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Sep 25, 2021; Anaheim, California, USA; Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) sits in the dugout before being introduced during a pregame awards ceremony at Angel Stadium. Ohtani was given the team MVP and Nick Adenhart Awards before a game against the Seattle Mariners. Mandatory Credit: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports
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Sep 25, 2021; Anaheim, California, USA; Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) sits in the dugout before being introduced during a pregame awards ceremony at Angel Stadium. Ohtani was given the team MVP and Nick Adenhart Awards before a game against the Seattle Mariners. Mandatory Credit: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports
The ongoing lockout in MLB has been nothing less than torture for the baseball fans for over two months. But ever since the baseball video game MLB The Show 22 has been released, it has kept fans busy for a while.
Notably, the Angels star Shohei Ohtani is the cover athlete of MLB The Show 22. Many fans might not know, but the developers of MLB The Show 22 had to re-write tons of code, especially for Ohtani.
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Generally, an MLB player is either a good pitcher or a good hitter. It is very rare to see a player playing baseball both ways equally well. And the Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani is a prime example of that. With his playing capabilities, fans also compare Ohtani with the legendary MLB player Babe Ruth. At his time, Ruth was also a top two-way player in Major League Baseball.
Shohei Ohtani made developers re-write codes for MLB The Show 22
Considering his two-way playing style, Ohtani made the developers re-write tons of codes for the MLB The Show 22. Because in the baseball video game a player used to play either as a pitcher or a hitter. But when it comes to the Angels star, it is a completely different case.
MLB The Show developers had to re-write tons of code in order to use Shohei Ohtani as a two-way player 🤯
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Recently, while talking to Ben Verlander, Ramone Russell of the PlayStation revealed the developers had to do a lot of hard work in order to get Ohtani to play in MLB The Show 22.
“When you have somebody who comes along. And you have to re-write codes to get him to work properly in the game. Because the game has no idea what is a two-way player. You are either a pitcher on the court or a hitter. You are not both. So we had to re-write tons of lines of new codes to get Shohei to actually be usable in the game,” said Russell to Ben Verlander.
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Ohtani had a brilliant last season with the Angels in MLB. but despite that, he couldn’t help his team win a single trophy. However, the Angels fans would want Ohtani to carry on his good form and help them win a trophy in the 2022 season.
