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The story
The Los Angeles Dodgers announced on September 11 (local time) that they had placed Shohei Ohtani on the 15-day injured list (IL). Dylan Hernandez, a reporter for the local paper California Post, made a pointed comment on his own YouTube show: “Ohtani’s season is effectively over. The Dodgers are just pretending it isn’t.” The report sparked a thread on 5ch, where some posters pointed to the toll of his two-way (pitching and hitting) workload and changes in his physique, while others questioned why Ohtani was getting hit so much harder than Takefusa Kubo, whose slump was reported around the same time, and voiced distrust of a reporter who had also gone after Ohtani during the Ippei Mizuhara scandal — resulting in a mix of defense and criticism.
“Shohei Ohtani Is Effectively Finished,” Local LA Reporter Says Bluntly — “The Dodgers Are Just Acting Like He Isn’t”
On September 11 (local time), the Los Angeles Dodgers officially announced that Shohei Ohtani had been placed on the 15-day injured list (IL).
In response, Dylan Hernandez, a reporter for the local paper California Post, said on his own YouTube show: “Ohtani’s season is already over. The Dodgers are just acting like it isn’t. Effectively, he’s done.”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Read the original article here
What people said
Kubo's cutout went up in its place.
Once you've hyped someone up, you've got to bring them down too
or else it's not balanced.
Huh?
Takefusa Kubo Could Be "Demoted" Amid Slump: "He Doesn't Look Like a Star Anymore"… Might Be Replaced by Stitch
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/96d96d376af6a0acbb605fe3d409ae6d5c42c065
So threads bashing Ohtani get made, but nobody starts one for the soccer player, huh.
This sports/entertainment board (Geisupo) is broken too.
Letting him pitch and hit was a massive mistake.
Honestly, things were best right up until Dodgers vs. Yankees actually got started
I'll never forget that excitement
but once it kicked off, Ohtani looked rough and Freeman's lucky bloop hit killed the mood.
If they clumsily ban him from pitching, he'll get sulky and things will get even worse than they are now.
Feels like a huge headline like this could drop right around when the World Series wraps up
Ohtani's surprised the world plenty of times before, so a twist this big wouldn't be out of the question
Even the "screenwriter" behind his story has his work cut out for him.
I get that feeling too
seems like his motivation's already gone.
Shohei Ohtani Switches to Sumo Wrestling!
Pulling off a baseball/sumo two-way career!?
It'd need an impact at least that big
Well, if we're talking sumo, Murakami might actually be more suited for it.
while threads about traffic accidents involving "yakibuta" (a derisive nickname for diehard baseball fans) never take off.
All that showed was how abnormal the yakibuta (baseball-fan) crowd is, blowing a topic like that up so much.
Mitoma's still in his 20s though
his generational peer would be more like Murakami.
For soccer it's nothing but "Akita" threads, on and on bashing the J.League.
If it were Ohtani, I don't think it'd stop there.
I don't think the story about him possibly getting sued over crypto or whatever, or the real estate trouble, blew up that much either.
Sounds like the one not working is an old-timer like you, gushing over Ohtani all day.
There was definitely at least one yakibuta who spent years bashing Mitoma alone, morning till night.
A shameless reporter trying to grab attention by trashing Ohtani.
Wow, a reporter who won't bow to pressure, fighting the great evil — so cool.
and now they're just tossing him aside, lol.
That's harsh — same with yokozuna (sumo grand champions) too: they fawn over you once you're on top,
then bash you out the door once you decline, and the moment you retire they turn around and call you great.
Yeah, there are people like that on X too.
He stole money, sure, but it's a shame — his skill as a support guy was first-rate.
That's probably why they turned a blind eye to a bit of skimming, treating it like a bonus
but eventually it became too much to tolerate.
It's a shame because he really was top-notch at his job (T_T)
Before he gets deported, Ohtani should step in with one word to save him — let's work together again.
like limiting him to just being an opener when he does pitch.
Making him a reliever instead of a starter, say — once his at-bats are done, he comes in
to close out the bottom of the ninth. As DH he could probably even work in throwing practice to build up his arm while still taking at-bats.
Background and Key Points of This Story
Ohtani has a history of elbow surgery, and the strain of his “two-way” role as both pitcher and hitter has repeatedly been a subject of debate. It’s worth noting that what the team actually announced this time is only a 15-day injured list placement — not an official statement that his season is completely over. Reporter Dylan Hernandez’s comment that Ohtani is “effectively done” is simply his own personal read, not the club’s official position. Alongside criticism of Ohtani’s condition and performance, the thread also raised the gap in coverage compared to reports of Takefusa Kubo’s slump, as well as lingering distrust toward a reporter who had also gone after Ohtani back during the Ippei Mizuhara scandal — making the media’s own reporting, and not just the players themselves, a point of contention.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[MLB] “Effectively, Shohei Ohtani Is Already Done” — LA Reporter Says Bluntly, “The Dodgers Are Just Acting Like He Isn’t” — Placed on Injured List.”
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