
Originally Posted by
TitoFan

Originally Posted by
palmerq
Will this get MLB players? More importantly will obtain play that guy is the real deal, a total monster,a week or two ago he whacks a couple of home runs and 8 RBIs then not long after strikes out around ten, I forget the mad man has been on a bit of a pitching rampage recently..
I don't know a lot about baseball, I'm a minor follower been to a couple of Vancouver single a games and one Seattle MLB game.
The answer is yes... MLB players absolutely play for their country. It's what makes the Classic so compelling.
The guy you're talking about is Shohei Ohtani. A rare superstar in today's game. Pitchers don't typically hit well... and position players can't pitch. This guy is doing something not seen since the days of Babe Ruth. I'm wondering if he'll play for Japan in the Classic.
Good for you having seen baseball games in person. To me, it's a lot of fun.
I actually typed ohtani but it autocorrected to obtain and I didn't notice :S. I usually put on the angels when I see it listed just to see that guy and trout too is quite the hitter, quite amazing how they never seem to get to the play offs.
I much preferred attending the Minor League game in the park, not having the game on tv makes it proceed at a pretty good pace, it's a pretty small arena in Vancouver and only acouple of hundred tickets ever make it to sale due to companies buying all the season tickets and dishing them out... it's also in a pretty annoying area of Vancouver to get to, so I doubt i'll be going back any time soon, even though it is great fun.
I'd like to make it down to Seattle when ohtani is passing through though, that'd be cool.
I'll look out for this baseball classic whenever it's on, baseball is played pretty seriously in a few countries so it should have some good competion...Justin Morneau will win it for Canada!
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