Lowell and Darling break down Shohei's remarkable 6-hit game

[@daninspiration4064]

never have i see a hitter hit like this...but also never have i see a pitcher that hits like this

[@user-oj5eh8ex6t]

and not many pitch like him.

[@Neo-Moro]

And no one steals like him while hitting and pitching.

[@jsa790]

harper and pujols?

[@davidh7832]

He loves the game, and besides his talent, what makes him so special is that he’s still in his prime and brings the WHOLE WORLD together to watch baseball.

[@ciello___8307]

@@jsa790neither of them have shoheis running game

[@lachiegleadhill295]

We are so lucky to be able to witness first hand the best baseball player that has ever lived

[@Will-nl6il]

Watched the game twice. Historic sporting event

[@TheChrisf95]

I’m 29 and Ohtani is the best baseball player I’ve ever seen all around.

[@-.TS.-]

Lowell being so humble. Dude is a WS MVP doing it in the biggest moment and still gives Ohtani his flowers.

[@difalkner]

His coil reminds me of Tiger Woods when he came onto the scene. When I see Shohei hit the ball I immediately think of a golfer coiling up to hit a 350 yard drive.

[@vu7419]

he's got that golf rotation

[@Johnnieroq]

I had 6 hits, and I thought i was on fire. In 4 world series games. The biggest stage and moments. You were on fire, WS MVP is the fire.

[@thomasjones7918]

They should replay this game this Sunday night instead of the game scheduled

[@fated316]

lol. Well said I’d rather watch that.

[@JoniMagallanes78]

😂😂😂, Yup!!💯🍿🍺

[@omgbygollywow]

When they said Ohtani should not be MVP, they woke the sleeping giant, poked the bear, grabbed the tiger by the tail, played with fire, opened Pandora's box, bit off more than they could chew, walked into the lion's den, shot themself in the foot, let the dogs out, stepped on Elvis's blue suede shoes, put a hit on Vito Corleone, lit the fuse, said hello to Tony Montana's little friend, drank the Kool-aid, unleashed the Kraken, wrote a check they could not cash, crossed the Rubicon, told Tommy Devito to go home and get his shinebox, leaped before looking, painted themself into a corner, tried to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs, called Marty McFly a chicken, rocked the boat, stepped on a crack, pissed off Bruce Banner, did not stay in their lane and know their role, assassinated Archduke Ferdinand, ate the poison apple, captained the Exxon Valdez, touched a nerve, stole John Wick's car and killed his dog, jumped out of the frying pan into the fire, checked into the Hotel California, counted their chickens before they hatched, put their foot in their mouth, brought a knife to a gunfight, bombed Pearl Harbor, broke a mirror, walked under a ladder, crossed paths with a black cat, barked up the wrong tree, snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, looked a gift horse in the mouth, stirred up a hornet's nest, called the kettle black, bit the hand that feeds them, dropped a bar of soap in a men's prison shower, brought cannabis to Russia in luggage, screwed the pooch, made it completely FUBAR, let the fox in the henhouse, ran with scissors, licked a frozen pole, judged a book by its cover, put all their eggs in one basket, took the blue pill, effed around and found out, cried over spilt milk, got a taste of their own medicine, gave up their day job, went on a wild goose chase, smoked at a gas station, kicked against the goads, ran with the bulls, stepped on a rake, painted a bullseye on their back, slipped on a banana peel, dropped the ball, stirred the pot, crossed wires, swam with the sharks, danced with the devil, tripped over a land mine, became a fly in the ointment, a monkey in the wrench and a pain in the ass, went down in flames, burned their bridges, did not play with a full deck, went up the creek without a paddle, doused fire with gasoline, cut off their nose to spite their face, pooped their pants, threw stones in a glass house, told Clint Eastwood they feel lucky, invested in Enron stock, sailed aboard the Titanic, tugged on Superman's cape, spit into the wind, pulled the mask off the old Lone Ranger and messed around with Jim.

[@ryandenardo1427]

LoL You Missed one!💯😄

[@tomstandring8678]

awesome

[@Diane8142]

I laughed so hard

[@DakDirty76]

Great breakdown by Lowell

[@seanmcnally4818]

A 2- time World Series winner.

