Most Annoying Hitter of all time, a breakdown
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If this happened in the MLB, there would be a plethora of pitchers with hurt feelings
A plethora? Nah, a cornucopia
I can only imagine what LaRussa would say about it.
Yes, El Guapo, a plethora.
There'd be an agora.
Also, you can't.
That’s less annoying than taking 60 seconds to: step out of the box, spit on the ground, adjust your right glove, adjust your left glove, put one foot in, get some pine tar off your helmet, apply it to your bat, put your other foot in, dig in the dirt with your toes, wave the bat a little bit and then call timeout. At least this was entertaining.
You forgot the part where they grab their crotch.
or for them to strike out anyway.
*THANK YOU* finally someone who gets it. 🙏
Don’t forget adjusting your gloves again!
Yep, they should limit the time between pitches to like 10 seconds.
Technically, I think we need to call him a "batter." Calling him a "hitter" implies he may actually make contact with the ball. Which doesn't seem to be the case.
The ball made contact with him, that counts for something
I thought it said “the most annoying Hitler” at first glance
@@toughtittypdiddy4634 The one on JoJo Rabbit was probably the least annoying. Not sure which would be considered the most annoying. Probably the original dude. Or, this hitter if he had a really bad mustache.
@@corylong5808 Solid on-base percentage, nonetheless.
@@toughtittypdiddy4634 "The most annoying Hitler of all time (#1 may surprise you)"
I feel like this guy is like an exceptional fielder but can’t hit to save his life so he just decided to be as chaotic as possible to get more walks and HBPs so he’s not dead weight in the batting lineup.
A little small to be the catcher, no? 😉
If the hitter was really smart....he should have run to 3rd Base after getting hit by the pitch instead of running to 1st Base...to further confuse the other team. Just sayin'.😂
Or he should act like he's gonna charge the mound after the pitcher throws a strike.
Lol that’s a good one
While doing a moonwalk.
😂😆😂
He’s Japanese, of course he’s smart.
This is the baseball equivalent of that one friend who "plays acoustic guitar" and then says, "no, wait" and then starts over each time he plays a wrong chord.
"Nah dude, I promise I know how Santeria goes"
@@zachiswayposi1 always a Sublime song.
Not at all you just can't comprehend genius when you see it. A moron's ego always amazes me. The value in putting your opponent on tilt in a lower league is undeniable (in any league really but upper league players are going to be more likely to handle this kind of stuff). Is your name jimmy two times because you got dropped on your head two times after you were born?
Dusty Dinkleman lol
More like air guitar.
Can't wait for the 28 run game breakdown, I know it'll take some time
There is A LOT to talk about in that game...
Jarren Duran should be sent back down to the minors for his jackass play/post game comments.
As soon as the game was over I was thinking “oh jomboy going to have juicy one for this”
Jombay's first two-parter?
The most painful breakdown he will do.
The St. Louis Cardinals are absolutely enraged by this blatant disregard of The Rules. They've sent one of their minor league pitchers overseas to bean him. Not even to play in whatever next level in the Japanese system this kid ends up in, but to find him in the streets and throw baseballs at him while he's trying to buy some mochi or whatever.
This guy's been trying to get Rosetta Stone to give him the translation for "NOT THE CARDINAL WAY" for like 3 days solid.
How to spot a butthurt Cubs fan ^^^ 🤣
Maybe, but I would bet real money that Tony La Russa has beaten the Cards to it.
@@greatloverofmusic1 the race has begun
Can confirm
At first I was like “hey this should be illegal!” But then it occurred to me that there is no chance he’s making contact with a baseball doing all that, so if the pitcher just throws meatballs down center he’s probably gonna be fine 😂
He seems to be able to bunt from it. It either forces a bunt or a ball.
@@JimmySailor idk looks more like its forcing a hit by pitch lol
It is illegal in the MLB
You can switch sides of the plate until you have a strike on you in the MLB
@@thedukeparty not true. The pitchers has to pitch the entire at bat once he toes the rubber or declares to the ump which hand he’s going to pitch with. The batter switch sides between pitches but if the ball is delivered to the plate while switching sides, the batter is out.
