Look, I can’t write a thousand words about a guy without saying this: Shohei Ohtani is the most entertaining athlete on the planet. Period. No debate. You can argue about LeBron vs. Jordan all day. But nobody—and I mean nobody—does what Ohtani does.
He makes baseball fun again. He makes you forget about analytics and launch angles. He makes you just watch, mouth open, as he does the impossible. Every at-bat is a potential home run. Every pitch is a potential strikeout.
So next time you see him play, just laugh. Because the whole thing is hilarious. A professional athlete, eating omelette rice, throwing unhittable balls, and naming his dog after a fruit. That’s our fun fact. That’s Shohei Ohtani. Long may he pitch and rake.