1 of 4|New york city Yankees legend Alex Rodriguez participates in an occasion for trainees called “Discussion with Alex Rodriguez” at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Monday. Image by Keizo Mori/UPI|License Photo
Nov. 18 (UPI)– Ex-New York Yankee baseball legend-turned-businessman Alex Rodriguez sung applauds on Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani while speaking to trainees in Japan.
“Major League Baseball has actually been around for over 130 years, and the 2 members of that class are Shohei Ohtani and Babe Ruth,” Rodriguez stated Monday at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo.
“And that's it,” he included.
After a shoulder injury throughout a video game in October, Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts stated at the time Ohtani was “in a fantastic location” for New York's World Series video game 3 after medical professionals cleared him to play in their triumphant play versus the Yankees.
“Think of a guy that is 6'4″, is the fastest guy on the field, he's the most significant, he tosses the fastest and can strike it the longest,” the previous Yankees star stated at the embassy occasion for trainees called “Discussion with Alex Rodriguez.”
In September, the super star Ohtani ended up being the very first gamer in Major League Baseball history to strike 50 or more crowning achievement and take 50 or more bases in the very same season after he formerly signed a 10-year, $700 million agreement with the Dodgers before the season in what was the biggest agreement in sports history.
“People back in America stated, ‘Oh my gosh, that's a lot cash,'” Rodriguez, who as soon as was the highest-paid MLB gamer with a $252 million agreement in the 2000 season with the Texas Rangers, discussed concerning the big offer, Kyodo News reported.
Ohtani ended the 2024 routine season with 54 homers and 59 takes.
He was the odds-on preferred to win the National League MVP award after doing that as a member of the Los Angeles Angels last season and in 2021.
“The reality is it's been an unbelievable agreement for the Dodgers, in which they've currently made their cash back and after that some,” he outlined 100 university and college students.
September's video game likewise marked the very first time considering that a minimum of 1901 that a Major League gamer had at least 5 hits, several crowning achievement and several taken bases in a single video game.
On Monday, Rodriquez compared Ohtani to renowned basketball gamer Michael Jordan, stating Jordan's kept in mind profession “raised the NBA” and the United States “to a level we've never ever seen before.”
Previously in this previous season, on Aug. 23, the 30-year-old Ohtani ended up being the fastest gamer in MLB history and 6th total to reach the 40/40 mark with a taken base and a walk-off grand slam in the Dodgers' 129th video game of the season.
“What Shohei Ohtani has actually done is more than historical due to the fact that it brings 2 nations on the planet together,” Rodriguez stated.
