Shohei Ohtani, who is now being called Japan’s Babe Ruth is now going into America’s MLB and is being compared to Babe Ruth by numerous people around the world. Ohtani has come all the way from Japan to play in the majors. Comparisons are being made because they are both extraordinary hitters, fantastic pitchers, they made it into the majors without going to college, and were team MVPs. But the only reason they made it this far is because they put their head, heart, and soul into their game.
He is also being called the new Babe Ruth of the century and is being compared to the legendary Babe. A reason why he is being compared is because they have similar stats, and are becoming more similar to Babe Ruth’s. But soon their stats will be more similar to each other, since Ohtani hasn’t been in baseball as long. People also think this because they can
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Shohei and Babe were their team's most valuable pitchers and most skilled pitchers. Ohtani’s earned-run average was 1.86 and Babe’s was 2.28 earned-run average. Both Shohei and Ruth have good pitching stats, but Sports Illustrated claims that Shohei will do amazing in the 2018 season and that he is an extraordinary player just like Babe was. They also think that he will help his team go into the playoffs to try and help them win the World Series or get them really close.
They both also did not go to college, instead, they went straight into the majors, but Babe went to Cardinal Gibbons high school and Shohei went to Hanamaki Higashi high school. They also were team MVPs and Ohtani won NPB home run derby and threw the fastest pitch in league history with 102.5mph heater, which even topped his own record, coming from https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/04/06/shohei-ohtani. These two people were extremely good players and reading Quartz at Work, Shohei is a rare and talented player that is now the new Babe of the century, and has his
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