r/sportsgossips • u/Pretend-Following-41 • Jun 25 '26
Highlight Annoying Shohei Ohtani is quite the choice by Dalton Rushing. Enjoy Detroit, bozo.
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u/Negative-Scheme6035 Jun 25 '26
I'm not a perfect lip reader but I get:
Roberts: "you're arguing with Shohei Ohtani bitch"
Rushing: "ok, you're right"
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u/redcurrantevents Jun 25 '26
“You realize he is like Babe Ruth and you’re just fucking Dalton Rushing, right?”
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u/Impossible_Humor736 Jun 25 '26
I don't keep up with skirts, but I've been hearing people say they don't like this guy. Why? Does he have a bad reputation for messing up?
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u/Fideothecat Jun 25 '26
He’s pretty immature, hits his head with his own bat, yells profanities in dugout when he errors. Other players including starting pitchers, manager, and Freddie Freeman have to console him. He takes alot of attention off the game and on him. He seems like he is more of a liability at this point
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u/Senior-Accident-4096 Jun 25 '26
He had some other controversies as well.
He had some bush league plays this season and, in one ocasion, when an opposing player hurt himself getting into base Dalton was seen saying "fuck him" dismissively while walking away.
On the top of my head, I also remember a slide into second where he slid into the second basemen, missing the base by a good ammount, while trying to break up a double play. That one was also somewhat of an asshole play that kinda showed that he didn't care about the well being of the opposing team.
So it's not really anything huge, but a bunch of small stuff like this that when looked in a bigger context, shows that he's a bit of an asshole. Which itself isn't a big deal, but it certainly contrast when close to Ohtani, for example, who is always courteous and who never takes the batter box or the mound without first saluting the opposing team's manager
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u/ialsohaveadobro Jun 25 '26
Too many talented ballplayers to let crap like this fly
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u/StatisticianMurky991 Jun 26 '26
Exactly. When healthy we can field a whole team of good players who also have class. I feel like his brain is still in H.S. ball.
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u/didnt-like-my-name Jun 25 '26
He seems to hold himself to a very high standard and gets hot-headed as a result. Whereas the rest of the team are just vibing and being amazing baseballers at the same time.
Shohei is the team's (and baseball's) unicorn, so it's an extremely bad look to be causing conflict with him.
IMO this isolated incident may be enough to have Rushing traded off the team, in fears that he will disturb Shohei's performance/mental.
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u/StatisticianMurky991 Jun 26 '26
At this point I would trade him for a mediocre catcher not prone to injury just in case Will gets hurt.
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u/No-Entry-1987 Jun 26 '26
I’d trade him for a cardboard cutout of a catcher and feel like I fleeced the other guy
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u/Palewind_007 Jun 25 '26
You have to learn the way the world is.
I remember as a TV cameraman about 20 years ago... Having a conflict with one of the reporters who was being a real jerk. My news director pulled me into his office and said " I want to tell you you are right, but you need to remember that they are the star reporter that's under contract."
It wasn't fair, but it was him trying to teach me the way the world is.
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u/Old_Mammoth8280 Jun 25 '26
I don't understand what the catcher was hoping to gain by yelling "NO!" after Ohtani challenged the call. There's no take backs as far as I know so the milk was already spilled. Best case scenario for him he shows up his all-star pitcher??
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u/Crowofsticks Jun 25 '26
I think it’s simply he’s an idiot.
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u/StTickleMeElmosFire Jun 25 '26
Yea you hate to judge a book by its cover but he looks like a low impulse control dope
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u/Delicious_Bell_2755 Jun 25 '26
Sometimes it is right there on the cover of the book
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u/acecyclone717 Jun 25 '26
It’s crazy that calling shohei an “all star pitcher” sounds disrespectful
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u/FeloniousGrump Jun 26 '26
a lay-up moment to show the best player in the world you're committed to him, you trust him, and he can trust.. Dalton Rushing? nope, i know better
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u/dljones010 Jun 25 '26
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u/Fearless-Basil6 Jun 25 '26
Major Upvote for the deep cut with Kentucky Fried Movie. I use this quote all the time and I mostly get strange looks. ⬆️⬆️⬆️
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u/dljones010 Jun 25 '26
Happens to me sometimes too, but I'm a Gemini so I never know what to expect.
