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That is because of his propensity to both hit and pitch at an elite level. Baseball fans have not seen someone do that so spectacularly since <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/angels-news-shohei-ohtani-matches-babe-ruth-with-latest-epic-feat/" rel="noopener">Babe Ruth over 100 years ago</a>. Even Ruth pretty much did both at different times of his career.</p><p>On Tuesday night, Tampa Bay Rays catcher Christian Bethancourt caught the game, hitting ninth. He finished 2-for-4 with a three-run home run in an 11-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels. Bethancourt also tossed a scoreless ninth inning in relief.</p><p>Prior to Wednesday’s game, Bethancourt spoke with the media and paid <a href="https://twitter.com/BallySportsFL/status/1562571140115365888">homage</a> to Ohtani.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"Now I know what it feels like to be (Shohei) Ohtani." 🤣</p><p>Christian Bethancourt talks about what it was like being a 2-way player last night.</p><p>Watch ➡️ <a href="https://t.co/qWg2bDPkhn">https://t.co/qWg2bDPkhn</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MLB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MLB</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RaysUp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RaysUp</a> <a href="https://t.co/gPMxoc6A30">pic.twitter.com/gPMxoc6A30</a></p><p>— Bally Sports Florida &amp; Bally Sports Sun (@BallySportsFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/BallySportsFL/status/1562571140115365888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 24, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“Hit a homer, catch a great game, and throw a scoreless inning,” he said smiling. “Now I know what it feels like to be Ohtani… I was just throwing fastballs, ones slower than other ones… I was trying to get up to 100 (miles per hour) but I have some work to do,” Bethancourt said jokingly.</p><p>Even though he can joke about it, it’s no joke what Shohei Ohtani is doing.</p><p>Ohtani won the 2021 American League MVP Award, joining Ichiro Suzuki as the only other Japanese born player to win the award.</p><p>This season, he has not been quite as dominant. But is still arguably more valuable than anyone in baseball because he goes both ways. As a pitcher, he is 10-8 with a 2.83 ERA, 1.10 WHIP and 167 strikeouts in just 121 innings pitched. All of those rank among the league leaders.</p><p>As a hitter, Ohtani’s power has come back to Earth a bit. The year after hitting 46 home runs to go with 103 runs and 100 RBI, the legendary Angel has just 27 jacks this season.</p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Christian Bethancourt reacts to going full Shohei Ohtani for one night

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