Episode 36: Comeback SZN
from Asians In Baseball Hosted by Asians in Baseball
It’s comeback season, baby! 2:12 - Corbin Carroll and Shohei Ohtani are the only Asians to make it through the first round of All-Star voting! (We recorded this before they announced the teams, forgive the late news) 2:58 - It was a hot week in pitching! Dane Dunning nearly throws a complete game, Kenta Maeda is back from the IL, and Yusei Kikuchi is still dominating on the mound…and being microaggressed off the field. 20:09 - Position players were crushing this week: Kyle Higashioka catches Domingo German’s perfect game, several guys’ bats are hot hot hot, Bligh Madris enters the Asians in Baseball Cinematic Universe, and Isiah Kiner-Falefa is coming for Ohtani’s gig. 55:46 - Ohtani Talk! We saw peak Ohtani x Angels this week as he struck out 12 Dodgers and still took the L, he had his first multi-homer game as a pitcher, and the Angels are doubling down on their big bet. Bligh Madrid’s debut article: https://www.mlb.com/news/bligh-madris-first-palauan-player-in-majors Seiya Suzuki is reeling in Ohtani: https://www.marqueesportsnetwork.com/seiya-suzuki-makes-his-pitch-to-shohei-ohtani-in-hilarious-fashion/
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