大谷翔平 - The Official Shohei Ohtani Thread

[FromJapan]

Ohtani's donations to his alma mater

The bus donated to the baseball team.

He also donated a pitching machine to the women's baseball team. The club members nicknamed this machine "Ohtani-san". 

 

[arch stanton]

4 hours ago, FromJapan said:

Ohtani's donations to his alma mater

The bus donated to the baseball team.

He also donated a pitching machine to the women's baseball team. The club members nicknamed this machine "Ohtani-san". 

 

I want the Angels to adopt this color scheme until they have a 90 win season

[FromJapan]

Number of home runs in MLB among Asian players
218 Shin-Soo Choo (Korea 2005-2020)
175 Hideki Matsui (Japan 2003-2012)
169 Shohei Ohtani (Japan 2018-)

Ohtani is likely to overtake Matsui's record this season, barring injuries and/or other problems.

[Chuck]

7 hours ago, FromJapan said:

Number of home runs in MLB among Asian players
218 Shin-Soo Choo (Korea 2005-2020)
175 Hideki Matsui (Japan 2003-2012)
169 Shohei Ohtani (Japan 2018-)

Ohtani is likely to overtake Matsui's record this season, barring injuries and/or other problems.

Thanks for sharing, @FromJapan. Tweeted this out. 

 

[Chuck]

 

[Chuck]

 

[Jay]

Pretty impressive but he hasn't hit a HR since the elbow injury (5 games).

 

[Tank]

I got some insider info on where Ohtani is headed next year . . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 29, 2023 by Tank

[Lhalo]

 

[Lhalo]

12 hours ago, Tank said:

I got some snider info on where Ohtani is headed next year . . .

[FromJapan]

(Link) The New York Times Magazine on September 30, 2023
Shohei Ohtani's Impossible, Unrivaled, Bittersweet Season

[Chuck]

 

[FromJapan]

(Link) "Shohei Ohtani: Beyond the Dream" Debuts November 17 on ESPN+

In Japan, it will be exclusively distributed on "Disney+".

 

[Chuck]

Since he's now a free agent I'm going to unpin this thread, but will pin it back if we're able to retain Shohei Ohtani. 

 

[AngelStew43]

I think we have a good chance, better than some people think. 

[Lhalo]

 

[FromJapan]

Ohtani will donate a total of about 60,000 gloves, three to each of around 20,000 elementary schools in Japan. The Japanese text on the right, handwritten by him, means “Let’s play baseball!”

 

[Chuck]

8 hours ago, FromJapan said:

Ohtani will donate a total of about 60,000 gloves, three to each of around 20,000 elementary schools in Japan. The Japanese text on the right, handwritten by him, means “Let’s play baseball!”

 

This is so awesome!!

[Angels 1961]

Someday some kids who get gloves will be playing in MLB. 

[FromJapan]

1 hour ago, Angels 1961 said:

Someday some kids who get gloves will be playing in MLB. 

 

The full text quoted from Ohtani's Instagram.

I’m happy to announce that I will be donating approximately 60,000 youth gloves to every elementary school in Japan. That comes out to around 20,000 elementary schools.

I’m hoping the kids can spend their days happily with a lot of energy through baseball.

I’ll be looking forward to sharing the field one day with someone that grew up using this glove!

Lastly, I would like to send my appreciation to everyone that was involved and helped this project come true.

 

[Chuck]

 

[FromJapan]

The two posts below have the same content in Japanese as the English text.

 

[FromJapan]

In Japan, the breed of the dog has become a hot topic, and it is believed to be the ”Kooikerhondje”.

(Wikipedia) Kooikerhondje 

 

[Chuck]

[FromJapan]

Sorry, this post may not be appropriate to this topic...
Erica's recent visit to Tokyo was featured in Japanese sports media.

She was visiting "Asakusa Sensoji Temple" and "teamLab Planets TOKYO", which are popular with foreign tourists.
(Her Instagram) Asakusa Sensoji Temple  teamLab Planets TOKYO

(Link in English) Asakusa Sensoji Temple  teamLab Planets TOKYO

When she was leaving Japan, she was delighted to find a hanging advertisement for Ohtani's SEKKISEI (UV sunscreen) at Haneda Airport (Tokyo).

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(Top Left) a 2080ft tall, broadcasting and observation tower "Tokyo Skytree"
(Top Right) Street Go-Kart Tour through the city of Tokyo
(Bottom Left) Black chopsticks with names written in English and Japanese
(Bottom Right) The billboard of 3D optical illusion cat