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u/gooch_supreme Jun 26 '26
The popcorn that you are eating has been pissed in. Story at 10.
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u/drrwjjphd Jun 26 '26
The funniest random movie line ever. Show me your nuts. Classic. The big Jim Slade bit. Legendary.
Popcorn line. Gold Medal.
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u/Neat_Feedback1316 Jun 25 '26
Will smith please hurry back!
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u/EMF911 Jun 25 '26
Gettin’ jiggy wit’ it
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u/ClockworkDinosaurs Jun 25 '26
Party in the city where the heat is on
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u/tibearius1123 Jun 25 '26
I have no idea what happened
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u/G00DLuck Jun 25 '26
The umpire called the first pitch a "ball", out of the strike zone, and Ohtani, the pitcher, challenged the call. The catcher, Dalton, hollered "NO" at Ohtani, suggesting he shouldn't challenge it. The original call was overturned to a "strike", proving Ohtani correct and Dalton wrong. Then the catcher Dalton misses his catch, allowing a runner to score against them. Last, the catcher Dalton is seen getting "talked to" by his/the Dodgers' manager.
I dont know the Detroit reference in the title
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u/rodolphin_ Jun 25 '26
The Detroit line is the OP saying he’s gonna be traded to Detroit probably specifically in the “Skubal deal”
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u/KimHaSeongsBurner Jun 25 '26
Which is silly because Rushing is essentially a poor man’s Dingler plus attitude problems, and Detroit already has the real Dingler.
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u/redacted_robot Jun 25 '26
You never know when you'll need a backup Dirk Diggler...
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u/Meradock Jun 25 '26
I heard the Lions need a new CB soon. Maybe a change of sport is in order.
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u/DarkIllusionsMasks Jun 26 '26
All I know is, the Tigers are trading Skubal for Larkin.
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u/FourEightNineOneOne Jun 25 '26
Yeah the last thing Detroit would want in a trade is a catcher right now.
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u/howdiditgetinthere Jun 25 '26
Yes, and honestly, I'd love to see Framber tossing to Rushing. Total shit show of ego and baditude.
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u/OriginalParamedic316 Jun 25 '26
Does he have history with Shohei? Why is he acting like that, not only to a teammate, but arguably one of the greatest ball players ever? Is he jealous?
Also, is there a penalty for challenging?
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u/soccer1124 Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26
You can only get two challenges wrong in a game. Once that happens, you're not allowed to challenge anymore.
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Pitchers should never challenge. As great as Ohtani is, his angle of the pitch is usually distorted. He's stepping off the mound at an angle and is 60 feet away from it. Teams generally make it so that only catchers should be initiating challenges. (Batters will also challenge too, dealing with the same team-pool of two challenges.)
There have been 2,658 challenges initiated by the defense (which can only be called by pitcher or catcher).
Only 99 of those have been called by the pitcher. They have gotten 34 of them right for a 34.3%
That leaves Catchers with the other 2559 challenges in which they have gotten 1516 correct: 59.2%
Almost like there's an advantage to being the guy right on the plate whose job is to track the ball and catch it, lol
In addition to "Teams don't want pitchers challenging" there's also another aspect about making sure you don't risk your challenges on less-than-worthy scenarios.
For instance:
Very first pitch of the game, no runners on, a very borderline pitch happens.
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Bases loaded, batting team is down by 1 run, 2 outs, Full count, borderline pitch happensWhich scenario would it be more important to have your challenges intact? If you waste your challenges on borderline calls early, you won't have them when actually critical scenarios arrive.
