Ben Verlander once again welcomes Hall of Fame John Smoltz to the show and they discuss which season they would take between Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani and New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge. Aaron Judge is on an unreal tear of late and Ben & Smoltz discuss who was the last hitter to have this peak. Finally, they discuss Alex Verdugo’s interesting allergies and what was the wildest superstition a teammate of Smoltz had.
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Shohei Ohtani (大谷翔平) vs Aaron Judge, Alex Verdugo’s allergies & more with John Smoltz
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I am Japanese. Please invite Shohei Otani to represent the United States as soon as possible. I want to see the real dream team and the ability of the Japanese national team without Shohei
As fantastic as Shohei is as a DH, I still want him to pitch!
Since A-Rod
Long live Ohtani!
Old men are stuck in a one dimension world of Dingers, year in and year out. Same thing just one single ball or two over the fence extra.
While the new generation sports fans wants to see more different dimension of the baseball.
Something, out of the ordinary.
Like instead of sitting in IL, learn to get better in something you didn’t do before and break a record creating an a usual combination.
While playing with only one 100% arm!
As for little Verlander, can’t stand his ground, so go with the flow to avoid being bullied.
Such a wuss. Doesn’t care about anybody. Pretended to root for Ohtani because he thought he would be popular
and say the “right” thing. But when he got bullied, nowadays, he just work hard on being on the “right” side
to stay popular.
There are others much more honest and consistent than this guy.
Give me a break Aaron judge is the best hitter not even close Shohei is how many records does Aaron judge have two? Shohei has so many records you can't count them!!!
Would you the mlb fan prefer to catch Aaron Judge's 63rd record-breaking hr, catch Shohei Ohtani's 50/50 milestone record setting hr, or receive a limited edition golden Shohei Ohtani/Decoy bobblehead?
😁
Ohtani and Acuma are the most exciting players to watch.
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Shohei is not only breaking records, he is shattering them at a record pace.
Judge is not single handedly carrying Yankees to the playoffs. Juan Soto is having a really great year and bats in front of Judge, so this gives Judge a lot of opportunities for RBIs.
Single handedly? How this guy and many others disrespect Soto… and we forget that Ohtani is rehabbing.
50/50 is soon on the way for Shohei Ohtani. Looking forward to seeing him in the post-season. Know that we saw him in the WBC, but October baseball is on a different level.
I just started watching baseball. All I know is Ohtani have made the game more exciting for myself and my kids.
Shohei also has 30 doubles and 6 triples.
Verdugo is allergic to his tattoos ink.
everything judge has done, Barry Bonds did better. Ohtani doing things no one has ever seen before.
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Bravissimo, Shohei!
Dude John Smoltz is smoking cracks. Last two year he said Judge deserved the MVPs because Judge carried the Yankees to the playoffs and Ohtani couldn't.
This year Ohtani carried the Dodgers to the playoffs and crackhead Smoltz said Judge deserved the MVP because Judge carried the Y to the playoffs. Yea like Ohtani don't carry the Dodgers. What about Juan Soto with 37 homeruns. Did Judge carry Juan Soto too.
Don't see John Smoltz takes up hitting and get 44/44 while he was on the DL.
Don't see Aaron Judge going on the pitching mounds while he was on the DL .
Aaron not hitting in last few games also finally teams now walking him. Great! He had homeruns last several games against teams that Give up m out homers. keep this in
mind when looking at recent hr
what if shohei steals 40 bases next year while pitching? what will people say then? lol I think shohei is able to steal more bases because he is in the dodgers as opposed to the angels. idk.. all i know is that he will steal 30-40 bases next year and i'm gonna place my bet for 30 stolen bases
大谷の目標はドジャースに３つの指輪💍を持ってくることです。その時野球は再び人気スポーツになるでしょう😊