Shohei Ohtani creates the 50/50 club. Is he having the greatest Dodgers season ever?

[@anthonyhoang5186]

UNBELIEVABLE WOW! I'm a Yankees fan as I Just witness history holy crap what a game for Shohei. He is Speed and Power it's like Lightning and Thunder! MVP

[@long-time-first-time]

I've been a Dodgers fan for 45 years. I've never seen anyone have a better season. Ohtani is unreal!

[@juliuslim8853]

He’s a pitcher too. Best all round player ever. GOAT. 🎉

[@bobsyoruncle4583]

If you want to estimate how Ohtani will perform under the "pressure" of the playoffs you only have to look at how he performed last year in the Baseball Classic. Playing for his country with all the hopes and expectations of that country resting squarely on his shoulders how did he perform? In the semi-final facing elimination by Mexico he led off the 9th with a clutch double which started the winning rally - in the final he comes in as a closer and ends it with the epic strikeout of America's best hitter Mike Trout. He finished as MVP of the tournament - a tournament in which he was probably under more pressure than he will ever feel in MLB playoffs.

[@tchlin]

This was his WBC stats: At-bats: 23 Hits: 10 Runs: 9 RBIs: 8 Home runs: 1 BB: 10 (walks) Strikeouts: 6 Stolen bases: 1 Average: .435 OBP: .606 SLG: .739 OPS: 1.345

[@HHH-nv9xb]

By the way, all 3 homeruns are upper deck.

[@blevinsfrank5453]

Wrong. The 50th landed in the bar right behind the outfield wall. 2 of them were upper deck shots.

[@darrenruan08]

The third one was served to him on a plate! Position player pitching

[@dannyviveros7095]

​@darrenruan08 And? Should have tried to reach base on a walk so he could steal another base?

[@darrenruan08]

@@dannyviveros7095 I'd rather see him completing that cycle! I was really excited to see him setting a new club for future players to pursue. Kinda makes me feel a bit better after my girlfriend broke up with me

[@dodger1214]

Only the Dodgers could pay Shohei Ohtani $700 million and somehow underpay him. He is absolutely incredible.

[@TonyCrenshawsLatte]

The game started at 5:40 am in my time zone. I set the alarm so that I could watch the live feed of the game because I had a feeling he would get closer to 50-50. I had no idea he would just smash through 50-50 in a single game! The best sports decision I made in a long time, setting that alarm. 😆⏰😆⏰😆⏰😆

[@tchlin]

Just to get everyone excited for the post season, here are Ohtani's stats in the WBC: At-bats: 23 Hits: 10 Runs: 9 RBIs: 8 Home runs: 1 BB: 10 (walks) Strikeouts: 6 Stolen bases: 1 Average: .435 OBP: .606 SLG: .739 OPS: 1.345

[@ALANPA-do6sk4ej4z]

First of all, I would like to pay tribute to Manager Shoemaker and pitcher Baumann. And congratulations to the crowd packed into the Lawn Depot stadium for witnessing this historic moment. Last but not least, late! Now, what will the greatest of all time show us next?📆™

[@wavang7362]

Ohtani has broken almost every Dodgers records this season 😂. If not at least that’s what it feels like. 10 RBI…crazy. 50/50 will be very hard to achieve for future players because if you have power you won’t have speed. If you have speed you’ll lack in power.

[@kevinjenner9502]

He’s a generational phenomenon much like undefeated Japanese boxer Naoya “the Monster” Inoue.

[@sayjaibao01188]

SHO-Time!

[@marimarihosp3035]

Shohei's 翔 (sho) stands for flying high. 平 (hei) means peace. - from Japan

[@greggibson33]

Plaschke says Ohtani HAS to do it in the playoffs. That's just not realistic. What if the other teams pitch around him every time up? A big part of baseball is there's only a few things you have control over. If he doesn't see a pitch does Plaschke think Ohtani's a loser? That's absurd.

[@dannyviveros7095]

Don't listen to these beat writers! They are not EXPERTS, ( this Jack guy included) but have a voice in the media but nothing anyone needs to pay much attention to.