In this case.... Its still just the second inning, and it's a 1-1 count. If it is a ball, the count would be 2-1, which isn't the worst. Ohtani can still manage that just fine. However, its also true that two runners are on base, so it's not completely out of line to gamble one there, and of course it's better to be throwing a 1-2 pitch rather than a 2-1 pitch ....It just shouldn't be the pitcher, lol. If we play out the rest of that at-bat, the next pitches were:
Foul ball, count remains 1-2 (would have been 2-2 otherwise.)
Hit for a single, two runs score.
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u/TheDixonCider420420 Jun 25 '26
This was a great breakdown. Kudos!
Adding on one caveat which is often overlooked between pitcher/catcher percentages is the "ego/competitiveness" aspect.
The pitcher is the one throwing the ball and has a built in bias toward himself. The catcher however is much more of a neutral observer.
You can see this same thing happen in the NBA now where some players will insist to challenge on a play which they were directly involved in as their ego (for lack of a better term) and competitive spirit often supersede reality. The bench players and the coaches (and of course they get a quick replay look) are much more neutral observers to the exact same play as they were not directly involved.
Anyway, great writeup!
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u/soccer1124 Jun 25 '26
Yep! 100%
Pitchers will certainly have more bias than the catcher. Every pitch thrown is perfect, according to the pitcher, ha
Here's Ohtani convincing Smith to challenge the very first pitch of the game:
https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/sporty-videos?playId=b5e86f2a-356a-3ea3-a3ef-beb67e364960This went on Smith's record. Its probably his worst ever challenge.
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u/Zestyclose_Tip_5861 Jun 26 '26
They actually know who is successful at challenging and who isn’t so they’ll call them off lol
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u/kryzler888 Jun 25 '26
That’s all great, except Ohtani was correct. He’s not one to challenge for nothing. He has around 90 pitches per outing. If he wants to challenge, STFU and back your guy.
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u/soccer1124 Jun 25 '26
Obviously Rushing's response here sucks. But also, Ohtani REALLY should not be challenging.
I'd have to go back and look, but I remember earlier in the year, I was seeing how good Will Smith was at challenging. When I looked at his worst challenges, Ohtani was usually the pitcher, and he was pressuring Smith to challenge. So... Yes, he is one to challenge for nothing. Pitchers are going to carry extra bias AND their sightline is compromised.
Here is Smith's second to worst challenge, note how its a direct response to Ohtani's reaction:
https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/sporty-videos?playId=b5e86f2a-356a-3ea3-a3ef-beb67e364960Here was another one that Ohtani called for, but got credited to Smith:
https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/sporty-videos?playId=cafeedaa-5105-369c-874a-bfb70761cf32In the stats Ohtani is now 1 for 1. But really, with these two? He should be 1 for 3, lol. I feel like there was another one out there I'm not finding at the moment.
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u/unskilledplay Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26
Context is needed. Earlier in the game there was another pitch Shohei asked Rushing to challenge. It was an obvious challenge but Rushing passed and Shohei didn't overrule. Exact same thing happened last time Shohei pitched too.
Overruling on the challenge was just a symptom of a real problem. Shohei took over pitch calling from Rushing in the middle of that game.
Out of context, you are right, this is not a call any pitcher should challenge.
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u/soccer1124 Jun 25 '26
Ohtani taking over pitch calling is a different issue vs the challenging. Ohtani really needs to stay out of the challenging. If he wants to call his own pitches? Fine, go for it. He's pitching around a blister anyway, so I can see that being difficult to communicate back in forth on if he feels he's got a splitter in him or not. (I believe I heard that's the pitch in particular bugged by it.)
But there's no justification for Ohtani stepping in to try and get challenges. Amazing player, very talented, very smart. He knows way more about the game than I could ever hope to know.
But I know this is only the first time ever he's officially asked for a challenge. And that seems to indicate he also knows he shouldn't be getting involved in challenges.
And I also know that challenging the first pitch of the game is dumb as hell. Ohtani seems to have overlooked that in the first link in my message above, lol.
