Shohei Ohtani Signs with the Angels

[Banedon]

[UMFan83]

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A bit of insight into Ohtani.

 

Well this is an absolutely silly ass thing to say

 

Yet while it’s a bona fide shocker Ohtani didn’t even take a face-to-face meeting with the Yankees — why not at least use them for leverage with the other teams he really wanted? — my reporting made me less stunned that he’ll end up elsewhere.

 

The Cubs were totally gonna offer him a 300k signing bonus until they found out the Yankees weren’t involved. Now they are only going to offer him 300k

[jersey cubs fan]

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A bit of insight into Ohtani.

 

Funny that a NY Post writer talking about how a guy wasn't a fit for NY cited the oddity of him not even having a driver's license, when a very large portion of NY residents don't have a license either.

[ConstableRabbit]

Maybe the idea of Ricketts having an apartment across the street from Wrigley will resonate with him.

[Cubswin11]

Just a general question more than anything but does he speak any English or only Japanese?

[David]

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ayyyyy lmaooooooooooo

[Bote McBoteface]

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ayyyyy lmaooooooooooo

 

Isnt "the cubs way" the book that the FO put together themselves when they first got here to basically standardize the organizational philosophy? I thought this joke was gonna be about how dumb it would be to distribute that book to somebody who was likely to sign with a direct competitor.

[javy knows my name]

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ayyyyy lmaooooooooooo

 

Isnt "the cubs way" the book that the FO put together themselves when they first got here to basically standardize the organizational philosophy? I thought this joke was gonna be about how dumb it would be to distribute that book to somebody who was likely to sign with a direct competitor.

 

No, the Cubs Way was an unwritten discipline that they developed that Verducci shared insight into in a book he called The Cubs Way.

[sneakypower]

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"why don't you just tell me what your plan is?"

[David]

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ayyyyy lmaooooooooooo

 

Isnt "the cubs way" the book that the FO put together themselves when they first got here to basically standardize the organizational philosophy? I thought this joke was gonna be about how dumb it would be to distribute that book to somebody who was likely to sign with a direct competitor.

 

No, the Cubs Way was an unwritten discipline that they developed that Verducci shared insight into in a book he called The Cubs Way.

 

pretty sure it was actually written

[Cubswin11]

 

Isnt "the cubs way" the book that the FO put together themselves when they first got here to basically standardize the organizational philosophy? I thought this joke was gonna be about how dumb it would be to distribute that book to somebody who was likely to sign with a direct competitor.

 

No, the Cubs Way was an unwritten discipline that they developed that Verducci shared insight into in a book he called The Cubs Way.

 

pretty sure it was actually written

Yeah I'm pretty sure it's an "employee manual," for a lack of a better word for it, that Theo/FO authored.

[javy knows my name]

 

Isnt "the cubs way" the book that the FO put together themselves when they first got here to basically standardize the organizational philosophy? I thought this joke was gonna be about how dumb it would be to distribute that book to somebody who was likely to sign with a direct competitor.

 

No, the Cubs Way was an unwritten discipline that they developed that Verducci shared insight into in a book he called The Cubs Way.

 

pretty sure it was actually written

 

The point stands that Verducci's book is incomplete information from a second-hand source

[David]

 

No, the Cubs Way was an unwritten discipline that they developed that Verducci shared insight into in a book he called The Cubs Way.

 

pretty sure it was actually written

 

The point stands that Verducci's book is incomplete information from a second-hand source

well, yeah. duh.

 

i was just more shocked that dude wasn't aware of verducci's book than anything. it's a great book. buy it.

[imb]

"They ought to direct him to the hashtag #ThatsCub which explains what is Cub in detail."

[David]

"They ought to direct him to the hashtag #ThatsCub which explains what is Cub in detail."

 

lmfao

[Cubswin11]

"Please accept our modest gift as our guests, it's The Cubs Way by Tom Verducci, everything you will need to know is in it."

 

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[Perd]

He can read Cubs Way. But keep him away from that tyrannical gloryhog David Ross’ book.

[imb]

Somebody took snap shots of a Japanese TV program where they were showing the life goals Shohei Otani wrote while he was in high school: http://blog.livedoor.jp/nanj_bom/archives/49425982.html

Here's what u/tensaibaka could make out (the parts not 100% sure of are in italics)

 

Age 18: Join a MLB team

Age 19: Master English and reach AAA

Age 20: Called up to the majors, make 1.5 billion JPY (~13 million USD)

Age 21: Starting rotation, 16 wins

Age 22: Win the Cy Young award

Age 23: Member of Japan WBC team

Age 24: Throw a no-hitter and 25 wins

Age 25: Throw fastest pitch in the world 175 kph (~108mph)

Age 26: Win the World Series and get married

Age 27: Member of Japan WBC team & MVP

Age 28: 1st son is born

Age 29: Throw 2nd no-hitter

Age 30: Get most wins by a Japanese pitcher (in 1 MLB season?)

Age 31: 1st daughter is born

Age 32: Win 2nd World Series

Age 33: 2nd son is born

Age 34: Win 3rd World Series

Age 35: Member of Japan WBC team

Age 36: Break the strike out record?

Age 37: 1st son starts baseball

Age 38: Stats drop, start to think about retirement

Age 39: Decide to retire at end of next season

Age 40: Throw no-hitter in my very last game

Age 41: Return to Japan

Age 42: Introduce the American system to Japan?

[David]

if he really wants all those world series, he's got two options.

[imb]

i horsefeathering love this guy, he's so weird. that list reads like something derwood would have typed up for his Road to the show character

[Thed Hoyerstein]

i horsefeathering love this guy, he's so weird. that list reads like something derwood would have typed up for his Road to the show character

 

Derwood would have to add this:

 

Age 47: get a puppy

Age 55: house train puppy

[Cubswin11]

I want this guy to be our little baseball weirdo savant so bad since we already have the weirdo baseball savant in the FO

[Tim]

He can read Cubs Way. But keep him away from that tyrannical gloryhog David Ross’ book.

MR, is that really you?

[jersey cubs fan]

Age 40: Throw no-hitter in my very last game

Age 41: Return to Japan

Age 42: Introduce the American system to Japan?

Age 43: Remake Waterworld

[Cubswin11]

Another thing I've been thinking about with him is that we seem to have a big advantage with his living situations. If he's really that big of a homebody and just doesn't like doing things but play baseball, playing for us allows him to literally live within 3-10 blocks of the stadium (so doesn't need to drive or be driven to navigate a huge city if he doesn't want to as he could pretty much be self-contained to just Wrigleyville) which I don't think any other team can offer. He'd have to deal with driving/being driven and a larger city in almost every other case since he would have to live further away. Hell with the new apartments/condos he could literally live across the street from the stadium if he wanted. If he just wants to eat, sleep and live baseball we offer him a great (probably best) option logistically/housing wise.