I remember the A’s telecast covering the rules because of Pat Vendeti the switch pitcher the A’s got from the Blue Jays.
I think it's brilliant. Like Jomboy said, the kid probably couldn't hit. So he got into the pitchers head, and got on base. What more can you ask for from a player.
Perfectly said. It’s a great move at the plate, especially if the kid can run bases. Theres no shame in that!
At least he goes behind the ump, what a well mannered young man lol
Yeah in Japan they still have a thing called respect and manners
He not allowed to cross the base?
@@RandoBox I thought about that, but have no idea.. anybody else?
@@feelincrispy7053 They also have an ethnically homogenous society that REFUSES to allow mass immigration of people who could care less for their rules, lifestyle, and most importantly, culture. Here in America, destroying the European heritage and our way of life is now the accepted norm.
In Japan, you only make a mistake once.
This is not Koshien. This is the Saga prefectural tournament - one of 49 tournaments deciding what schools get to compete at the Koshien from each prefecture/district (Tokyo and Hokkaido have two districts for Koshien slots). This particular school was second seed for the Saga prefectural tournament and, as of 12 hours ago, has won the tournament for the first time in 9 years (second time). We’ll get to see them at Koshien in August.
So does this dude do this on every pitch on every at bat? Does he hit the ball at some point?
@@kaussstorm we need to know
He's like every online MLB The Show player in real life. God help him if he does this in the bigs.
if he makes it to the bigs that means hes doing something right
@@nickreda3987 That's not correct. That batter can change sides as much as they want, the pitcher has to stick to one side. Once they step onto the rubber they can't change hands, but the batter can switch sides if they want (say if a new pitchers comes in)
You don't have to worry about that
Japanese Pro teams scout the Koshien every season for players. Someone like that batter will not make it.
I came here to comment this too 😂
I extended my school cricket career by batting left or right. I'd let the bowler get settled for most of an over before switching though. Making them change their line all the time helped hide the fact I was really very average.
Actually, you making them change their game makes you above average. Gotta play your strengths
Googly the oddle for the farthing.
@old man strength could be Sri Lankan. school cricket isn't that big in India outside of Mumbai. Kids play for their clubs and academies usually in other parts.
this is literally why I love Japanese baseball. Not only is the baseball culture amazing, but you get to see stuff like this all the time lol.
You've probably watch videos of Japanese baseball FANS at a pro baseball game? They are GREAT!
And they teach respect!
@@christiancarino4931 Absolutely!!!
@@pandarush. I’m not 100% sure the exact timeline but kids don’t get homework for like the first how many years of school and they learn respect first
and football too. in high school football matches they often pull off tactics you would in fifa pro club.
Honestly, this guy was back in the box ready to hit within 5 seconds after each pitch. I'll take that in MLB any day. This guy is whatever the opposite of annoying is.
If this guy can literally switch batter's boxes by walking behind the umpire and be ready to hit 3 seconds later than MLB hitters and pitchers need to man up already
This is a really good point…
Thought the same thing! Not annoying at all!
He definatally leads the league in walks and is the most hated player by pitchers😂
Your strike zone is based on a natural crouch, so even if you did that, you would have the same zone.
what's his name?
Now it is. There's a reason crouched stances were much more popular in the past
definatally
@@B787YV The name his mother gave him or what other teams call him?
If I remember correctly, the strike zone in Japan is a little bit smaller than MLB, even in high school. It was depicted in Ace of Diamond Act II when the HS team from LA play the Tokyo HS all star. If anyone know more about this, please reply
Highschool team from LA? what chapter is that? Im up to date and dont remember them playing americans
@@god_hand576 they are youth academy not HS, my mistake. First appeared in 101 in act 2 (forgot which episode), played until 114.
