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Old 08-23-2024, 04:24 PM
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Agreed. In Ohtani’s case his autograph in Japanese is way more legible and he actually writes out each character.
Wow, that brings up an interesting question from this gaijin (had to look that one up). Is there a loose 'script' way of writing Japanese characters? The way an autograph in English doesn't comply with what each letter 'should' look like? That sorta thing?
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Wow, that brings up an interesting question from this gaijin (had to look that one up). Is there a loose 'script' way of writing Japanese characters? The way an autograph in English doesn't comply with what each letter 'should' look like? That sorta thing?
There is, but it doesn’t get used much in autographs.

Ichiro is a good example. His name is formally written in kanji characters as 一郎 and is a fairly common first name. But when his name is written in Japanese they always used the simplified katakana characters as イチロー.

But his signature in Japanese is just a huge mess of squiggly lines and I can’t tell which version he is trying to write.
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Regarding autographs, I have a baseball that Ozzie Smith autographed for me in person, 40 years ago, while I was leaning over the railing at Shea Stadium during warm ups. His signature was exactly the same as the ones I'm seeing today on his recently graded, hand-signed cards. I'm going to suspend any natural cynicism and say that there are some guys who still do things the right way, and they may not be the guys who made the most money playing baseball.
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Sounds like Mr. Ohtani was monitoring this forum and saw people talking smack about him...
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Sounds like Mr. Ohtani was monitoring this forum and saw people talking smack about him...
Walk off grand slams that put you in the 40-40 club sure are a good way to silence critics.
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Walk off grand slams that put you in the 40-40 club sure are a good way to silence critics.
Fastest ever to join the 40-40 club too, but here he’s viewed as not doing it the right way.
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https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...in-player-poll

The cited article in The Athletic is behind a paywall, but the above from last year was telling to me. Basically, 45% of surveyed MLB players would build a team around Ohtani. Judge was a distance second with around 14% of the vote.

Seems like Ohtani is a player's player, inasmuch as he is a fan favorite.
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Fastest ever to join the 40-40 club too, but here he’s viewed as not doing it the right way.

with a rehabing UCL and likely getting to 45/45

with a shot at 50/50 or 45/50
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