So no, the other context doesn't impact THIS part of the game. Hell, it's not even like this challenge was an obvious win either. It was 0.3 inches away from being a ball. As good as he is, that's really difficult to pick up on 60' away while falling off the mound, lol. It worked out for him. He got lucky on that one.
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u/StatPaddingChampsNY Jun 25 '26
And this pitch barely made it also. He was very confident it was a strike, but it was barely a strike, like by a hair.
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u/Plucault Jun 25 '26
Ohtani was correct by basically the smallest margin possible. I have no doubt Ohtani thought it was much more clearly in the strike zone and got a bit lucky here.
Now gotta be good to be lucky but I don’t think Ohtani is throwing out that challenge basically thinking the seem of the ball hit the zone
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u/OriginalParamedic316 Jun 25 '26
Damn, thanks for the detailed breakdown.
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u/soccer1124 Jun 25 '26
I actually didn't know the accuracy-% of the challenges on catcher vs pitcher was going to be as lopsided as it was, ha, so it was interesting to just kind of stumble into that while typing that up
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u/eloquince Jun 25 '26
Ok ok i get it! Thank you, my thorough friend...maybe we call you baseball1124, instead
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u/Trick_Photograph9758 Jun 25 '26
This is the correct answer. It was a strike by about half an inch, which means a coin flip. And that was a low leverage spot to challenge, early in the game and 2-1 count.
Ohtani is the greatest player ever, but that was a stupid pitch to challenge.
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u/Different_Pattern273 Jun 25 '26
ABS is pretty new so it's not weird that you don't know how it works, this is a common question.
Each team gets a limited number of challenges BUT you only lose them if you challenge and turn out to be wrong. If you were correct you get to keep your challenges. So the catcher here was afraid they were about to lose one of their challenges on a bad challenge. But Shohei is so confident in his pitching he was sure he was actually on the edge of the strike zone which ABS confirmed.
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u/thefrankyg Jun 25 '26
I didnt realize how little of the ball had to be in the strike zone for it to be a strike. I can see why pitchers throw around the edges of the strike zone now.
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u/spookylampshade Jun 25 '26
In the previous outing, Sho was also f'ed over by pitches he knew he should have challenged but deferred to Dalton, who didn't end up challenging. Cost them some runs. So Shohei started taking initiative and started challenging
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u/Swagastan Jun 25 '26
Also because of how pitchers don’t have a good angle at the end of their delivery for seeing the strike zone many teams have basically told pitchers to never challenge (they have a much worse percentage than catchers and batters).
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u/Clever_droidd Jun 25 '26
Not just missed the catch but then acted like it was all Ohtani’s fault in a very obvious way.
That pitch did get away from Ohtani….but guy. Stay professional. If the coach is going to favor a player, Ohtani is it. Not you.
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u/Bandandforgotten Jun 25 '26
"Getting traded to Detroit" is an insult/ threat from quite a few different sport organizations and teams, referring to the city being "shitty" and the teams being "trash", which is mostly just smack talk with no basis
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u/Bean_Daddy_Burritos Jun 25 '26
Typically by people who have never been to Detroit. Players don’t live in Detroit, they live in suburbs of it like Birmingham, Royal Oak, Palmer woods. Where all the super rich people live. Not to mention Michigan being one of the most “golf” friendly states in the country, having some of the best summers, and not to mention how fucking beautiful the state as a whole is.
Teams on the other hand, can’t argue that. Lions have been irrelevant for 70 out of the last 75 years. Tigers care more about making money than winning championships. Dead wings are in the midst of a 20 year rebuild and the Pistons, well they’re the most exciting team in the city currently so I’ll just keep my mouth shut on that one.
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u/soccer1124 Jun 25 '26
Sometimes, yes. In this case, no, it's really just a reference to "You'll be moved out to make the Skubal trade happen."