I think the difference was that the American strikezone favors the outside while the Japanese was more lenient on the inside.
@@BrySA20000 can I ask what show/program you're referring to?? How do I watch?
@@dissipatedtaint Ace of the Diamond, i think it's available in Crunchyroll
Honestly, a pitch every 10 seconds is what it should be
Pitch clock starts next year in MLB right?
How'bout every 5 seconds. Let's save baseball all the way to the 22nd century!
Carlo Dave that would be so foolish
@@jonborton1295 Okay, you're right. 3 seconds!
@@carlodave9 Me pitching on MLB The Show
This is the definition of “just because you bat .180 from both sides, it doesn’t mean you hit .360”😂
He’s doing everything 😂
So, I was actually going to comment on the Secret Base/SB Nation Weird Rules video as well about when a batter can switch sides, but that video actually only covers the pitcher switching hands (which they can't do during an at-bat once they've chosen a hand unless they are injured during the at-bat in which case they can switch hands, but cannot switch back for the rest of the game (Rule 5.07 (f)). There are a couple rules about using the batter's box, one being Rule 5.04 (b)(4). That one says a batter can never take more than one foot out of the batter's box during their at-bat save for a few exceptions including that they have swung at a pitch or feinted a bunt. In this case (going by MLB rules), some of this batter's switches were probably legal, some weren't. Rule 6.03 (a)(2) also mentions a batter can't switch batter's boxes while a pitcher is in position ready to pitch, so you would def have to be quick before the pitcher gets the ball back.
Ya, some leagues have allowed this for some reason. I don’t know when the MLB rule for became what it is today but the rules for hitters did change with the pitching rule for Pat Vendeti.
Why I don’t think it would be a good thing to do at the major league level, if it was allowed, is it would get you drilled.
Bill Veeck would’ve signed him to an MLB contract on the spot.🤣
I love and respect this purely for the high energy he moved with and the speed in which he transitions to all the different stances
The story should be about the ump doing a fantastic job behind the plate calling balls and strikes. We should see if we can trade this ump for Angel Hernandez.
In a second.
Absolutely.
Japanese high school baseball reminds me so much of Ace of Diamond, one of my favorites, that's where I first began learning about baseball. When they mention stuffs I don't know, I look it up on the internet and probably why I'm now here enjoying JM breakdowns. This kid is hilarious tho. 🤣
Craziest Soto Shuffle I've ever seen.
Aka the "Shoto" Shuffle.
@@YuhasLol Hadoken!
23 years in Tokyo. Every Summer, this is my 11am-3pm pleasure on NHK and local channel, Best time was taking a near empty ferry from Tokyo to Hokkaido and just watching games with wonderful people (the return trip was fucking horrendous, though!!) Bonus fact: we only have 12 channels in Japan!!
there's more than 12 channels in Japan. They have tons of cable and satellite channels. Jsports has 4 channels on their own, similar to ESPN.
Did you get the Jomboy Channel
I`m talking about regular cable. Just flicked through them now. In fact, it`s more like 7 channels.
That’s not cable that’s terrestrial broadcast. You get like 12 channels for free you mean. I never got that many in the States.
I didn’t know you could do this. I am right handed batter. In Babe Ruth I was being a smartass and went up to the plate in the left box. After the first pitch I was told by my coach to switch to the right box. The umpire said I was not allowed to and would not let me Switch. I got hit and took a base.
The only time you're not allowed to switch is when the pitcher is in position ready to pitch. Any other time you should have been allowed to.
(Side note: ambidextrous _pitchers_ are required to pick a hand and stick with it throughout an at-bat. They made a rule several years ago after a switch pitcher faced a switch batter in the minors and chaos ensued.)
Pretty sure in America you have to let the ump know how you’re batting per at-bat. Literally made to *prevent* this stuff. And switch pitchers have to say which hand they’re throwing with for the at-bat as well if I’m not mistaken
@@jamesynfg Yep, this is the rule in the MLB and AAA.
