuning in since I’ll be making videos of the same quality for many months to come. I don’t have the name at the moment but I can circle back

[@LPUSW]

@@BattersBoxChannel already subbed and liked, but I’d really appreciate if you could somehow get that song, thanks anyway.

[@BattersBoxChannel]

It’s called final battle on motion array

[@LPUSW]

@@BattersBoxChannel thank you very much, and it seems like the video is doing really well, your hard work is paying off, keep on it man! All the best

[@JephthahTait]

Love the video. That billionaire dollar man deserves everything he’s getting. On god.

[@andrewzhang6802]

and he just won it all last night

[@Eppie916]

Awesome video edit man

[@BattersBoxChannel]

Glad you liked it!

[@cbtowers4841]

Immediately, it’s inaccurate. He didn’t refuse to sign with any team that didn’t make him a two-way player. He even said in an interview that he himself didn’t think that was an available option. He wanted to sign with the MLB so he asked Japanese teams not to draft him. But Nippon Ham did and offered letting him play 2 way if he signed with them. The coach in an interview said he watched him at the summer Koshien and saw him bat a high fly ball off the left field wall. He was a pitcher in high school. So the coach asked him in an interview if he wanted to play both ways. That’s how it happened.

[@stephenasher5794]

your channel is wayy too underrated

[@BattersBoxChannel]

Love to hear that

[@blackfangofargentina]

Amazing video, you'll def grow quick if content like this keeps coming. Also you should seriously consider doing a rewatch of the vid, potentially with a friend, just to check for errors. There were many times (at least 3) where the number you edited in on the screen doesn't match the number you say in the voiceover. It doesn't matter that much but it's definitely a little distracting

[@franksmith8959]

Well done video!! You have my sub please keep it up as it was informative and entertaining at same time!!!

[@BattersBoxChannel]

Welcome aboard!

[@BreakerEsports]

Its like watching, Goro Shigeno in real life.

[@tmmylczrn]

Ahhh yes a man of culture I spotted.

[@kawaiipotatoes7888]

Ohtani manga would suck he is more of a genius character main character admires.

[@syneresis]

Ohtani read Major when he was young so for sure it somewhat influenced him to continue to be a two-way player

[@thewatchmen4920]

Magic keeps on getting those 💎💎💎🏆

[@TheFetus132]

Here after Dodgers won the World Series

[@KojiTakuuu]

Felt like I was watching an anime lol.

[@geoffreydove]

The G.O.A.T !

[@himuragoXD]

Finally the Mangas I've read became true. When life imitates art 🎉

[@thewatchmen4920]

When someone says you can't. Show the 🌍🌎🌏 that you can. If not try like HELL

[@gabos7892]

I always thought Ichiro was the GOAT, then Ohtani came along...

[@soraya0916]

I know many Japanese that came from Japan to see him!!! Angles Stadium didn't accommodate his largest fan base.

[@ChannelyChannel]

The Nippon Ham Fighters were the ones who had the idea to let him be a two way player. He wanted to go to MLB right out of high school. They let him be a two way player as a way to entice him stay in Japan. Also he didn’t just sign with the Nippon Ham Fighters, the Nippon Ham Fighters drafted him.

[@johnsepulvedacruz6428]

He hasnt had a legendary post season. But man o man hes so clutch. First game in world series he gets a triple to set up mookie bets to tie the game later freddie hits grand slam. Withought that shohei hit they loose first game dude has been clutch all post season

[@BattersBoxChannel]

Hopefully he will be able to bounce back after his injury in game 2!

[@donaldsmyth727]

Anaheim gotta be kickin' themselves for letting the GOAT go!

[@NickBlunting]

Spent a month in Japan just after they won vs USA. EVERY bar owner could not stop mentioning Ohtani.

[@OASISwithTRIP]

It is well-known in Japan that he has no interest in money. Even as an adult, he used to wear his sister's second-hand clothes. And even now, he doesn't go shopping. He is well-known for not going out drinking or having fun even if someone invites him. He has 20 sponsors, so he wears all his clothes that are given to him by his sponsors every day to work. His hobby is sleeping.

[@cathyl6620]

Now he’s married. Things are changing.

[@哈哈是我啦-b3b]

來自日本東北的野球少年！

[@DukeTDang]

Shohei - yes, 1 in a Billion yes with 50 50. That's Japan, produces A1 in a lot of things....

[@darrensaks165]

great video! and your first 2 posts are Judge and Ohtani who are going head to head in 2024 WS!!

[@BattersBoxChannel]

Almost like I did that by design 🥴

[@lbcitylacounty4982]

Asian Pride!💪

[@write1500]

GOAT 🐐

[@BC-xu8yq]

6:58 should be the new MLB logo as a silhouette

[@AP-hn8wd]

If Ohtani wins the World Series against the Yankees, we won’t see another baseball player in our lifetime pass his GOATNESS. Even if he losses, we still won’t see another baseball player in our lifetime pass his GOATNESS.