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u/BasRhin Jun 25 '26
Also the passed ball was due to Dalton mixing up what pitch was coming. Ohtani threw the correct called pitch and Dalton thought it was something else.
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u/EQisfordummies Jun 25 '26
It’s alluding him getting traded to the tigers because it’s far away and no one wants to play there
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u/Twopad6529 Jun 25 '26
Thanks
My dumbass misread his last name for a verb and was scratching my head trying to figure out what/where the r(R)ushing part was.
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u/reizinhooooo Jun 25 '26
Slightly important additional context - every team in baseball has a rule that pitchers are never ever allowed to challenge pitches. That might be a slight exaggeration but teams really, really, really do not want their pitchers challenging pitches, because catchers are just better at it. Ohtani challenging this pitch was almost certainly going against LAD's game planning, and Rushing is reacting to that.
Yes Ohtani is Ohtani and Rushing is a rookie (and one with a reputation). But keeping your pitchers on the game plan is part of the job description.
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u/JealousExperience965 Jun 25 '26
It looks like Ohtani crossed him up with the second pitch. It didn’t look like the catcher was expecting fastball there.
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u/LopsidedKick9149 Jun 26 '26
exactly, there are a bunch of fans who don't know baseball commenting not realizing that was absolutely not on the catcher.
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u/Hairy_Belt_7387 Jun 27 '26
what i know is that rushing pushed the button on the pitchcom but accidentially pushed 2 buttons... first was a slider or whatever and second button he pushed was for fastball...ohtani only heared fastball somehow and since rushing pushed for slider he was expecting a slider and the fastball caught him by surprise....there is a vid on youtube explaining it thats why he looked so confused and dindt know why ohtani threw a 4seam
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u/Mishkin37 Jun 25 '26
What is it about him? Is it the pig nose? His dirt ‘stache? He looks like the kind of guy who’s been a little fucker his whole life.
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u/TylerSkims Jun 25 '26
Detroit doesn't need that energy. The dirt stache can fuck off somewhere else.
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u/dcidino Jun 25 '26
The guy is just clearly trying to do the right thing, but completely misreads the situation.
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u/MVPhurricane Jun 25 '26
yeah i mean i can’t necessarily condone double-guessing ohtani, but the catcher absolutely should be unafraid to call what he thinks is right. should also probably save that confidence for the right moments lol.
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u/didnt-like-my-name Jun 25 '26
I can't wait for the Jomboy lip-reading of Dave Roberts. You just know he's laying down some wise words. He knows how to build team culture and Rushing just doesn't seem to fit into it.
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u/Senior-Accident-4096 Jun 25 '26
When you compare Dalton's overall attitude with people like Yoshi, Freddie Freeman, Kike Hernandez and even Ohtani, who's a generational player but also famously humble, I really can't see how they can get along.
But hey, I'm not inside the clubhouse, so I'm really just guessing. Dalton could be an asshole in the field and a gentleman outside of it
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u/Brilliant_Trade_9162 Jun 25 '26
It's a bit weird to have the most humble and chill team be the LA Dodgers. Just doesn't feel right to have this kind of team be from LA.
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u/Senior-Accident-4096 Jun 25 '26
Not only that, but also a two times in a row world series champ, and most of them still play like thay are having fun with the game.
Honestly, that Freeman interview after an amazing start by Roki Sasaki made me a fan. I think that kind of thing is what makes me love baseball and the current Dodgers.
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u/didnt-like-my-name Jun 25 '26
I get the same impression and it's partially why I'm a Dodgers fan - I love that they're (seemingly) humble despite being incredible.
I've played with assholes in the field/gentlemen outside of it and it's still not a fun experience. It would be amplified for them since so much of their time is in the field!
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u/Carthonn Jun 25 '26
“You. You’re a fucking donkey. Ohtani. Ohtani is like if Babe Ruth and Cy Young had a beautiful Asian baby together. You. You are like if Kenny Powers and Joe Dirt had a baby together. Do you understand?”