[@billw715]

It's not as is if Ohtani has a supporting cast that Barry Bonds had back with the Giants, & it's not as if Ohtani is on the verge of 73 home runs. Why would you pitch around Ohtani to pitch to Mookie Betts & then to Freddie Freeman- then you have Teoscar Hernandez & Max Muncy to pitch to as well? You make no sense. Be reasonable. Of course if Ohtani is being pitched around it will be difficult for him or for "any" player to produce. This is ubiquitous & obvious & it should go without saying. No one is talking about this but you. All things being equal, Ohtani "has" to produce. He's a $700M player. He was signed by the Dodgers to "win" World Series championships & many of them during his contract. Joining the 50-50 club is great but if Ohtani doesn't produce in the playoffs, it's another failed "full" season since 2013 for the Dodgers. The Dodgers have serious starting pitching & bullpen issues so yes, for the Dodgers to win the World Series, they will likely need to be carried by Shohei Ohtani. He can't pull a Clayton Kershaw, offensively, in the playoffs. He needs to produce when the opportunities present themselves.

[@billw715]

@@dannyviveros7095 As a Dodgers fan, I want World Series championships. There is no reason why the Dodgers, after making the playoffs for twelve consecutive seasons, should have just "one" World Series championship & a World Series championship from a shortened 60-game 2020 season. And, what these "Beat Writers" are conversing about is hardly negative. So for Bill Plaschke to state that Shohei Ohtani needs to produce like he is now in the playoffs is a bad thing? Even "experts' will tell you that in order for the Dodgers to be successful in the playoffs, Ohtani needs to "show up" in the playoffs. Joining the 50-50 club is great for the regular season but in the playoffs, he'd better perform like the $700M player he is - this is why the Dodgers went after him... to win championships, & I expect Ohtani "show up" in the playoffs. I expect a World Series this season & multiple World Series during Ohtani's contract. There is a reason why Reggie Jackson was called Mr. October & that's what Plaschke is saying Ohtani needs to be to help the Dodgers get to & win the World Series. What in the world is wrong with that? He's right. The Dodgers year in & year out lose due to their pitching issues in the playoffs & they have serious pitching issues again. There's no Tyler Glasnow, Dustin May, Emmett Sheehan, Gavin Stone or River Ryan. Yoshinobu Yamamoto is questionable. Walker Buehler hasn't pitched well overall since returning from injury & he's likely not going to re-signed. Maybe Tony Gonsolin returns from injury but he was awful last season before he got injured. If the Dodgers want to win a World Series, the offense is going to have to carry this team led by Ohtani. It's as simple as that & there is nothing negative for saying that the best player on the Dodgers, & arguably in the history of MLB, has to put his game into a higher gear & lead this team in the playoffs.

[@78Rudys]

Oh LA Times. Always a day late and a dollar short. “Greatest season ever”

[@anasxeniadis5392]

Great❤

[@devn266]

Just looked into fujinami.. he sits 98.. dodgers could fix him and make him a starter again and make him a stud. TRADE FOR HIM OR SIGN HIM.

[@histubeness]

Nothing at all against Ohtani's great performance, but the third homer should have an asterisk with it. Marlin's bullpen ran out, and their second baseman was throwing easy floaters in there, as per the All-star Home Run Derby. Any good hitter could have knocked one of those out.

[@brymtb]

Hey Billy now do Judge in post season 😉

[@kennethmaeda5698]

People forget how bad Barry Bonds was in Pittsburgh in the post season.Also the great Willie Mays never hit well in the World Series, zero home run in the fall classic.

[@Mike-mc3sh]

Greatest dodgers season? He's probably having the greatest season in all of baseball history.

[@billw715]

He's having a record breaking season in getting 50+ HR's & 50+ RBI's, which is amazing, but to say that he is a having the greatest season in all of baseball history is a stretch. He's having "one" of the best MLB seasons in the game's history but there are many other players & seasons that have been notably better.

[@Mike-mc3sh]

@@billw715 who and in what year?

[@df3575]

Re the whole "do it in October" hot take: They. Are. Not. Going. To. Pitch. To Him. ....unless Mookie and Freeman show up, which they haven't the last two years. Ohtani needs help to shine.

