Shohei Ohtani Is The First Player EVER Named To The All Star Game As A Hitter AND Pitcher; Celebrated News By Hitting A 7,000-ft Home Run

Shohei Ohtani has homered in 14 of his last 17 games. And one of those 17 games was when he started as a pitcher and got ran in the bottom of the first so he only registered one at bat. So it's really 14 of his last 16 games played as a normal position player not some weird superhuman who does everything exceptionally well. Ohtani being the guy that was advertised is so fucking cool. We focus so much on expectations when it comes to modern athletes and then do everything we can to try and tear them down when they fail to reach these impossible milestones. Hearing about some mythical being on the other side of the planet who plays modern baseball like Babe Ruth did against milkmen made him seem like a dream and nothing more. Like I think most people thought it would be cool to try but ultimately he'd have to pick one or the other. Nope. Turns out he's just a Silver Slugger hitter and an All Star caliber pitcher. I hope it's starting to settle in nationally just how absurd this is to witness. 

Also, since we're here anyways: Mike Trout never had announcers cumming their pants like this dinger from Ohtani did. Trout was crowned the greatest player of all time fairly quickly, and I'm not sure I'll ever get over it. He's an incredible baseball player who no one has ever really cared to watch play baseball. I don't know if the MLB's fault, the Angels' fault, or the dweeb writers' who sprinted to this take five years into his career fault. But Trout never had people glued to his at bats like this. I get that it's not entirely fair to compare them since Ohtani pitching as well as he has is a huge part of why he's as enthralling as he's become. But a massive reason people laid out for Trout's lack of national recognition was the market he played in. That's dead now. It took a half season for Ohtani to overtake Fernando Tatis, Jr., as the must watch guy in all of baseball. He'll be the biggest draw in Colorado a week from now, and he'll be the biggest ticket in baseball until he slows down. Which, at this rate, may never happen. But again, I'll never fully understand why the nation by-and-large is so apathetic towards Trout, but we can rule out the uniform once and for all.