Stephen A Smith Refuses To Acknowledge Shohei Ohtani Is Good At Baseball
Introducing Stephen A Smith saying ignorant things about an athlete from overseas part 1,234. You would think Stephen A would learn his lesson the first time. Stephen A instead doubled down and said more ridiculous things about Shohei Ohtani. He’s basically refusing to acknowledge that Ohtani is good at the sport.
“I don’t want to hear any discussions anymore about him getting a half-a-billion dollars,” Smith told Chris “Mad Dog” Russo. “The fact is that he can’t pitch until 2025, alright? Secondly, you’re going to be compromised in terms of what you’re able to do in the field. Number three — **** it, the Angels don’t win. When you look at the Dodgers, when you look at the Braves, when you look at various other teams, they ain’t got nobody on there making half a billion dollars.”
“There’s a bunch of empty seats that I see when Shohei Ohtani’s pitching, let alone hitting, when the Angels come to town,” Smith said. “You’re not filling anything. You’re not winning. I’m not giving up that kind of money to him.”
Just so ignorant. Ohtani is not the reason why the Angels suck. I have been screaming from the clouds that they should have traded him to an actual contender. It would have been good for the Angels and the rest of the sport.
Also, Ohtani sports an MLB-high 8.9 WAR according to Fangraphs. Ohtani won’t pitch next year after undergoing elbow surgery. However, taking away his pitching WAR of 2.4, his 6.6 batting WAR ranks as the fourth-best in MLB. WTF are we talking about, Stephen A? The guy hit 44 bombs this year. Don’t tell me he sucks.
This is what Stephen A does. He did the same thing with Luka Doncic. Just ignorant all the time for non-American-born players in any sport.
