Hideki Matsui and Ichiro Suzuki face high school girls | Things You Missed

[@lilgarlicbread1724]

ichiro is still in his prime🗣️

[@darthjohn0]

A lot of guys retire but are still in their prime...they just have no desire to play 162 games every year anymore and have enough money to walk away.

[@aclark903]

Not quite, he looked tired but clearly there’s life in the old dog yet! And by the way, Jomboy, I saw this on Japanese TV 📺 the day it happened so don’t assume all of your followers missed it!

[@aclark903]

Not quite, he looked tired but clearly there’s life in the old dog yet! And by the way, Jomboy, I saw this on Japanese TV 📺 the day it happened so don’t assume all of your followers missed it!

[@187Overkillah]

No man, most players are really not good enough after 35. they are still lightyears ahead of 99,99% of humans in baseball but not good enough for the MLB…. It’s that Scalabrine Paradoxon: they are with 50 years closer to Ohtani than you are to them.

[@XenoFireStar]

Ichiro will be in his prime until the day he dies.

[@eduardocornejo2903]

Can we talk about the slide and then throw by the right fielder? That looked so clean. Good exhibition baseball

[@jonnie2bad]

major league level play

[@sjgambler9178]

Corrected my comment, the right fielder is a young girl.

[@mattycampbell4709]

It definitely wasn't Ichiro, he was in the dugout

[@Cruzaman4040]

Big sigma nu guy

[@pathutchison7688]

Was the right fielder a girl? I couldn’t tell, but if so that makes it even more impressive.

[@wholewheaties]

As a Yankee Matsui always showed up when we needed him to the most.

[@stinkyglitch]

He played 163 games Soto has 162 games

[@KingoftheWelsh]

Preach!

[@ariaroflcakes]

Postseason Godzilla was unstoppable

[@raymondjames9734]

one of the last conversations i had with my dad. we talked favorite baseball players. His was Ichiro. Mine was Matsui. ❤

[@Mkharis257]

That's the correct way to promote girls baseball.

[@biglegcatluvr]

jomboy i really appreciate how inclusive your content is

[@johnthomas1422]

Chase Wolf, "Wanna know how I got in this wheelchair? My name didn't use to be Chase Wolf."

[@yrtepgold]

This has me in stitches, thank you. Love it!

[@DeclanRK]

I’m a big sumo fan and Hokutofuji is one of my favorites. He always charges in hard and gives it 100%. It’s pronounced more like hoke-toe-fuji because the u is really subtle. And Ryuden is like re-you-den, with ryu kind of as one syllable.

[@Angels510]

I think he hears a D because the Japanese r sound is kinda like a very short rolled r

[@GavinOCo]

what was the origin of your interest in sumo? just curious

[@jd4est652]

Jomboy turned me into a sumo fan. I watch the recaps with the English speaking announcers.

[@Xaphnir]

Also another note on pronouncing Ryuuden's name, the R sound in Japanese is kind of a mix between the R and D sound in English, which is why his name sounded like Dyuuden to Jomboy. I've also noticed it sounds even more like a D sound when an English speaker or other non-native speaker tries to pronounce the R sound, as it just sounds less natural because it's really fucking hard to pronounce as a non-native speaker (and then put a ん (n) in front of it and it's even harder, such as -んりゅ (-nryu)).

[@johndotcue]

@@GavinOCo not OP but funny enough, pro wrestling got me into sumo. I'm a big fan of watching japanese pro wrestling, I watched a fed that had a sumo wrestler in there, was bored one day and was like "hmm that sumo dude was interesting in that show last night, lemme check out sumo for once"

[@captaino16]

Daisuke Matsuzaka and Ichiro's translator Alan Turner also played in that game

[@MikeD_]

But not Ohtani's translator!

[@sicasni]

@@MikeD_ he's probably kneeling to bubba by now.

[@yrtepgold]

Fan of the week this week is Jomboy. Big fan of Matsui. He was fun to watch. It's incredible that he still has that deep power. Respect.

[@sootchh4055]

I watched the live streaming of the Ichiro/Matsui baseball game and I so wanted Jomboy to cover this❤

[@dashy90210]

Going to be 100% honest, I thought the 2-pts-for-spin-score thing was a joke until I looked at the score at the bottom... interesting rule

[@magus3553]

It’s all handball, not just wheelchair.

[@ingolfurbirgisson7060]

@@magus3553 No, it is not in normal handball, it is always one point. Saw that the spin rule for two points is part of the sand-handball.