[@seansvns589]

Ohtani's swing looks like a golf swing! Always with power!

[@scottstewart5784]

92% success rate by Shohei. Pretty high. Of course it is.

[@leoyan5728]

Tell Judge, Shohei is coming 😊

[@anfzjdxn]

damn it's like he knows what pitches r coming bc he's an elite pitcher....

[@trinidad2450]

For a novice, like me, I loved your analysis! It really helps me appreciate the players, especially Ohtani. ❤

[@bigrr64]

All of shohei ohtani at bats are must see TV. He's simply incredible

[@jaykoh1514]

you guys are late to the party... in 2022, He pitched 8 scoreless innings with 13 K's... while going 3-3 at bat, 2HR's with 8RBI's... no modern player can match that stat line.

[@6pingpongpang9]

SO started measuring the precise positioning of his left foot with each at bat this year I think? To make his stance and position more consistent in the box. That I think has helped a great deal also.

[@annunakian8054]

Excellent analysis from 2 great former players.

No one comes close. F those PED cheaters. Only respect goes to K Griffey.

[@gabrieldean9559]

Lamo I read this comment and was like wtf did I already comment on this video 😂

[@NinjaSquirrel30]

💯

[@yummychun6065]

Great game for mlb fans.

[@jonathanblanchet1370]

Just because I'm learning the japanese language, like 5 years ago I bought a perfect PSA 10 Ohtani Rookie card for 20 canadian bucks. I was aware of him coz he was a japanese pitcher/hitter, but never in my wildest dreams I thought he would break records ! The only thing missing for him is a World Series ring. Go Dodgers !

[@neferpitou5163]

He got it today.

[@IamDAN]

this is fantastic analysis

[@bigduginc]

Hey Mike what did you mean by "shady tag" on the steal of third? It was obvious to everyone that it was a clean steal that showcased Shohei's intelligent baserunning.

[@somemale]

The guy should’ve got the tag. But whatever. Ohtani would’ve got the 50 anyway.

[@vu7419]

shady tag....means bad tag. For some reason he went high instead of low, most likely because he was falling away from the bag.

[@JohnSmith-nj4zq]

When Shohei came over, he had the leg kick. But after he changed to the tip toe, he became one of the best hitters in the game. His balance by tip toeing erased the timing of the pitchers. The Yankees pitcher Cortes tried to mess with Ohtani by doing his patented chicken legs just to mess with his timing. And both of them had a good laugh.

[@somerandomguy84]

As a Sox fan, I see Mike Lowell, I click

[@kermitfrog593]

Cultural difference here. In Japan, striking out is disgraceful; they emphasize contact. In the US you can strike out 200 times but if you mash 40 you get paid. So guys kick their legs up and try to destroy baseballs. Ohtani's toe never leaves the ground because he's contact first. The power's already there. Comes with being 6'4, 210.

[@joninosaka]

Except that Japanese players (like Ichiro) usually kick their legs even higher than MLB players and usually end up with all their body weight on their front leg in order to have a "leg up" (pun intended) when running to first base.

[@waikikisurfingschool270]

@@joninosakayou ever seen Sadaharu Oh of the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants? His front leg is way up. I grew up watching him in Japan.

[@GoliathGTX]

Ohtani came to mlb with leg kicks. Check his first season spring training for video proof. He worked with Angel batting staff and they said he is powerful enough to hit for power without leg kick so he changed to the current tippy toe batting stance.

[@jamesm1242]

I bet he’s a good golfer

[@brianchar-bow3273]

