Ohtani Shohei
It is too early to be talking about whether Shohei Ohtani si the best 2 way player ever. His days in MLB have just started and who knows what will happen. Hope it does not happen but he might get injured or may go into a slump. Again not wishing for it just saying its possible.
Michel Jordan said in an interview about who is the greatest of all time (GOAT)
“First of all, you’re never gonna say, ‘Who’s the greatest of all time?’ to me. I think that’s more for PR and more for selling stories and getting hype. Jack and Tiger never played against each other. They never played in the same tournament, they never played with the same equipment, they never played with the same length of golf course. I never played against Wilt Chamberlain, I never played against Jerry West. To now say that one’s greater than the other is being a little bit unfair…
This is one way you can judge the two: How much impact did each change or evolve the game? Jack during his time when he played or Tiger during his time. Now, obviously Jack won more during the time that he played. Tiger evolved it to where it crossed a lot of different boundaries, where it’s not just a white guy’s sport. Black guys, Afro-Americans, all the minorities played the game. And you play it at a level to where it generated so much interest financially that it grew the game from a financial standpoint.
Now does that constitute him being the greatest or does that mean that he’s any less than Jack I think is unfair. Yeah, Jack has 18 majors and Tiger’s got 14. And that’s how people are judging certain things. I won six championships, Bill Russell won 11. Does that make Bill Russell better than me or make me better than him? No. Because we played in different eras. So when you try to equate who’s the greatest of all time, it’s an unfair parallel, it’s an unfair choice… For me, I think they’re both great. I would never say one is greater than the other.”
So as his majesty Michel Jordan says its an unfair argument or rather a non argument specially since Ohtani has a lot to accomplish.
But one must wonder…..What do you think?