[@kengvang3062]

60/60

[@blender_wiki]

Is not a discussion is just a fact.

[@愛宕姫-n5x]

Shohei Otani's MVP was confirmed in this game. Even God is amazed, no player can perform such a miracle. Lol

[@stevieohlsson8896]

Orel Herchiser (?) Put up some numbers!!! (Or lack thereof).

[@bmw128racer]

Despite the Dodgers having one of the best records in the league, I'm really nervous about their playoff performance, considering how sketchy the pitching has been over the course of the season.

[@stevieohlsson8896]

I hope he doesn't have Auston Matthews disease.😮69 goals but playoff INVISIBLE.

[@edelweiss2949]

Ohtani can join in 55-55 club this season

[@demi7733]

The perfect answer is NOT YET. Next year 50 /15 wins

[@yummychun6065]

Let"s go 60/60

[@camionerosfurgoneros5915]

10 game left Difficult

[@squalleonkeneddyheart4191]

55/55 more likely

[@SuperCatacata]

only needs 3 more games like this. lmao

[@squalleonkeneddyheart4191]

@@SuperCatacata he needs 3 Homers for two of the games and 4 in one game and those ten steals

[@BrianYakata-m4z]

Let’s not discount this 50/50 season. It’s historic. Believe, he's not finished yet.

[@BrianYakata-m4z]

Are you saying the same thing about judge? What judge accomplished near triple crown is nothing unless he does it in the playoffs? To me that is ridiculous. Just my opinion

[@jcole139]

Bill was in the shower?!? 😂 You had one job 😂😂😂

[@greggibson33]

Why would he even admit that? Hilarious.

[@djdmac2417]

Right, I was thinking the same thing. If you're an LA sports reporter and know that Ohtani is one homer shy of 50/50, why in God's name would you take a shower while he's playing???

[@dannyviveros7095]

​@@djdmac2417Mayve because he's NOT A L.A. Fan only a reporter for sports teams in Lis Angeles!😅

[@djdmac2417]

@@dannyviveros7095 Doesn't matter. It's literally his job to watch these guys and report on them.

[@tnleung1]

His accomplishments are just silly

[@timotheegoulet1511]

He’s not the Greatest Dodger ever, that title will always belong to Tommy Lasorda. Sure Ontani is by far a better player and pitcher than Lasorda but when you put those words together, greatest Dodger ever then it’s Tommy.

[@stevieohlsson8896]

Dont be like chris paul and paul george and rick steeve .... and DISAPPEAR in the playoffs.

[@stevieohlsson8896]

I hear he's going to the moon 😂with Elon Musk in November to celebrate 🍾 the WS win.

[@CUMBICA1970]

But then that last homer was a soft toss practice. Granted a dinger is a dinger but darn it had a tarnishing taste. I mean did Judge had any such treat this season?

[@nickolaslewis4416]

Don't do that. How many guys ground/fly out on those pitches?

[@dannyviveros7095]

​@@nickolaslewis4416Exactly now comes the doubters & Haters. Who is Judge in this conversation? Is Judge recovering from an injury & still playing? All it takes is one Doubting Thomas to start the masses whining 🙄 😒

[@dannyviveros7095]

That's your problem. 😢 Watch everyone else appreciate & celebrate while you can cry, I mean whine yourself to sleep! 😢😢😢

[@tednguyen7258]

jealous black

[@followthewhiterabbit8561]

Test him for steroids.

[@islander5858]

Sure they gonna test him.. we should test you for HIV too

[@HawaiisTravelGuide]

JAPANESE PEOPLE FROM JAPAN TEND TO BE VERY HONEST..THE ONLY COUTRY YOU WILL NEVER HAVE TO HIRE A LAWYER TP GET YOUR MONEY!THEY ALWAYS HONOR THEIR WORD!

[@greggibson33]

I agree. Test Plaschke for steroids.

[@tootspogsforever5590]

​@@greggibson33lmao

[@dannyviveros7095]

​@@greggibson33Also a Hormonal Inbalance too!