@@jamesynfg Only the pitcher has to declare. The batter can switch between every pitch as long as the pitcher isn't in position ready to pitch. (There are also rules about when a batter can step out of the box that might come into play, but those aren't directly related to switching boxes.)
@@benwhite5734 Yep, this is the rule in the MLB and AAA.
I was this kid in my final season of little league, but with less dancing in the box. I never had to swing and by the beginning of next tryouts for high school ball I could barely make contact. Had a .750ish obp, but couldn't hit the ball to save my life. Won a championship, didn't even make the freshman team. lol
Bro that’s an insane character arc
I misread the title of the video as the most annoying HITLER of all time, and thought Jomboy would do a breakdown of a Mark Felton video.
Lmfao that’s exactly what I’m saying
This comment is legendary. Best Jomboy comment ever.
Some say it was a guy named Adolf in the 1930s and 40s, but there's was this old guy named Gerald who used to come to my store and he was soooo annoying!
Adolf HITTER
Re: running forward in the box. Vin Scully used to point out that Chad Fonville, a fun but limited player who had a few years in MLB in the late 90s, used to see changeups so well he would hop-step forward in the box as the pitch was coming.
More like Chad Fun-ville
You gunna break down the 28-5 game
The ridiculousness of this is incredibly entertaining xD
It’s perfect amount of self torture that’s so satisfying when the batter gets drilled.
Aside from what the batter did, I really like the tradition of the fielders taking their hats off to show respect. It might get tiresome game after game, but right here, the one time, it made me smile.
In the age of analytics, the switching from RH to LH hitting is genius 😂
That is possibly the smallest strike zone that I have ever seen on that first matter.
I'm fairly certain that the strike zone is from the standing position of the batter to stop people doing this for free walks all the time
look up Eddie Gaedel
Nope. From MLB's website:
The official strike zone is the area over home plate from the midpoint between a batter's shoulders and the top of the uniform pants -- when the batter is in his stance and prepared to swing at a pitched ball -- and a point just below the kneecap. In order to get a strike call, part of the ball must cross over part of home plate while in the aforementioned area.
@@purplemyst7793 per MLB rule: The official strike zone is the area over home plate from the midpoint between a batter's shoulders and the top of the uniform pants -- when the batter is in his stance and prepared to swing at a pitched ball -- and a point just below the kneecap
Edit: Was beat by the dude above me but Im keepin ig
You gotta do unwritten rules of Japanese baseball. Like the hat tip the first baseman does
Let's see a breakdown of the Jay's / Red Sox 28 run game! Alot of goofy stuff happened in that one!
Lots of people here confused on the strike zone. From MLB's website-
"The official strike zone is the area over home plate from the midpoint between a batter's shoulders and the top of the uniform pants -- when the batter is in his stance and prepared to swing at a pitched ball -- and a point just below the kneecap. In order to get a strike call, part of the ball must cross over part of home plate while in the aforementioned area."
So, unless you guys are specifically referring to the league in this clip, squatting does indeed have an effect on the strike zone. It is not based on your full upright, natural standing posture. I don't know why any baseball fan would think that.
The last I checked, this video had absolutely nothing to do with the major leagues here in the states. I'm sure they have their own rules. But yes one would think
Meh, the basic in-game rules from the ORB (which MLB uses) generally apply to baseball everywhere, with only minor adjustments from level to level or league to league. But it remains the starting point. Thus, EthnHayabusa's citing of the ORB is thus reasonable despite being fallible.
I can't find the official Japanese rule book anywhere, and I wouldn't be able to read it anyway. (Maybe I could run the Hiragana through Google Translate.) Various sources claim the NPB strike zone is smaller than its MLB counterpart and slightly trapezoidal in that it's larger on the outside than inside. However, I can't tell if this difference is de jure or de facto - i.e. it's how umpires tend to call it rather than what's on the book. Older fans remember that the American League umpires seemed to squeeze pitchers in the 1970s and 1980s, even though the zone was officially the same in each league.
