Major League Baseball’s two-way phenom Shohei Ohtani, in only five years into his career. He has shown that he is soaring to achieve greatness in the sport. Although it still might be a long way, from the looks of it, Shotime is on the right track. However, even on the path to greatness, there are bound to be some hurdles. And whoever the person be, can take a tumble with those. Something like that happened to the two-way phenom when his team, the LA Angels, went against the Oakland Athletics in the last game of a four-game series.?
Ohtani, with his wonderful play, has built up the expectations of countless people. Hence, whenever he plays and is not able to live up to those expectations, fans can become unhappy. But this time, when it happened, Angels’ manager, Phil Nevin, was the one to stand up for him and made people realize that the two-way phenom Shotime is also a human.?
What did the Angels’ manager say about Shohei Ohtani?
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In the last game of the series against the Athletics, even though the Angels’ won by one run, Ohtani had gone through a bit of trouble. Hence, in the fourth inning only, he gave up four runs. Soon after the game, in the press conference, Nevin was asked about the same.?
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Without missing a beat, he said,?“[After Shohei gave up five runs in the 4th inning], the whole place was deflated. Everybody’s like what happened? He’s human. He’s gonna give up runs you guys. We’re in a dogfight now. Let’s fu… Let’s go.”
Great Phil Nevin moment:
"[After Shohei gave up five runs in the 4th inning], the whole place was deflated. Everybody's like what happened?"
"He's human. He's gonna give up runs you guys. We're in a dogfight now. Let's fu… Let's go."
(via Bally Sports West) pic.twitter.com/4NqO3lQnZl
— BTH (@BeyondTheHalo) April 27, 2023
As soon as these words left Nevin’s mouth, baseball fans from all over started cheering for the Angels’ manager for standing up for Ohtani the way he did.
What are the fans saying about Nevin?
Baseball fans are appreciating Nevin for such words about his team’s player, especially when there’s a chance of the fans getting disheartened.?
Here’s how the baseball fans are reacting to Nevin’s words for Shohei Ohtani:
That's the side of Phil Nevin that you love to see.
He got his players to wake up and get a win for the guy who has almost single-handily gotten them wins during certain games this season.
— BTH (@BeyondTheHalo) April 27, 2023
Those are also the types of games we lost a lot of last year, this year we are mustering up more wins than not and answering right back with runs of our own
— Palmer (@JustPalmerr) April 27, 2023
Deflated is the perfect word to describe the vibe today. You could sense the entire stadium breathe a collective sigh of relief and sound levels start to rise again when he started regaining control.
— shotime²⁴ (@shopaley24) April 28, 2023
Ohtani? Human? Sounds fake
— Alison Kissel (@queen_alisondk) April 28, 2023
That was dope by Nevin
— La Flama Blanca (@ChickenJoe48) April 28, 2023
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now this is it. people who were disappointed with him last night (3rd night), stating him on a slump. after all, he is human. can't get those flying colours all the time
he bounced back real quick ngl, that mental state https://t.co/huAFVDdTqW
— mehrong (@lesshaoran) April 28, 2023
Many fans agreed with Nevin that Shotime, after all, is indeed a human. Hence, he is bound to make a few mistakes now and then. But what matters is that he stands back up from those mistakes. And that’s exactly what he did. Meanwhile, there is one fan who thinks Shotime as a human sounds off because of his insane talent and consistency because most until now used to think the same.?
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