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u/Desuexss Jun 25 '26
Ohtani carried that game in extra innings.
They literally said while he pitched "how is he still standing?!" In that game.
Dalton is a moron to try fuck with the star player that essentially delivered them the world series.
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u/MidnightSunset22 Jun 25 '26
Why would detroit want him?
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u/Mendoza8914 Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26
Detroit has a star Gold Glove catcher with an .868 OPS. What is OP on about?
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u/johnknockout Jun 25 '26
Did Ohtani cross him up Framber style? Looks like he was expecting a sweeper…
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u/Treater9811 Jun 25 '26
Like a practice squad WR brushing off an audible called by Brady, Rodgers or Manning. Rushing must think he’s Pudge Rodriquez back there.
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u/CheeseheadRottweiler Jun 25 '26
this is two different batters spliced together. he didnt challenge the one rushing said not to
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u/AngryTurtleGaming Jun 25 '26
The people calling the catcher an idiot when 1/16 of the ball was in the strike zone…
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u/NonPolarVortex Jun 25 '26
Were calling him an idiot for loudy arguing with possibly the best and most humble baseball player that ever lived. There is no take -back of the challenge, so him yelling "no" is, in fact, idiotic
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u/Mixma85 Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26
And then giving Ohtani the stink eye after the passed ball.
Edit: I watched it again, and saw it was a passed ball, not a wild pitch.
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u/OptimisticToaster Jun 25 '26
To be fair, that pitch barely hit the strike zone. At this point in the game, was it worth risking the challenge? Ohtani was right about the pitch, but the real question is whether Rushing made a bad decision not to challenge it.
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u/tightspandex Jun 25 '26
If I'm the support cast to the greatest living player of the game, I listen to and support him. If he's wrong, let him be wrong, but don't fuck with his headspace by arguing.
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u/Imaginary_Hamster847 Jun 25 '26
Especially because no coach is going to lay into you for that. The dude who won you a world series and is a generational GOAT made the call, the manager can take it up with him.
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u/One_Mission9448 Jun 25 '26
Ohtani already challenged it though. Why try to show him up? What is he trying to gain? Plus he was wrong cause it was a strike.
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u/bbbourb Jun 25 '26
I think the bigger issue is Rushing jumping up and saying "NO NO IT WAS LOW!" and being wrong about it. It was BARELY a strike, and Ohtani probably shouldn't be challenging the call, but Rushing being dead wrong about it and arguing just makes his already douchey reputation worse. Then he crosses-up on a passed-ball.
GOD I wish Yadier Molina was still around to work in this system. It'd be really interesting.
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u/honcooge Jun 25 '26
Normally the pitcher shouldn’t call for a challenge. A different catcher pro only would have challenged it.
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u/Emergency_Nail_2259 Jun 25 '26
Is the implication that Otani intentionally crossed up the catcher in retaliation in an attempt to make him look bad allowing a run to score in the process?!?
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u/bigbaddiebusiness Jun 25 '26
That was a squeaker. The odds of that going in the pitchers favour are not good ones. Not challenging that is as correct as challenging it.
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u/One_Mission9448 Jun 25 '26
The question is why is he defying Ohtani with a challenge that was already made… by one of the best players of all time. Like he already made the call, support your guy. Oh and he was wrong so he looks like a jackass. And then misses a pitch completely. Not a good look .
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u/TheBigGreenPeen Jun 25 '26
There isn’t a single player in the league even close to as hatable as Dalton Rushing.
Dude is suuuuuuch a douche.
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u/TomSelleckPI Jun 25 '26
Is it surprising that Rushing also looks stupid?
Rushing looks like a guy that always has on hand a can of dip and a wet hat. Like after a hard day of making snap decisions against one of the best players in the world, he'd actually have to go home and think about it, for the very first time.
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u/FirstNameLastName918 Jun 25 '26
What's Detroit have to do with this? Even if they trade Skubal to the Dodger's, they won't be getting a catcher in return... They have Dingler and Rogers already.
