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[♪ rock music playing,
Queen "We Will Rock You"]
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[commentator 1]
Shohei Ohtani, he has done it, wow.
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[commentator 2]
Shohei, the unicorn, does it again.
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[commentator 3]
This guy's from another planet.
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[commentator 4]
With the paint on the four-seamer at 98.
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[commentator 5] Dive. On turn!
Right field, a bullet! And go!
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{\an8}[commentator 6]
He's the modern-day Babe Ruth.
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♪ Buddy, you're a boy, make a big noise ♪
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♪ Playing in the street
gonna be a big man someday ♪
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♪ You got mud on your face,
you big disgrace ♪
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♪ Kicking your can all over the place,
singin' ♪
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♪ We will, we will rock you ♪
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♪ We will, we will rock you ♪
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♪ We will, we will rock you ♪
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[commentator 7]
Ohtani, a laser and it's gone.
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[commentator 8] Ohtani got it. He got it.
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[commentator 9] Oh, out call.
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[commentator 9 exclaims]
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{\an8}[commentator 10] First ball swinging,
and first pitch crushing.
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Got him!
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{\an8}[commentator 11]
Seven incredible innings on the mound
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{\an8}and he just smashes a baseball a mile.
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[commentator 12] Shotime.
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[crowd cheering]
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[♪ music stops]
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[Martínez]
Shohei Ohtani is the only player
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in modern MLB history
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with over 10 pitching wins, 40 homers,
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and 15 stolen bases in the same season.
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As the sole All-Star to be selected
as a designated hitter and pitcher,
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his strikeout and home run count
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surpassed records
set by Babe Ruth decades ago.
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This is the story
of the most unique player
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in baseball history.
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[♪ serene music playing]
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{\an8}Born in 1994,
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{\an8}Shohei Ohtani grew up in a small town
in Iwate, Japan.
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{\an8}No one expected a legend in the making
to come from such a rural area.
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{\an8}[Martínez]
This is where his journey began.
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[birds chirping]
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[Martínez] As a kid,
Shohei watched Major League Baseball
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and dreamed of playing there one day.
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{\an8}[Shohei in Japanese]
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{\an8}[commentator 1] Unemotional Ichiro Suzuki.
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And a ground ball back at the middle,
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and there it is,
he's the new All-time Hit King
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in Major League history number 258.
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- My, oh, my.
- [crowd cheering]
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{\an8}[commentator 2] Tonight,
it was Hideki Matsui who delivered.
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{\an8}[commentator 3] Randy Johnson
has thrown a perfect game.
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{\an8}[commentator 4]
Pedro Martínez is on the mound.
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{\an8}[commentator 5]
Barry Bonds has hit more home runs
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{\an8}than anyone who has ever played the game.
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{\an8}[commentator 6]
That may be in the upper deck.
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A mammoth home run by Ken Griffey Jr.
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{\an8}[Shohei in Japanese]
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{\an8}[commentator] Around the horn of the bases
from third to first, Matsui steps up.
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Getting to start on the left field tonight
at 259 average with 9 home runs.
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41 runs…
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{\an8}[Shohei on recording]
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[laughs]
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{\an8}[chuckles]
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{\an8}[commentator in English]
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Because, he said, "Well, you're right,
I wasn't feeling well.
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[Martínez] In 2009,
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Shohei watched Matsui and I
face off in the World Series.
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[commentator]
…to the left-handed hitting DH.
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{\an8}[Shohei in Japanese]
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{\an8}[crowd cheering]
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[commentator] Pedro's pitch to Matsui.
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And a flyball in the right, down the line.
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Gone. Two-nothing, New York.
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{\an8}[Shohei in Japanese]
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[soft grunt]
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[commentator 1] Five strikeouts already.
Michael Busch, the batter.
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{\an8}Swing and a miss.
Michael Busch gets blown away with 100.
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{\an8}[indistinct shouting]
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{\an8}[commentator 2] Lowest opening average
in March and April since 1920s.
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So over 100 years. Minimum 770 innings.
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{\an8}And Shohei Ohtani
is at the top of the list.
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{\an8}Look at the names on there,
like Pedro Martínez and Bob Feller.
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- One, two. Eddie?
- [Eddie] Yes, he wins. Yeah.
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[commentator 2] Yes, he did.
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[commentator 3] Shohei Ohtani is
on the mound tonight
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and could be the right guy on the mound,
certainly for the halos tonight.
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There's the fastball getting a check swing
and a miss for strike three.
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[commentator 4] Shohei tying Babe Ruth
on the all-time strikeout list
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as far as the pitcher and hitter.
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Babe Ruth both at 501,
two-way stars The Babe and Shohei.
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[commentator 5]
Think Shohei is going to beat it.
