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So to the people who have been with me from the beginning; thank you! You have my heart. So you can either subscribe here:. Here was my commute to the Big A from West Hollywood. And for those of you who are blessed to live in cities with functional public transportation, here is what taking the bus to the Metro would have looked like:. This distinction matters because if he WERE playing in Los Angeles, for the Dodgers, he would have pitched in front of a sold-out crowd of 54, people in his home season debut.
How do I know this? Well, I saw Ohtani pitch two days ago, on a Tuesday night. The previous Tuesday night I was at Dodger Stadium, along with 53, people watching the Dodgers play the lowly Rockies. It was not Opening Day. There was a sweatshirt giveaway, but whatever. Shohei Ohtani is fresh off a World Baseball Classic in which he demonstrated that he is, without question, the best baseball player on the planet. He defies the laws of physics.
He is Michael Jordan on grass. Only 27, people showed up to watch his season debut. Subscribe to The Long Game to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives. Share this post. The Long Game. Copy link.
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