Pitcher Otani as seen by M. Kepner, who published a book examining the “10 types of pitches”
The MVP controversy intensifies during Sunflower season.
As of September 7 (8th Japan time), Yankees judge Aaron, who hit 55 home runs, leads the home run championship. The franchise record held by Roger Maris and the American League record of 61 are on the horizon. And Shohei Otani of the Angels, who has trouble throwing and hitting, is in second place with 33 (MLB streams live on ABEMA daily). Although the difference is great, the dynamic arc competition that is easy for everyone to understand is bound by the heat of the MVP controversy and the thread of the correlation.
With 11 wins so far this season, the “double-digit wins and double-digit home runs” recorded by Babe Ruth, who is hailed as the god of baseball, has achieved a big feat for the first time in 104 years. reviews. However, if we only focus on the process in which the numbers unilaterally drive out the others, the consciousness of Otani, who continues to play two swords, will fade.
It is clear from historical facts that Babe Ruth, the originator of the two-sword style, dedicated himself to the stick after saying, “Throwing is hard.” Ohtani bravely challenges the batters on the mound the legendary player hated. Is it an exaggeration to say that the pressure he receives because of his two-sword style is different from other fighters, like the difference between a serious fight and a fight with a wooden sword?
From this chain of thoughts, “A History of Baseball in Ten Locations” emerged. It was published in 2019 by Tyler Kepner, a former Yankees reporter for The New York Times. He made the list in the non-fiction section of the newspaper, which publishes a list of the best-selling books in the United States.
This masterpiece covers over 300 people, including famous pitchers who have been inducted into the American Baseball Hall of Fame, active pitchers in modern times, managers, coaches, people involved in the world baseball and hitters. In addition to the episodes taken from it, we will draw historical books and historical theories on the great throwers now dead, with 10 types of throws: sliders, straights, curves, knuckles, splits, screw, ballast, changeups, spitballs , and cuts We carefully select each expert.
I frankly asked the author, Mr. Kepner. Did Otani not meet the selection criteria?
“The deadline for writing the manuscript was 2018, a year before its release. I finished writing it in early March. At that time, Ohtani had just entered the spring opening season in its first year since his arrival in the United States. Of course, Japan. I knew that I played with two swords in , and looking at the charts, I thought that there was a possibility that I could become a high level existence here .
And now? turned into water.
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