@@6thwilbury2331 Yeah, I was referring to people claiming the strike zone is determined by your physiology in a natural standing posture. That's just nonsense.
I know nothing of the league from which this video originates, and I don't think many people commenting do, either.
Bouncing the yak off home plate is a strike in this situation.
The relevant portion is: “as the batter is prepared to swing at a pitched ball.” Whether a batter squats (or stands upright) in their pre-pitch stance doesn’t matter. Whether your pre-pitch stance resembles David Eckstein or Gary Sheffield, by the time you’re preparing to actually swing, your posture is going to be the same.
I imagine this is also incredibly annoying for the ump. I would love to see the kid's stats tho 😅
the "run forward" part reminded me of happy gilmore's golf swing
He's gonna see this and do it every time from now on.
Dudes a Jedi. Never swings, always gets on base.
In anime called Ace of Diamond focusing on high school team, there was one guy named Kuramochi Yōichi who was switch hitter with strategy of hitting as RH to have higher strenght, and bunting as LH to be closer to first base. He could be inspiration for this guy.
Ah yes, anime, where everything is super realistic.. of course
@@Swagpapii have you seen AoD?
@@Swagpapii Joke's on you, Ace of Diamond is one of the most realistic baseball/sports manga.
I don’t remember him doing that specifically. Just being a switch hitter. In one scene in act 1, he faced a left-handed pitcher who had a 4-seam, Change-Up and Forkball and he was bunting from the right side, but I may be wrong or the manga is different.
Can we admire the move @2:20? The fact that he was squatting, and has to bring the foot up, and now (with every intention, atleast) power through for a hit is just insane to me.
So, 2019 Juan Soto but with anime plot armor
You know what they say...if you cant hit him, trick him into thinking maybe you can .
Yea. I was about to say after seeing him go right to left to right again I would’ve drilled him too.
That opening stance, Man you knew this Dude is gonna be work. Love it.
The only time this ever happened in the mlb was when dee Gordon took the first pitch of the game from the right side to honor Jose Fernandez before switching to the left
thank you for covering Koshien, i've been watching it this year after watching/reading "Ace of Diamond". really great stuff
This reminds me of like when you let the equipment manager you allow on your team because he's funny and good for morale but not good enough to play, have an at bat after you know the game is over.
You breaking this down was the best part about this at bat.
The real question… is he a lefty or righty? 😂
He's dyslexic.
Summer Koshien is nuts, you get there via a massive single elimination tournament that consists of every single high school from your prefecture (administrative district, basically a state). Tokyo and Hokkaido are split into two, but those are still 100+ team tournaments.
I’d love to see a really good player pull this type of shit in the MLB lmao, imagine Jose Ramirez switching back and forth
Honestly if Nestor can bring it with all his quirks...I can kind of envision it working.
Soto incorporating a twist into his shuffle so he ends up on the other side of the plate.
Didn't Kruk do that while facing Randy Johnson in the allstar game? That was pretty funny.
Edit - Kruk just got scared when Randy threw over his head. It was Larry Walker who switched sides.
There is a rule in mlb to prevent this from happening. The batter must choose which side to bat on. And if it is a switch pitchers vs switch hitter, the pitcher must choose which hand he gonna pitch, so that the batter can decide which side he gonna bat base on that.
Look up Venditte rule lol the rule in mlb came about because the switch pitcher kept on switching, so the batter kept on switching too 😂
I had no idea the formal way to change the batter's box until now.
Wait you can switch lefty and righty during an at bat?
why not? you are inside a batter's box either way
i didn’t think you could, in the mlb at least. i could be wrong tho
A batter can. A switch pitcher has to choose.
Not in America. Just like an ambidextrous pitcher can't switch from left to right when pitching to a batter.
@@gabetravis7483 if i remember the weird sports rules video, once the pitcher has selected a hand, the batter is also locked in. this came about because an ambidextrous pitcher faced an ambidextrous batter, and they spent like 10 mins swapping hands at each other. every time the pitcher switched, the batter switched, and vice versa.
