✹The PERENNIAL Shohei Ohtani Thread✹ - Page 240

Rage · 08-30-2021, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Mister2Bits

Just added the one of the biggest Ohtani RC's to my collection. It's HUGE.

Boxtopper huge!

Wanted to add something different that I normally don't go for and something about the image and the photography style used really caught my attention. Hoping I can get an IP auto on it someday.

Great choice, I've had mine as the top piece of the Shohei Shrine

Mister2Bits · 08-30-2021, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Rage

Great choice, I've had mine as the top piece of the Shohei Shrine

Ha. That's exactly what I plan on doing with mine. Trying to figure out the best display option.

Callmethevreez · 08-30-2021, 02:56 PM

That Ohtani RC Boxtopper is sweet. Not that my opinion means much, but for what its worth, it usually takes a lot for me to "really like" a card visually.

The_Reverend · 08-30-2021, 03:21 PM

On the way back from SGC and pumped for the Pop 1 Spectra.

NYRE2PECT · 08-30-2021, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Trueblue

That's amazing. Are you going to buy a new 7 series or do something boring like paydown your mortgage?

There is a plan good friend and it is very boring!

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10% Family Vacation Fund
10% Baseball card fund
10% Charitable giving
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NYRE2PECT · 08-30-2021, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Rage

Great choice, I've had mine as the top piece of the Shohei Shrine

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Originally Posted by Mister2Bits

Ha. That's exactly what I plan on doing with mine. Trying to figure out the best display option.

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Originally Posted by Callmethevreez

That Ohtani RC Boxtopper is sweet. Not that my opinion means much, but for what its worth, it usually takes a lot for me to "really like" a card visually.

I'm with you guys - that is sweet looking!

sheffield77 · 08-30-2021, 05:17 PM

I don’t know if this has been discussed but is there anyway ohtani doesn’t win mvp??
Hitting .200 his last 30 games down to .264 on the year. Does he win if he ends the year at .250 or .240 even?

Not trolling just find it interesting. I don’t think there is any way he could lose no matter how low his average goes. Thoughts??

hammertime · 08-30-2021, 05:23 PM

My biggest concern is if his pitching AND hitting both fall off the table. Even then the question is who wins over him? Vlad? Devers?

BBases31 · 08-30-2021, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by hammertime

My biggest concern is if his pitching AND hitting both fall off the table. Even then the question is who wins over him? Vlad? Devers?

You mean like next year? Ohtani has 7.1 WAR. No one else in baseball is above 5.4. It's already his. The line is -5000 at one of the sharper sportsbooks

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Originally Posted by sheffield77

I don’t know if this has been discussed but is there anyway ohtani doesn’t win mvp??

Nope. 10000% win

The_Reverend · 08-30-2021, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by BBases31

You mean like next year? Ohtani has 7.1 WAR. No one else in baseball is above 5.4. It's already his. The line is -5000 at one of the sharper sportsbooks

Nope. 10000% win

If he does not win with what he has done to make people actually tune in to baseball, MLB might as well call it a day. Many of us are not baseball junkies and without Ohtani, like last year, we would not be tuned in. I know LA won the WS, but no clue who won the other awards.

hammertime · 08-30-2021, 05:37 PM

I hope you guys are right and obviously I think he deserves to win and want him to win but regency bias is a real thing...hopefully he continues to dominate on the mound and gets his groove back at the plate and it isn't even an issue.

zbaseball21 · 08-30-2021, 06:31 PM

Ohtani's no longer pitching tomorrow after being hit by a pitch in his last game. He will still hit.

kcroyalsfan8515 · 08-30-2021, 07:06 PM

Got in hand finally... Based on a recommendation. Love anything rare.

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hammertime · 08-30-2021, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by zbaseball21

Ohtani's no longer pitching tomorrow after being hit by a pitch in his last game. He will still hit.

Bummer, but understandable.

NYRE2PECT · 08-30-2021, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by kcroyalsfan8515

Got in hand finally... Based on a recommendation. Love anything rare.

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Well done - that's a lovely card!

kcroyalsfan8515 · 08-30-2021, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by NYRE2PECT

Well done - that's a lovely card!

Thanks Brutha.. Appreciate it.. Not on your level but I got a nice baby ohtani collection going

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brios8 · 08-30-2021, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by hammertime

My biggest concern is if his pitching AND hitting both fall off the table. Even then the question is who wins over him? Vlad? Devers?

10% chance Vladdy wins...

if Ohtani lowers his avg to .250 and doesn't pitch well/sits out + if Vladdy plays like today 2-4 with 2 HomeRuns, takes the Jays to the playoffs and raises his avg to .330

how a season ends leaves a certain taste of ones season..

either way, great players and if they were both in different leagues they would have beat out Tatis/Harper

BBases31 · 08-30-2021, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by brios8

10% chance Vladdy wins...

0. Dead zero chance. You can have all my Guerrero cards if he wins the MVP

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if Ohtani lowers his avg to .250 and doesn't pitch well/sits out + if Vladdy plays like today 2-4 with 2 HomeRuns, takes the Jays to the playoffs and raises his avg to .330

In order for Guerrero to get to .330 on the season he has to hit well over .400 the rest of the way. He's hitting something like .270 outside of Dunedin/Buffalo this season

brios8 · 08-30-2021, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by BBases31

0. Dead zero chance. You can have all my Guerrero cards if he wins the MVP

In order for Guerrero to get to .330 on the season he has to hit well over .400 the rest of the way. He's hitting something like .270 outside of Dunedin/Buffalo this season

He went on a mini "slump" which any player would love their slump to be like that.. Plus still hitting better than Ohtani lately

and with his 2 Home Runs Today, if he keeps it up he will beat Ohtani

either way, will be fun to watch.. but he absolutely has a chance.. if there were 10 games left then no.. but still 30 or so games to go

NYRE2PECT · 08-30-2021, 09:14 PM

Well, Shohei won't stand much of a chance if they keep calling him out looking on a breaking ball that is two balls outside of the strike zone. That was just awful.