[@cindymmm11]

Goat - Ohtani

[@stephenreynolds757]

Babe ruth

[@ShibaShrine]

Came back to say: GOAT

[@CoreyC68]

Loses not losses

[@JohnnyBlue-e5e]

He won 😮

[@MrDoritoManII]

Getting shohei for the giants wouldve been a game changer

[@NYCHeavyHitz212]

Hall of famer in only three seasons to me.

[@BadBoyNiNi]

Great video!

[@thewatchmen4920]

Every little league child will have their 👀 on the 🏆👀. College ⚾ will be thinking that I can do it too. Work harder. Listen learn work

[@ClubPenguinDead]

Kobe’s spirit lives in ohtani. Both insanely beyond obsessed

[@animereddz]

Can't wait to get an anime about this

[@jamesyap-l6m]

He have anime name major Main character.. Goro shiguno

[@MylesZhou-Ye]

I was just chilling, and I never thought much of having another GOAT as baseball is widely considered as a one way GOAT aka Babe Ruth, as yall know, he will never be as close as modern baseball but he was far ahead of his time, and now we finally get a debate or well crowning a new GOAT

[@Kxji]

I didn’t know Ohtani had that Kobe mentality in him.

[@tootspogsforever5590]

Now you know!! He does it however woth humility and grace!!😀

[@khhkkhhkkhhk]

Harimoto is Zainichi Korean

[@BenMax-y1y]

He is Goro Shigeno from anime called Major anime

[@brianwilmot7959]

The glaze is crazy

[@ckhang]

He’s the baseball god.

[@Mando_Trucker]

700 million dollars is wild.

[@bonzobonanza]

I'm not kidding when I say that he is this generation's Babe Ruth

[@roahconsulting]

Nice video, but let's clear this up: they're not the 'Ham Fighters'-nobody's out there battling lunch meat. They're owned by Nippon Ham, so just call them the Fighters or Nippon Ham Fighters.

[@soraya0916]

I would love to a movie made from the surgeon pointed of view, "Hands of God" .

[@imperfecttexan]

Don’t forget the World Series!

[@donaldsmyth727]

I just wanna know what his diet is, and was growing up to be 6ft 4!

[@ElijiahCater-xg9dq]

ohtani didn’t “want” to be a two way player. he wanted to play in america, but he stated that going to a country where they don’t speak japanese at such a young age wasn’t really ideal. and when the fighters offered him being a two way player he signed with them.

[@DavidLee-cw6ci]

Shannon is right, he absolutely should have got a billion, particularly with the deferral. Dodgers could invest the money they owe him and it'd be worth twice that by the time he starts collecting. I can't understand the sweetheart deal they gave him and why other teams didn't come in and gazump the Dodgers.

[@BrianYakata-m4z]

I would take him over Willie. Mays had throwing errors. Ohtani has only made a few base running errors. I know, he doesn’t play the field.

[@chitoalfonso8800]

Banzai Nipon!

[@Potato_Panda7]

Why is there no anime about him yet hmmmm

[@momosaku3720]

Because the anime isn't over yet.

[@JohnnyBlue-e5e]

This is the John wick of fucking baseball

[@TheBlackWaltz]

He may be on the most uniquely dominant run in the history of the sport. He has 4 seasons of 8.9+ bwar in a row. Only a few players have ever done that. 3 mvps in just 4 years. The only player with a better stretch is barry bonds when he was fully juiced. Hes about to become only the second player ever to win mvp in both leagues. First to ever do it back to back. the previous highest war as a dh ever was 7. He put up 9.2 this year. He breaks multiple records every year. If he can bring his 2022 pitching with his 2024 hitting, we could see the first 15+ war season since the 1800s.

[@cindymmm11]

Domination

[@teddymoon3744]

shoehei the pitcher is better than the hitter and stealer

[@jamesyap-l6m]

The Real life guro shigono in major anime.. His story base on anime

[@TV-oo2gs]

オータニさん → 自動翻訳 → 大谷の息子 やて（笑） あと何度か出てくる「ヤギ」？ も謎。

[@tahzib1451]

he did not just suddenly wanted to be a two way player...he was enticed to become one by Nippon Ham Fighters GM just so that Ohtani dint skip NPB and come straight to MLB...Dodgers would have signed him up if Fighters dint come up with that plan...

[@av_tukimura]

ありがとう

[@PiyachonYuenyongHYDE]

Now add the Word series to his resume

[@r7calvin]

Nobody in the NPB is making anywhere near $200M USD. The highest annual salary is $5.56M. They'd need a 36-year contract to make $200M.

[@くんボブ-w5g]

I think the reason why he declined peoples honor award of japan is Ichiro also declined several time.

[@andersongomez636]

I think about Tiger Woods Micheal Jordan Wayne Gretzky Babe Ruth … OHTANI talent is superior! The guy is totally off the charts is an Alien 👽