[@sn0_]

@@ingolfurbirgisson7060 lol that is hilarious wat a rule

[@Keyanna64]

Makes sense - doing a spin adds difficulty for the shooter, and it’s more exciting for the audience so it makes sense that they’d want to incentivize it

[@Looeelooee]

Love when you include table tennis. As someone who's whole life was table tennis for years I love when clips like that get visibility 😁

[@Vercingetorix525]

World wheelchair handball competition is something I definitely would've missed without this video... and that would've been a shame because those spin moves are awesome haha. And the dribbling too Great video as always Jomboy

[@amphitheatre]

4:30 the way they pronounce R's in japan is a soft sound that often falls between D and L, so good ears on this jimboy over here.

[@The.Boo.]

almost like rolling your Rs in spanish but with only a single roll lol

[@amphitheatre]

@@The.Boo. a japanese friend recently mentioned to me that the rolling R's are very reminiscent of older (showa era) language and she wants to study spanish bc of this haha

[@The.Boo.]

Haha, that's great

[@mastercko]

Heh, nice, I just posted a comment saying the same thing! This is one of the things that many don't notice in Japanese, so I was surprised that he caught it.

[@xXJerry202Xx]

Gotta love seeing legends still enjoying the game after 12 years into retirement 🙌not a huge baseball fan, just a Jomboy Media fan, but even I know that name 😂

[@KenTakenami-d4v]

Thank you for the recap. One minor correction - You got Ryuden and Hokutoufuji backwards when you first announced their names along with the close-up shot of their faces. Yes, Hokutofuji has the blue belt and Ryuden the brown.

[@justagent5844]

Thanks for the clarification!!

[@gracexpeace]

8:23 this guy JomBoy is HILARIOUS lmao "I's wanna speak right" hahahahahahaha

[@timdv5214]

As a Red Sox fan, Matsui always made me nervous when he came up to bat…even again Pedro, I was always nervous.

[@Jj-ne9wq]

He was one of the very few guys who hit Pedro well, especially in the big moments.

[@timdv5214]

@@Jj-ne9wq that’s what I’m saying. I remember always saying to my dad and my brother “oh crap Matsui is up,” lol

[@theoneeyedshaman6884]

Really enjoyed the Matsui highlight. Thats was my guy!!!

[@DaleStLouis-xb5mx]

College women's softball announcers still say "second baseman." Sometimes they will sidestep it by saying "threw it to Jones at second base" but it's not basewoman or baseperson. Women's basketball teams still play man-on-man, too.

[@johnthomas1422]

Why should we assume just because they are playing women's softball that they identify as a woman. That could be a man at second. To be safe, just refer to them as basemen. LoL.

[@holmj12]

​@johnthomas1422 I don't understand. It's not a co-ed team, it's a woman's team. Maybe you could explain more

[@haroldfrets5468]

It's in the word itself "WOMAN or WOMEN ".... Both can use man or men. What's the big deal?

[@peterparker-zy9oe]

In cricket we changed batsman to batter a couple of years ago because of this. I didn't watch enough cricket let alone women's cricket to know if the name of fielding positions were changed as well.

[@naxos41]

Tokyo Dome is the home of Yomiuri Giants, the team Matsui played for before coming to NY. 20,000 people showed up for this game. After he had hobbled through the first inning in CF, Matsui moved to 3B the position he played in high school. The most remarkable thing is that this was the first time Matsui and Ichiro met in person in 10 years. Their relationship had always been awkward, probably because they were constantly compared to each other in Japan. But they seemed to have completely buried the hatchet after this game.

[@sircliffordmalcolmjac5870]

Ive always wanted to go to Japan and im not a huge baseball fan, but if i do get there someday id love to see a baseball game there!! Im not a big college foorball fan either, but if ever im in sec territory id try to get to one of those games also!! Both definitely bucket list items!!😁😁💪💪

[@borger9188]

The only Yankee game I’ve ever been to was so special because I got to see hideki, probably my all time favorite Yankee, crush a 2 run shot over the right field fence, and yes I was in my hideki jersey

[@Taima]

Seeing Matsui mentioned in a video made me click on this shit so fucking fast. My dad and I loved him. So many big names on that team when he was around.

[@workingguy-OU812]

Great show, thanks crew who put it together.

[@tomsy6522]

I love the matsui clip. Cant help but smile watching that

[@pathutchison7688]

This is one of my favorite things you do, along with morning meeting. Keep it up.

[@brodela1]

The sumo tournaments that happen monthly are some of the best in sports

[@thelunaist2014]

Sumo is great learned so much about it from the Netflix show Sanctuary

[@lizf2664]

That 2004 opening series in Japan was so fun. I loved it. They need to do that again.