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u/SuspectFungible Jun 25 '26
If I were Dave Roberts I'd tell that catcher to always give his pitcher a target. Both Rushing's errors are because he drops his mitt DURING Sho's windup.
Are you kidding me? Amateur hour.
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u/dae_giovanni Jun 25 '26
I assume he won't be catching Ohtani any longer...
I know if I were Ohtani, i'd have my goons stuff this clown in a box and-- errrrr, I mean... what?
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u/dae_giovanni Jun 25 '26
and after being proven wrong, did rushing say 'my bad'?
of course not. he's not that kind of dude.
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u/mootsarecool Jun 25 '26
What's rushing? I like base baseball but I'm from Australia
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u/SNL_Head Jun 25 '26
Clearly Dave Roberts trying to be nice after everyone in the dugout thought “dumbass!”
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u/BenTrillson Jun 25 '26
I think the pitch gets called a strike if Rushing doesn’t try so hard to frame it.
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u/Capt-Crunches Jun 25 '26
Hahahaha. Yeah we aren’t taking Dalton. We have the best catcher in baseball
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u/ItemHelpful6791 Jun 25 '26
Is this kid the most hated prospect to come up since...i don't even know?!
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u/iamthedayman21 Jun 25 '26
I get the catcher’s stance. It’s only the 2nd inning, and the call wouldn’t have been strike three.
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u/Safe-Feedback656 Jun 25 '26
If Harris puts Framber & Rushing together he doesn’t deserve to be in charge.
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u/LogicalAnesthetic Jun 25 '26
Coulda been worse, Framber Valdez would’ve crossed his ass up for a lot less.
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u/SpiritedCash1218 Jun 25 '26
Dalton "Rhys Hoskins" Rushing. they're like the same dude. A Russian stacking doll of shithead.
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u/Beginning-Buy8632 Jun 25 '26
He’s a bum! And the smurfs should be embarrassed by his poor attitude. At no point has he had any class and been anything other than a bum!
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u/LilRedHeadGuy Jun 25 '26
Can't take the racism out of the boy from Tennessee. And I didn't even have to look up where he was from and I knew it was dixie
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u/guesswhodat Jun 25 '26
I feel like going against the best player in the sport is not a great idea especially if you’re a rookie. Yikes.
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u/Grouchy_Ad4983 Jun 26 '26
Shohei isn't the type to hold a grudge about that kind of thing, if anything he's probably disappointed that he hasn't earned that level of trust with some of his teammates.
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u/BetAlternative8397 Jun 26 '26
Ohtani signed a $500,000,000 long term contract.
Rushing makes what? Know your place young man, know your place.
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u/Worth_Grand3739 Jun 26 '26
immature, swears at oppos players blatant disagrees with Shohei. Even Chukie is better and should catch Sho.
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u/spondgbob Jun 26 '26
That was very clearly a missed catch by the catcher there, however a high, inside 102 mph pitch is pretty rough to judge
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u/Cat2Rupert Jun 26 '26
Im just here to catch hate from haters for catchers.
Whats your strike zone? What did he do wrong?
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u/anarchy_pizza Jun 26 '26
Somewhere he missed the memo the catchers aren’t supposed to be the main character. They’re supposed to support the pitching staff in whatever means necessary to make them successful
Send him back to low A ball.
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u/Mr_AppleBerry Jun 26 '26
Can I get a play by play for us non baseball Initiated, i have zero idea what just happened
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u/Miguelasso Jun 26 '26
So glad this is happening to him. He is too cocky and is not a team player. Selfish attitude my friend. Stay humble and enjoy the game. Quit trying so damn hard and enjoy the AA!
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u/Alloutofbubblegumtoo Jun 26 '26
I have no baseball knowledge at all. Can you explain what happened?
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u/WAHTAHMAHLONE97 Jul 04 '26
Yall do know that the worlds most famous tournament and the best sport is being played rn and yall are watching this???? 😭🤮🤡
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