High praise and hyperbolic accolades are all too common among sports commentators and pundits that they have all but lost their meaning.
Last week, however, the truly remarkable happened in the baseball world: Japanese-born baseball player Shohei Ohtani joined the 50-50 club and is, for now and perhaps always will be, its sole member. He did the undoable by hitting 50 homers (he is currently at 52 as of this writing) and stealing 50 bases in a single season. And there’s still more baseball to play.
Like Michael Jordan who was pure joy to watch, true poetry in motion, Ohtani may be, as the Marlins manager stated after the game, “the most talented player [he] has ever seen…[and maybe] the best ever to play the game.”
The meaning of “50-50” has changed forever—at least for me.
Sources: Shohei Ohtani first 50/50 player in major league history – ESPN
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