[@mastercko]

Next year! Dodgers-Cubs opening series at Tokyo Dome!

[@nochepatada]

Its awesome how he hit it into the band section in an otherwise empty outfield

[@MysticZefer]

I love sumo

[@matthewmiller5981]

Such a sweet lefty swing from Matsui.

[@nacoran]

Wait, if Matsui is willing to move to the infield, can we get him on a plane and put him at first?

[@GreenhornPhototaker]

man, i loved hideki. 2009 baby

[@mastercko]

4:22 Actually, I think you pretty much caught the sound correctly. The sound in Japanese that is romanized as "R" doesn't actually sound like an English "R" -- it is closer to a mix between a really light "D" and an "L". When you said "Ryuden" quickly like "Dyuden" (at 4:47) it actually sounds closer to native than most.

[@DesolatorMagic]

I have finally found someone that loves Fall as much as I do!

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

I love sumo. I wish it was easier and more common to watch in the states. all the behind the scenes stuff i have seen about sumo is really cool. Those guys are insanely dedicated and strong. Anyways my favorite thing to watch thouyis the other wrestlers in the crowd. They aren't supposed to react to anything but watch and thats gotta take some hard discipline.

[@icu280]

Always rewatch Sumo matches for the crowd reactions!

[@asdfaeou]

The "That probably stunk" got me really good.

[@rin-eri]

The Japanese "R" sound is different from the English "R" and is somewhere between the "D" and "L" sounds in English. If you can roll your R’s in Spanish, it’s somewhat similar, but instead of a continuous trill, you just do a single tap or flick. The tongue quickly taps the alveolar ridge (the area just behind your upper front teeth) once. It’s like a light, quick flick rather than a strong roll. Kinda like you do in the word 'butter'. This tap is how you can produce the Japanese "R" sound correctly.

[@solandri69]

For that matter, their 'F' sound is actually an 'H' sound with a little more teeth (same character when written in fact - the sound changes when it precedes the 'u' vowel). Not the lip-pursing 'F' in English.

[@random_579]

日本女子野球の普及を目的にテレビ中継されました　ドリームマッチでとても興奮しました🥳

[@TreeFullz]

I love that a spin is an extra point in the shootout. It's the only scoring system that makes sense to me in sports

[@sportingpage]

Always great to see 2009 World Series MVP, Godzilla, the one and only Hideki Matsui!!!!!!

[@OriginalLabStudios]

Ah man, yeah the Matsui vibes are so nostalgic!

[@MooseTheMoose]

Main reason why Matsui played 3rd base is because in highschool and the Koshien tournament that's where he played. Ichiro was a pitcher back then. Hence, they played their respecctive highschool positions against highschool girls

[@eisukekanno300]

Matsui played 3rd base because that's where played at during high school and where he thought he'd play throughout his professional career. Ichiro's idea of these games is to get the players to play at positions they're unfamiliar with. Ichiro starting pitcher, Matsuzaka at short-stop and Matsui at 3rd.

[@SA-hk7bw]

Actually, they thought the girls wouldn't be able to hit it over the outfields so that backfired Matuzaka’s error and Matui’s injury lol

[@grrrrliz]

@@SA-hk7bwyeah the girls were lighting Ichiro up the first inning

[@peaceman5044]

Love that you highlight sumo. One correction tho. You switched the names of Ryuden and Hokutofuji.

[@Uncle_Troy]

0:39 Jomboy's intro music sounds like my car when the engine floods.

[@Silly3P]

That spin rule is awesome

[@21centdregs]

love to see more table tennis in the mix! it's an incredible sport. next "sport" on the list of things you didn't plan on watching skateboarding???

[@MaroonSandPod]

People may not remember the end of his career that well but Hideki Matsui had pretty serious knee problems, grimacing after every swing. I'm really glad his knees look a little better here! Watching him win WS MVP in 2009 will always be in my heart.

[@jaredfry]

We gonna talk about how Matsui homers into : the b a n d :

[@SportingJapan]

you did a great job pronouncing the names of the sumo wrestlers.