High schooler made it to a Jomboy breakdown, he’s a winner for life!
You should do an old-school breakdown of Mike Hargrove, “The Human Rain Delay”, probably the most annoying hitter in major league history.
Shoutout to the announcer in this clip. Dude would make Jomboy proud with his word flow. ua-cam.com/video/8tGm_JajqLo/v-deo.html
jeter and ortiz were the WORST. two- three minutes between pitching with all the glove and wrist guard adjustments.
@@snap8626 Nomar Garciapara.
My back and left knee are in phantom pain from seeing that righty stance
With that much switching around, wonder if he ever makes contact and runs the third?
Hahahaha
Back when I pitched, whenever I had an annoying batter that would be faking the bunt, I made sure my first pitch would be fastball high and in. It would get his attention, push him back, and then I would throw a curve ball to offset his timing at the plate, and would generally be in control with the count at one and one.
Love your content Jomboy!
Oh my God, the split screen... I didn't know I needed that. Can't stop laughing...
Brad Pitt
“He gets on base”
Hahahaha winner
Correct. There’s 7 ways to get on base. What ever it takes to make one of them work. Get on, get over and get in.
I remember for a year there, I think it was with the A's Mark Mcgwire tried to get as low as possible, and it always looked a little odd. This is MUCH stranger.
When McGuire used to struggle he’d lock his knees together and squat down as low as possible just trying walk. Adam Dunn had squat in there a few times as well. When the BA drops below .200 anything sounds like a great idea at the plate. 🙂
Tbh props to the pitcher for keeping it mostly together. I’d like to see if they had any more matchups. Also that pitchers form is almost equally interesting.
Japan teaches pitchers right, work on the base for power and let the guy throw how is most comfortable, fix flaws as it goes.
I believe the MLB rules say you can only switch after the first pitch, and must remain in the secondary box. That’s how I remember it (not having a rule book handy).
You know, there might be something to that strategy. As a golfer/tennis player, I know that extensive mechanic-driven techniques often require total concentration. Seeing a batter JUMP UP AND DOWN during a pitchers rotation MIGHT affect placement.
Practices it in the mirror”
Jomboy the one line King! 😂
He looked to be literally over the plate when he got hit.
I love it. It's like one of those dancing USSSA pitchers, but a batter.
Ah. I was wondering why he was switch hitting after each pitch. I know that isn't allowed in tons of leagues since you have to declare to the umpire which side of the plate you intend to bat from at each plate appearance
At least high school up that’s not true. You can’t switch when the pitcher is set, but can when he isn’t set. I know because I saw a switch hitter do this in high school and pulled up the rules for that league since no one knew them.
Johnny Damon 2.0! I love it!! That dude probably gets on base through HBP more than anybody else, and hats off to him for it!
Wow. It must be an honor for him to be featured in Jomboy. His team won this game to go to the national tournament, so maybe we'll see him at Koshien again.
This is like a baseball comedy movie. The batter is the bumbling ball boy who wishes he was part of the team. This day, he finally got his chance at an at bat
This some Ace of Diamond bullshit if I ever seen it 😂
All I could think of the whole video
Lmao. I understood that reference. I've always said. Shohei ohtani is on that furuya tip. This kid is definitely on that kuramochi life. Lmao
Played high school ball in Taiwan, not sure if that's the case here, but the pitchers usually tip their hats when they hit someone.
What would the strike zone be if a batter laid down? Would it be unstrikable?
Roll the ball in. : - )
I think no matter what, the ump can just have the strikezone at what he'd see at the normal height of the batter before he lays down.
So while he lays down, you can just pump fastballs down the middle and K 'em.