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Peña swings and misses.
Nasty sweeper from Shohei.
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Second strikeout for Ohtani.
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{\an8}[commentator 6] Passes Babe Ruth now,
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{\an8}two-way stars
on the all-time strikeout list.
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[commentator 5] Really, nothing like it
in the history of Major League Baseball.
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[commentator]
Starting pitcher. Announcers. Fans.
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You got to love what you saw here tonight.
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Goes for the high fastball.
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Strikeout number 17 for Pedro Martínez.
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[chuckles]
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I'm really, really proud to see
where he comes from
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and how he actually had that dream
from so far out.
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{\an8}[Martínez] I grew up just like Shohei.
Just like that, open fields.
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{\an8}I was also very free to move around.
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I'd like to be outside,
exposed to nature and free spirit.
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But I also had the dream
of becoming a baseball player.
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You know who really deserve
a lot of credit?
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I think it's his parents,
for educating this kid.
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I mean, make him so committed
to what he wanted.
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{\an8}[Shohei in Japanese]
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Mm.
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[Shohei murmurs]
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{\an8}[Kuriyama in Japanese]
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[♪ suspenseful music playing]
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[commentator] The 3-2.
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- Ohtani hits it hard and a diving stab.
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From his D's, the throw, not in time.
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Ohtani, big, strong and he's too fast.
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[Martínez] As a freshman in high school,
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Shohei mapped out his goals
on a "dream board".
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His dream was to be drafted first
by eight pro teams,
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which he planned to achieve
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by perfecting eight factors of his game,
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each with eight smaller goals.
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This included physicality, mentality,
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luck, control,
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and humanity amongst others.
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It's quite impressive.
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I'm more impressed about this,
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about how he had it in his mind
before then
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than what he's doing.
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Because it's hard to draw your dream
and go and achieve it.
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[Martínez] I-I wish, I wish I could have.
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But I never thought about it.
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I… I had so many uncertainties
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when it came to baseball
and it wasn't easy.
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And I know it's not easy for him,
but this is quite impressive
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to draw your dream…
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in a piece of paper
and especially at such a young age.
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It's... It's probably more impressive
than the things he's doing in baseball.
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Wow. This should be
in the Hall of Fame already.
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This should be in the Hall of Fame.
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[awkward chuckle]
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{\an8}[chuckles]
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{\an8}[laughs]
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Oh…
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{\an8}[chuckles]
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[commentator] He struck him out.
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CC Sabathia with a complete game shut out,
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{\an8}and this is his sixth complete game
as a New York Yankees…
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Obviously writing this down
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and being able to, you know,
to execute this plan is amazing.
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I mean, I read everything he wrote down,
arm care and, you know, flexibility
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and stability and all those things
that he has written down on that paper.
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He's going to be in that
MVP Cy Young race every single year
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and will definitely lead him
to the Hall of Fame.
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[sucks teeth]
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What led to him kinda draw in his dream.
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And how is he able to put it all together,
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did he know his body that well?
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Did he know, uh, that he was going to be
that kind of athlete?
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I... I'm so intrigued to know
how he prepared himself so well.
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{\an8}[chuckles]
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[Martínez] At six, Shohei wrote
that his favorite sport was baseball.
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His dream job was to be a baseball player.
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And as an adult, he wanted to be ordinary.
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[players shouting indistinctly]
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When I was reading, I…
[stutters]
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I said this is not, you know, normal.
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And certainly he's not just anybody.
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He's not normal.
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Now, I'm intrigued to really,
really get to know Shohei.
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{\an8}[Martínez] At 18, Shohei was scouted
to be a pitcher in the US.
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However, a pro team in Japan made an offer
that caught his attention.
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He was given the opportunity
to be both a pitcher and a hitter,
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something that hadn't been seen
in over decades.
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I think when you really look
at that decision in 18,
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and not a lot of people
put a weight on it,
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but I do and I know Shohei does.
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[Balelo] That was a big decision.
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And I really believe that there could
have been two paths in a player's career.
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I really do.
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I think it's that sliding door
and it's door A or it's door B.
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And they allowed him to enter door A.
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And start in the big leagues,
and then we saw the rest from there.
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Did very well.
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But if he would have been in door B,
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and he would have started possibly
in the minor leagues,
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we have no idea
what could have come from this.
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They might have labeled him
just as a pitcher, just as a hitter.
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We might have not been able to see
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this special situation develop
the way it did.
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[♪ upbeat music playing]
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{\an8}[Shohei in Japanese]
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{\an8}[deep breath]
Ah…
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{\an8}[Matsui in Japanese]
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{\an8}[commentator] And to the count.