[@MMuraseofSandvich]

4:40 If you want to get traditional, the sportscasters will always refer to compass directions when they refer to the positioning of sumo wrestlers and refs. The camera is always positioned to the _north_ of the ring, so it is always facing _south._ Hokutofuji on the left is the wrestler coming from the _east,_ and Ryuden is the wrestler coming from the _west._ The referee is always at the _south_ of the ring at the start of each match. While the two wrestlers are doing their traditional clap/squat/salt toss thing, the announcer (not the referee or the guy who sings the wrestlers' names) will announce each wrestlers' cardinal direction, then rank, name, home town or country (if not Japan), and stable name, almost like the announcer at a ballgame saying, "Batting first, designated hitter, Shohei Ohtani." So in Hokutofuji's case, it would sound something like (translated), "Approaching from the east _(higashi-gata),_ 13th _maegashira_ rank, Hokutofuji. From Tokorozawa, Saitama, member of Hakkaku stable." You're actually sounding good with the names, Jimmy, and the guy who sounded like they said "Dyuden" probably overemphasized the "L" sound at the beginning. The move Ryuden attempted towards the end is likely an _uwate-nage_ (outside grip or "upper-hand" throw) because his arm on the belt is over Hokutofuji's arm. But Hokutofuji was able to recover his footing and pull/twist Ryuden into a _shitate-nage_ (inside grip or "lower-hand" throw). They seldom go flying in sumo wrestling, but these still count as throws. Hokutofuji finished the last tournament with a record of 8 wins, 5 losses, and 2 absences (because of the injury?), so he might be eligible for promotion to a higher rank.

[@Maximilianworthamillion]

Yo jomboy can we maybe get the winning putt at the mvp open for disc golf next week? Crazy clutch and super tough

[@avb19d6]

Crazy, I came here to post about disc golf Glad it’s begun!

[@closetocanada5604]

Proctor for the W!! Commenting for attention.

[@Maximilianworthamillion]

@@closetocanada5604 My goat fr. Might play in a tournament with him, depending on if he comes like he has in previous years.

[@closetocanada5604]

@@Maximilianworthamillion to see him go full time and really hit his stride has been awesome. I'm relatively new so it's been a great story to follow

[@Maximilianworthamillion]

@@closetocanada5604 yeah it’s really cool since he’s pretty local to me as well.

[@atbear]

Just noticed for the first time that Jomboy's acting as his own segment timer... with his talking head dropping down on the left side of the screen.

[@LucBott]

1:57 is Goosewayne the coach for USA?!?

[@MicahThomason]

I'm not much of a sports fan. I, literally, never watch sports. But, I seldom miss a Jomboy video.

[@mentalsoup60]

1:00 I had to double take 🤣

[@rzerobzero]

Best theme song in quite a while.

[@rmp5s]

"A chill is in the air"...meanwhile, in Phoenix, it's still 110 out. lol

[@tabo51]

First on the Japanese pronunciation. The Japanese "R" is slightly rolled which makes it sound closer to a "D" but I think it's easiest to liken it to a Spanish "R." Other than that your pronunciation was just fine. Now onto Matsui. He said in an interview that he wanted to play 3B because that's where he played in high school and wanted to play 3B in the pros but his manager/mentor never let that happen. So moving to 3B was in the game plan from the beginning but he ended up moving sooner because he pulled his hamstring while chasing a ball in CF early in the game (Daisuke Matsuzaka was in LF). Matsuzaka is dealing with some shoulder issues which is why he didn't pitch in the game. Looking forward to more Japanese sports highlights from you!

[@charlieg6363]

Can you do a breakdown on the Detroit Tigers Manager get ejected versus the White Sox in the bottom of the eighth

[@abrodeur]

We need more sports that gives extra points for spin moves.

[@mandospence]

I’m a Red Sox fan and that was fun.

[@heyoheyoh]

Five star home run in every stadium on earth, six in the Tokyo Dome.

[@adambliley6069]

Uncle Dave agrees

[@RyBly2]

handball is such an underrated sport I swear

[@crispy2699]

Ichiro could come back to MLB and he'd still get on base

[@nolananderson4782]

Hokotofuji vs Ryuden might be the first thing on Things You Missed that I actually didn't miss

[@dr.mark.b.hubble]

Awesome😂

[@mx_i3]

Next season opening is in tokyo dome too right?😳

[@YamiTancho]

Are you not gonna do a video on closing the coliseum? . _.

[@Chronis67]

I randomly wore my old Matsui shirt the other day. I feel like I was supporting him crushing the hopes and dreams of the teenage Japanese girl team.

[@RRtradestar]

The late 90's - early 2000's yankees nostalgia is so real. I miss it

[@grimminatorXYZ]

Hideki is one of my favorites ever lol

[@jacoblandfield2526]

3:33, show us the pictures, Jimmy.