Why is Shohei Ohtani able to achieve great records so easily, and to built big moments? "Shohei's top priority is to realize the team championship. He does not consider the achievement of his individual result as his primary goal". Shohei believes that the team's championship is more important than his own record and that the ultimate goal of playing baseball is for the team to win. This is why Shohei is able to stay calm and not get nervous even in the face with the opportunity to achieve great records, and as a result, he is able to achieve an amazing record with ease. This may be similar to what the Japanese often refer to as “the triumph of selflessness (MUYOKU no SHORI)” or “maintaining a normal usual mind anytime (HEIJYO SHIN)”. When we human being has a strong desire to accomplish something, our body tenses up and we cannot move as well as usual. You may feel, “I can usually do this, but only at important times when I really need to do it, for some reason my body tenses up and doesn't work as well as usual.” This is because the cognitive mechanism of the brain that controls our thoughts and awareness is also linked to the autonomic nervous system, which controls important functions in the body such as blood flow, hormones, and the respiratory system etc, which we are usually unconsciously and automatically working without realizing it. However, if we continue to be consciously keeping "HEIJYO SHIN", a normal usual mind anytime, the autonomic nervous system will function normally in the body as usual, and the body will move naturally without tension even in hard situations. This is a methodology that utilizes the basic physiological and structural mechanisms of the human body. Somewhere in the process of growing up, Otani must have naturally learned how to control his emotions with this kind of mentality. (Probably from his high school baseball experience.) This is probably why he is able to achieve such amazing records so easily even in an environment that attracts so much attention. Moreover, he did not achieve the record by suffering, but on the very day he achieved the great record, he easily accomplished a historic feat with unusual results such as six for six hits, three consecutive home runs, two stolen bases, and 10 runs batted in, all by himself, which he would not normally do. He is able to do this because he maintains his usual Shohei Ohtani mentality, thinking that “the record is only the halfway point to the ultimate goal, and the real goal is to win the championship, which lies ahead, and the most important time to get serious is not now."　 This is why his body moves freely and nimbly as usual as Sohei Ohtani, even in hard situations that would normally make him nervous. Everyone should learn this kind of self-control methodology from Ohtani's behavior.

[@warren2255777]

And remember if he was a regular pitcher he would be on the injured list 😮😮

[@32a34a]

Little nugget about Paul Molitor's 3,000th hit is he was the first player to get his 3,000th hit on a triple. Molly is in my opinion one of those great hitters that almost never gets put into the conversation.

[@gregoryk.tanaka4285]

I wanted to hear more from Ron Darling!

[@timmyg831]

Shohei beat the record for 13 games with HR & SB. He got 14 yesterday.

[@CrankyMonkey05]

Because Ohtani is HLP. He turns his barrel from behind in the corner. That creates a slingshot affect and he just then follows through. Barrel almost looks like it’s going to launch towards shortstop, but it doesn’t it just slings shots through the ball and then he just follows through.

[@johncarolina4950]

If Ohtani is still 210, that means I'm still 165. (I weigh 185 pounds)

[@TitlesR_Forever]

Ohtani has a golf swing

[@ricardovasquez5966]

Amazing

[@therealmonkfromtibet]

Ohtani guy is just tailor suited for baseball, as much as Lebron for basketball. Those guys are physical freaks for their respective games.

[@mikio6444]

Ohtani is well over 210lbs. He may have been this weight when he came to the US. Dude now looks like Mark McGwire at this point.

[@Snafu2346]

Ohtani hit for the cycle that day, 3 hr, 10 rbi's, 6 hits, a hat trick, 4 touchdowns, 900 yards, 22 rebounds, 32 points, 8 blocks, and a killing spree.

[@xavierfranco5800]

We all got cheated out of a Mark de Rosa breakdown/analysis.

[@leonlee2760]

Reason Ohtani open his stance on left hand picther is the ball is released 3 feet further to his right than a right handed pitcher.

[@JunctioncityShowdown]

Imagine if you will Michael Jordan getting a quadruple double while shooting a 100% from the field!!!!! That still would not equal what Ohtani did last night in nine innings of baseball.... Wtf...... Greatest athlete we have ever scene in history ....EVER

[@oscarnagai1507]

Ok, now we know that Shohei do the Elvis steps.

[@MR0259ret]

They keep calling it a club. How can it be a club when it’s only ONE man????

[@kermitfrog593]

He just "stop hitting him he's already dead"ed the regular season, let's see if it carries over into October against Philly.

[@중산층가는길]

랜던.. 그는 대체....

[@t.y.248]

the third HR is against a position player, but its fair considering the hitter is an ace pitcher…

[@histubeness]

Yeah, the position player pitching barely gets mentioned in these videos on the game. Nothing against Ohtani's incredible game, but the third HR kinda didn't count IMO. Deserved an asterisk. The guy was lobbing in slo-mo rainbows, as per the all-star HR derby.