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Darvish sets the pitch
in their strike three called…
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{\an8}[Balelo] You know,
there's 30 teams over here
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{\an8}and all 30 teams scout
what we call the Pacific Rim.
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And, uh, it was pretty well-advertised
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that Shohei was really looking
to come over
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and play in Major League Baseball.
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And he really had a strong desire
out of high school
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before he became a Fighter, to come over.
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Mr. Kuriyama had a very good rapport
with Shohei and the family,
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and so they came to an understanding
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that whenever Shohei felt like
it was time to come over
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and get an opportunity
to play in the United States,
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that they would grant him and honor that,
you know, his wishes to come over.
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And his story was a great story.
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Nobody wants to grow up
just being a pitcher.
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If you look at, you know,
youth sports and high school baseball,
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the best player is usually the shortstop,
the pitcher, the best hitter
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and all these different things in one.
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And like I said, I mean, you know,
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he's making it so kids
don't have to choose
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and, you know, making it so kids can be,
you know, both
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and pursue that dream as, you know,
being a dual, a hitter and a pitcher,
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because that's how you start playing
the game.
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And that is our dream as kids
is to, you know, hit home runs
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and to strike guys out.
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And this guy is both in one.
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So, you know, he's living out,
I think, every baseball player's dream.
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[Matsui hesitates]
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Maybe at a tournament it could happen.
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{\an8}[Shohei in Japanese]
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{\an8}[sighs]
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{\an8}[Shohei on recording]
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{\an8}[Kuriyama on recording]
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{\an8}[camera shutters clicking]
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{\an8}[Shohei in Japanese]
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{\an8}[Shohei on recording]
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{\an8}[Darvish in Japanese]
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{\an8}[Darvish in Japanese]
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{\an8}[CC Sabathia] Like I said,
I mean, him being able to play
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{\an8}those, those first couple of years
in Japan as a hitter and a pitcher
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to set him up perfectly
to be able to come over here
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and have the confidence
and have the routine
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to know what he's doing,
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to be able to do both of those things
at a high level.
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So I think, you know,
he did the perfect thing
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of not coming over here when he was 18,
right out of high school,
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and being able to develop and learn
how to have the right routine
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to come over here
and make this impression on everybody.
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[crowd chanting]
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[crowd roaring]
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[commentator in Japanese]
102.5 mph, a new record!
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[crowd cheering]
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[♪ upbeat music playing]
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[crowd cheering]
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[Martínez] At the Nippon-Ham Fighters,
Shohei broke boundaries and records
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in hopes of one day making it
to the majors.
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{\an8}[bird chirping]
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{\an8}He must have been really, uh, confident.
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Normally, you don't…
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you don't know what's going to happen.
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You're not confident.
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You can dream about it
and chase your dream.
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But I guess Shohei was unique
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every time he thought about
what he wanted to do
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because sometimes we want it.
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Yes, we want it,
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but not all the time we get it.
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Hmm…
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{\an8}[chuckles]
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I don't know what it feels like to be him.
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He's the first guy to do what he's doing.
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I was trying to convince the Cubs
that we could do it
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in a National League setting,
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you know, where… that he can both pitch
and play the outfield,
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which you would have had to have done
to do that.
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[Joe] A lot of people were just skeptical
of all that stuff.
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I don't know.
I mean, here's a guy that came here
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for a specific reason
and everybody had spoken with,
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talks about him being one
of the best players they've ever seen.
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So my, as a manager of the Cubs
at that time,
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my evaluation process
was how do we get them,
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get them to do both things
in the National League.
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He signed up for a reason.
This is what he does.
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And he could pitch and also hit.
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Everybody was shying away from that.
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I didn't want… I didn't get it.
Quite frankly, I didn't get it.
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Everybody was willing to at least explore
the idea of allowing him to do both.
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{\an8}Because it's not like
he hasn't done it before.
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He was successful in Japan doing both.
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{\an8}He had the ability to and we were going
to let him try to be a two-way player.
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And I think that was important to Shohei.
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How did Shohei…
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How did he make the decision?
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[Balelo] You know
why did he choose the Angels?
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I don't know.
You're going to have to ask Shohei that.
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{\an8}[murmurs]
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You'll have to talk to Shohei.
He has that answer.
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In our meetings with Shohei, with Nez, um,
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we were very upfront, very honest,
and what we felt about Shohei,
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we absolutely felt
that he was a two-way player,
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or I'm not sure if other teams
had that in mind or not.
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I really couldn't answer that.
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You know,
Shohei has been asked that question,
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and his answer is, "I just felt it.
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You know, I just felt like
it was the right place for me."
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And he felt comfortable.
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Um… good people.
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Good location.
You know, maybe the right division.
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You know, there's all kinds of things.
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But at the end of the day,
he was open to playing on the East Coast.