[@H3Logan]

I was watching this while at work and during the sumo wrestling part I started looking around nervously incase someone walked by

[@Mullet-ZubazPants]

Blue - 6'0" 357 pounds Brown - 6'2" 348 pounds

[@JAFrk]

That sliding catch was more effort than Judge's 5th inning blunder.

[@Xaphnir]

It sounded like the announcer was saying "Dyuuden" because the r sound in Japanese is kind of a mix between the r and d sounds in English, so 竜電 (りゅうでん, Ryuuden) might sound like Dyuuden if you're not used to hearing Japanese.

[@palakjjify]

holy shit i was at that game and i'm in the vid in the stands...was one of 2 white ppl at the game. Went on a last minute whim and had to line up in the morning to get tickets and seats to the unreserved section. It was a lot of fun.

[@adamsonofdon2766]

Please do a trip down memory lane on Pete Rose. RIP to a legend Love everything you’re doing Jomboy!!

[@TreeFullz]

The sumo match was like a Renaissance painting

[@meepk633]

I probably would figure out a different game to play if I was a wheelchair athlete. Maybe some kind of wheelchair slalom. Or volleyball. Also those baseball unforms are sharp af.

[@martysmarty7269]

Wheelchair Handball is played with mixed teams? Thats cool

[@scorerk002]

松井は高校時代サード 元々彼の正式なポジションはサードです プロになってから守備力の問題とチーム事情で外野にコンバートされた

[@miyagikot1798]

The “r/l” sound in Japan is actually a complex subject. If I remember correctly, there are about 8 different pronunciations that the “r” can have depending upon the sounds that precede and follow the “r” sound. This is likely why you hear a “d” sound when the announcer pronounces the Japanese sumo’s name that begins with an “r”. This is also the main reason why Japanese people often struggle with the “r/l” sound in English. So please remember this when Japanese people have a strong accent 😁.

[@Taima]

I had a meme with a coworker/friend from (South, obv) Korea cause we both got a kick out of the way Japanese people would struggle with that (we had some coworkers from a satellite office in Japan we worked with on occasion, they were dope). It was the best thing when he emulated me and started saying my favorite r/l word pair: "Hirrary Crinton." As for him, getting him to try and say "brewery" was one of the funniest things. It was like there was a block in his brain he had to strain to overcome. He got it right once or twice, but 90% of the time it was a mess of "brourury" and "brurry"

[@solandri69]

@@Taima My Korean aunt asked me to help her improve her pronounciation of "huge". Every time she tried, she'd pronounce it "hughes" (as in Howard Hughes). After a frustrating half hour trying to explain lip and toungue positions to her, I asked her to say "Howard Hughes." She said "Howard Huge". 🤦‍♂

[@ThatSockmonkey]

I don't see the big deal. It's just a regional accent, ya know? We all have one.

[@Taima]

@@solandri69 lmao

[@Taima]

@@ThatSockmonkey It's not a big deal in any kind of negative way, but it's a big deal in how cool differences between linguistic groups or people speaking the language can be. I love that there's so much variety, and I think a lot of accents sound pretty cool or interesting. Funnily enough the accents I hate the most are the ones most local to me (Philly/Delco area). This is a mixture of how stupid some people with heavy accents sound to me not being able to say simple words like "water" correctly (woodir) and resentment over having to move here as a kid I think lol.

[@jlfrandsen]

I looooove Ichiro, that's it

[@dezertkingz714]

I love the dad league let someone else run the bags 😂

[@Jared1983]

Ryuden on the right and Hokutofuji on the left. @jasonsumo would be upset... Ryuden is his favorite wrestler

[@BB--13118]

Matsui going deep reminds me of Mantle hitting one out during an Old Timers Day Game at the original Yankee Stadium off of Whitey Ford kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2rJf5aDgcaKlaMfeature=shared

[@dingo535]

Man Matsui is so tight! Freaking love that man. Ichiro as well of course!

[@novidsatriosatriochannel3336]

2004? Hideki Matsui did debut with Yankees in 2003, right? He even hit HR in 2003 World Series vs Marlins...just correction

[@avb19d6]

Day 1 of getting Jomboy to cover disc golf!

[@quintit]

He does occasionally

[@avb19d6]

@@quintit occasionally doesn’t do it brother

[@jishaku38]

本当に細かい所見てるなぁ。

[@mrpopenfresh]

You switched up Hokutofuji and Ryuden.

[@C.Y.123]

I think we can drop "fan of the week"

[@WSFM_Rex]

Who remembers when this used to be a baseball channel?

[@quintit]

I do, was just yesterday