The_Reverend · 08-30-2021, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by BBases31

You mean like next year? Ohtani has 7.1 WAR. No one else in baseball is above 5.4. It's already his. The line is -5000 at one of the sharper sportsbooks

Nope. 10000% win

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Originally Posted by NYRE2PECT

Well, Shohei won't stand much of a chance if they keep calling him out looking on a breaking ball that is two balls outside of the strike zone. That was just awful.

Personally I think there is a large group within baseball, and I mean the game itself, that don’t like the fact that he has done what no one in the game has done to his level. There are definitely haters and the umps have been terrible for a lot of players. But I don’t even watch baseball except to track his success. There is not another player, since probably bonds that I wanted to see bat.

Stop what you doing to watch an at bat
Griffey
Pujols
Big Mac
Sosa (I know steroids, but still)
Big Hurt
Ohtani

anusinha · 08-30-2021, 09:42 PM

Man, the entire Angels team is in full on throw in the towel mode. They might as well just forfeit the rest of the season.

brios8 · 08-30-2021, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by The_Reverend

Personally I think there is a large group within baseball, and I mean the game itself, that don’t like the fact that he has done what no one in the game has done to his level. There are definitely haters and the umps have been terrible for a lot of players. But I don’t even watch baseball except to track his success. There is not another player, since probably bonds that I wanted to see bat.

Stop what you doing to watch an at bat
Griffey
Pujols
Big Mac
Sosa (I know steroids, but still)
Big Hurt
Ohtani

May I ask why Ohtani?
Not hating here (he is a great player and fun to watch)
Just honestly asking what's so special about Ohtanis ABs to compare them to those guys... batting .263 with a Bellinger swing for the fences long swing style

if he would just be hitting then I would think he gets more around .290

more fun to watch Tatis/Acuna (Ohtani somewhat close) and then of course the always difficult outs Soto/Vladdy

+ a few others.. but these guys are the talk of the day lately

jhssketchcards · 08-30-2021, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by brios8

May I ask why Ohtani?
Not hating here (he is a great player and fun to watch)
Just honestly asking what's so special about Ohtanis ABs to compare them to those guys... batting .263 with a Bellinger swing for the fences long swing style

if he would just be hitting then I would think he gets more around .290

more fun to watch Tatis/Acuna (Ohtani somewhat close) and then of course the always difficult outs Soto/Vladdy

+ a few others.. but these guys are the talk of the day lately

If he weren’t pitching, he would be having a typical power hitter season, under .275 with 40 HR etc
If he weren’t hitting he’d be having a very nice pitching season possible CY candidate.
Because it’s both he’s having the best single season in history of MLB. That’s what I’m getting.

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rman112 · 08-30-2021, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by anusinha

Man, the entire Angels team is in full on throw in the towel mode. They might as well just forfeit the rest of the season.

Well this didn't age well.

08-30-2021, 02:56 PM	#5978
Callmethevreez Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 1,561	That Ohtani RC Boxtopper is sweet. Not that my opinion means much, but for what its worth, it usually takes a lot for me to "really like" a card visually.

08-30-2021, 03:21 PM	#5979
The_Reverend Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 15,373 islubi	On the way back from SGC and pumped for the Pop 1 Spectra.

08-30-2021, 05:17 PM	#5982
sheffield77 Member Join Date: Feb 2019 Posts: 715	I don’t know if this has been discussed but is there anyway ohtani doesn’t win mvp?? Hitting .200 his last 30 games down to .264 on the year. Does he win if he ends the year at .250 or .240 even? Not trolling just find it interesting. I don’t think there is any way he could lose no matter how low his average goes. Thoughts??

08-30-2021, 05:23 PM	#5983
hammertime Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: OH->MI->MD->VA Posts: 6,876	My biggest concern is if his pitching AND hitting both fall off the table. Even then the question is who wins over him? Vlad? Devers?

08-30-2021, 05:37 PM	#5986
hammertime Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: OH->MI->MD->VA Posts: 6,876	I hope you guys are right and obviously I think he deserves to win and want him to win but regency bias is a real thing...hopefully he continues to dominate on the mound and gets his groove back at the plate and it isn't even an issue.

08-30-2021, 06:31 PM	#5987
zbaseball21 Member Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 1,186	Ohtani's no longer pitching tomorrow after being hit by a pitch in his last game. He will still hit.

08-30-2021, 07:06 PM	#5988
kcroyalsfan8515 Member Join Date: Sep 2018 Posts: 1,528	Got in hand finally... Based on a recommendation. Love anything rare. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

08-30-2021, 09:14 PM	#5995
NYRE2PECT Member Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: San Antonio Posts: 8,089	Well, Shohei won't stand much of a chance if they keep calling him out looking on a breaking ball that is two balls outside of the strike zone. That was just awful.

08-30-2021, 09:42 PM	#5997
anusinha Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 13,696	Man, the entire Angels team is in full on throw in the towel mode. They might as well just forfeit the rest of the season.