[@calvinkhuu6825]

Ohtani barely missed a chance for 11RBIs because of wild pitch and Lux scored.

[@davidpalmer5967]

Best Baseball Player Ever

[@ryandenardo1427]

What about Mark Whitten, and also Barry Bond's game against the Colorado Rockies in 01-02.??👍⚾️💯

[@林貞雄-l7z]

別忘了大谷還會打籃球，他的籃球天賦比麥克喬登還高

[@avillageofbigheads]

Ohtani is a Freak. thats it. I don't think anyone will come close to him for a very long time.

[@redtaipei]

He could do well in golf too

[@Srsbzns_5150]

... On a Rehab season!

[@arresthillary9502]

Mike Lowell and ROberto Clemente only Puerta Rican players to be WS MVP.

[@khay551]

Why Aaron Judge is not there？

[@donloder1]

Date: Thursday

[@jacksonj3082]

Last HR was off an easy pitch - no doubt a great day nonetheless.

[@KeithNauls]

Mike Lowell is basically correct in his breakdown. Unfortunately, he’s wrong when he says the "back elbow never goes down" and "elbow up, perfectly fine" (min. 5). And it’s definitely NOT fine for little leaguers 12 and under. It will not help them hit better. The result will be a lot of pop ups. When players are older and stronger, and can control the bat, it’s OK to incorporate “elbow up" in their swing, if it’s a comfortable set-up for them. There is zero reason to teach/preach “back elbow up” to little kids. The stability of your base/legs and hand path determine your hitting consistency. The back elbow absolutely, always comes down when the front heel goes down. With every hitter. It’s right there in this slo-mo video. Same thing when he shows video Ortiz and Thome. Power hitters like to put the back elbow up to “pre-load”. The elbow has to come down for the proper hand path, as the weight shifts (transfers) to the front leg.

[@cincytino9153]

Why didn't the translator just bet ohtani homerun props? Looool

[@okamisan3642]

Looks like Bonds.

[@LooseCannon.81]

"a little shady tag there" and no throws from the catcher all summer long = 50

[@trevor8307]

Oh come on, you don’t know if Thome had more than 600HRs?

[@siphosethumbaba7559]

You forgot to add "career homeruns" next to that number, Ohtani is still an active player and he has 225 career homeruns currently. He still has nine years left.

[@trevor8307]

@ I didn’t need to say “career homers”, because it is implied. No one thinks I meant 600 homers in one season. I’m glad you like numbers; so do I. Ohtani would need to average 41.67 home runs a season to for the next nine years to reach 600.

[@0eieiei]

midst*

[@爆笑Tシャツ文字入り]

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious🩷🩷🩷

[@JesusEsDios007]

This same Ron Darling said Francisco Lindor is his pick for the NL MVP. Give me a break.... This guy is a joke?

[@syunnitirouu]

打ち方分析すると　そんな特徴が……

[@pickzkickz]

Scripted

[@brandocalrissian3294]

I hate an intentional walk. Be a man and pitch to the batter. To me it looks weak when you walk the opposing teams best hitter. Be sure in your arms and do work.

[@snappyone]

Seems like the game was rigged for ohtani, the 3rd baseman purposely missed the tag on him twice, and pitchers served up meatballs for him

[@arresthillary9502]

2:34 what kind of pitch was that? he just lobbed it in there and gave him a freebie

[@BluKoi]

They were down by 11 in the 9th so they had a position player (2nd baseman in this case) come in to pitch so their pitchers could rest. He might’ve been able to pitch faster but not accurately if he tried. The hope is to just pitch for contact, induce some pop-ups for outs, or get them swinging at slow balls.

[@caseyjames6306]

Darling's left pant leg is 2 inches shorter than the right. Bad fittting.

[@ALANPA-do6sk4ej4z]

It is a world of another dimension that even that Rod Serling could not depict. Shohei Otani has opened the door to space-time! Welcome to the world of the Twilight Zone. 🌃🕰️🌌

[@hakershock1]

He is a pitcher

[@NathanieiIngram]

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