When I was about 10 my father helped set up Cinderella softball league in my town. He had an extensive background in baseball and had been recruited by the Kansas City Chiefs after World War II. Things didn’t work out for him at that point but he never lost his love for baseball. One of my friends from school was on an opposing team my dad was umpiring and she was tall and thin and bent over to half of her height so she could get a walk. He knew how tall she was she’s been at my house. The ball went eye level and because if she’d been standing properly it would’ve been a strike he called it a strike. She turned and looked at him like he had three heads. But she never did it again.
This is incredible lol
As a follow-up, I did this in my recreational softball league this summer. It should be noted that I see the shift regardless of what side of the plate I'm batting from.
I've got even my own teammates calling for my head for this.
1:02. His left foot is outside the batter's box. This is what you do when you really cannot hit, but are trying anything within your power to get on base. Seriously, I was not surprised he got beaned. He would in MLB. Perhaps quick pitch him on his trip around the umpire.
I saw that too
Quick pitch switch sides is a good way to get a ball called on your ass
I'm having Ricky Henderson and Tony Phillips flashbacks.... I love it!!! A true gamer!!!
Are the rules about the strike zone dependent on the stance the batter uses? I would think that if they were poor hitters/fast runners (ie: Billy Hamilton types) would squat as low as they could to draw more walks just to get on base.
Yes
It’s based on a natural position - to the ump’s discretion. But it’s generally accepted that it should be relative to the batter’s height in a reasonable way (hence why Yankee fans hate the way Judge is ump’d on low pitches). All to prevent funky stances from drastically, and unrealistically, altering where the pitcher can make his placements
In that case bouncing change ups and curveballs off the plate are strikes. An MLB manager would be pissed if a player struck out looking at 3 balls in the dirt because he’s trying to be cute at the plate.
@@jamesynfg per the mlbs official rules: The official strike zone is the area over home plate from the midpoint between a batter's shoulders and the top of the uniform pants -- when the batter is in his stance and prepared to swing at a pitched ball -- and a point just below the kneecap
@@TeemoQuinton thanks for the official wording; I just knew it didn’t change if you had an unreasonable stance - aka an unnatural position. I knew it was about kneecap to chest or something lol
Saw this on reddit. I KNEW you were gonna review it
What a freaking legend, hope that guy ends up in the bigs.
I thought I remembered reading before that once there are two strikes hitters aren't allowed to switch sides. Perhaps I'm not remembering correctly or that isn't the rule in Japanese baseball.
I misread this as the “most annoying Hitler” of all time. I was thinking the first one would take the cake.
I had the same reaction, like "OK this should be an interesting breakdown."
Yep. He set the bar pretty high!
I read the same . Was disappointed it was just some dicted out move
Couldn't possibly fathom what would have happened if Bumgarner was pitching.
Bumgarner would get the 1-2-3 strikeout
Had to check, it is legal in MLB, except the batter can't change during the pitcher's windup.
In America you aren't allowed to switch sides mid at-bat, right? I remember getting called on it a few years back in high school, but I don't know the rules anymore or even for upper levels on it.
You can fault him for his form but you cannot deny his energy. Genuinely wonder if we'll see him show up in the big Japanese leagues in a little bit with a smart, strategic head on his shoulders since he's already playing with the rules at this stage
And imagine if the pitcher had been a switch thrower as well. They'd be running back and forth all day
have i got a story for you, about what happens when a switch hitter meets a switch pitcher
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It's hard not to smile watching this guy.
I ACTUALLY PLAYED A KID WHO BAT LIKE THIS IN LITTLE LEAGUE! NEVER THOUGHT I"D EVER SEE IT AGAIN
"now, THAT is not an athletic position."
😂🤣😭
In MLB this guy would get beamed right away. MLB pitchers would be like, "nah not gonna deal with your crap."
Yup. After a month in A ball he’d be tired of eating fastballs. His smile would be white leather and red threads.
@@distantgalaxymusic1447 and he'd be called up for easy on base appearances
@@TeemoQuinton not if that’s all he’s got.
You gotta review the inside the park HR from the Blue Jays win over the Red Socks the other night!
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