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He was open to playing
in the middle of the country.
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He was open to playing on the West Coast.
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And, um, I can honestly say that
he really was,
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because when you think about the teams
that he ended up narrowing it down to…
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half were NL teams and half were AL teams.
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Actually, it was more on NL
than there was on the AL side, I believe.
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So, um…
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And that was before the DH rule.
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So an NL team that was going to get Shohei
would be looking at him as a pinch hitter
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and allowing him to hit while he pitched.
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He was gonna be limited at that point,
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unless he picked up a glove,
went to the outfield,
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or maybe went to first base.
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So that was something an NL team
was going to have to juggle a little bit,
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knowing that the DH rule
was possibly coming.
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And eventually it did.
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[♪ light upbeat music playing]
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[Martínez] After five years in Japan,
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Shohei finally decided to come to the US.
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He had chosen the Los Angeles Angels.
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[♪ upbeat music intensifies]
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{\an8}Thank you very much.
And, uh, Shohei, welcome.
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{\an8}Thank you.
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[crowd cheering, clapping]
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[crowd cheering]
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[in English]
Hi. My name is Shohei Ohtani.
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[crowd cheering]
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He's 23 years old.
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So there's a lot of growth there,
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both on the physical side,
on the mental side,
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and on his baseball side…
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He struggled his first spring training
in 2018, really struggled.
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[Balelo] Uh, what he does is
very difficult and challenging.
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But it was Shohei was the one saying,
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"I'm going to go ahead
and play this thing out." And he did.
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[♪ hopeful music playing]
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It's hard to play Major League Baseball,
right?
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But it's even harder
when you come to a foreign land
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and don't know the language
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and you're trying to navigate
all of that stuff.
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[CC Sabathia]
You have to give these guys credit.
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The guys from the DR,
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the guys from the Asian countries
that come over here
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and can perform at a high level
in a foreign place
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without knowing the language
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and really understanding, you know,
things, the first couple of years.
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Like even my transition
from coming from Vallejo, California,
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to, you know, on these big stages,
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whether it was Cleveland,
Milwaukee or New York.
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It was a hard transition.
You know what I'm saying?
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It's a hard thing to get used to.
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And for us as teammates,
you have to have sympathy
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and understand what these guys
are going through
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and try to help out as much as you can
to help our team win.
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When you come from a totally different
culture, totally different league,
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and you have to come over,
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it's a daunting task.
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There's always a question of,
you know, "Can I do this?",
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no matter how talented you are.
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He's a non-roster guy at this point.
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Remember,
he signed a minor league contract
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because he came out early from Japan,
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so they could have easily sent him
to Triple-A to go find himself.
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A lot of people doubted him.
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There were a lot of media.
There were a lot of people.
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A lot of industry people that said,
"Wait a second, he's not getting it done."
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On their first take and their first
glimpse of him in spring training in 2018
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when he had that first opportunity
to start in Oakland.
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[clicks tongue]
We saw Shohei Ohtani.
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[♪ electronic music playing]
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[crowd cheering, clapping]
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[commentator 1]
Now the one, two. Swing and a miss.
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Down goes Semien, one down.
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[commentator 2] But that's how good.
And I'm sure Xavi is very impressed now.
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So Ohtani goes after the first pitch
he sees as a major leaguer,
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and he's got himself a base hit.
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So Shohei Ohtani does not…
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We wouldn't have maybe
had that opportunity
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if he was with a different organization…
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that said, "You know what,
he needs a little more seasoning."
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[Balelo] You know, the rest is history.
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[♪ suspenseful music playing]
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[crowd cheering]
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[CC Sabathia]
If he comes to the New York Yankees
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and we're in Tampa,
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and he struggles as a hitter
that first year in spring training,
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they immediately just put him on the mound
and like, "Hey, you're just a pitcher.
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You know, the bat doesn't play here,
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and we're just going to keep you
on the mound."
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Him going to Anaheim and, you know,
not being a huge, huge media presence
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and him being able to like, you know,
figure out his swing over here
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and kind of get rid of the leg kick
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and just, you know, go from,
you know, just with the heel,
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like kind of like the little heel tap,
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I think that helped out big time.
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And, you know, his developing and being
able to turn into what he's turned into,
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which is what I think is,
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you know, probably one of the best
baseball players ever.
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I think those decisions
have set him on that course.
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{\an8}[birds chirping]
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{\an8}I just think we saw the talent.
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Shohei didn't really need
any major overhauls.
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And I think the biggest thing was
we didn't want to put too much on him
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until he felt comfortable.
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Shohei evolved the way you would expect
a young player to evolve.
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He just didn't go from here to here.
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He went from here to here
and will continue to grow.
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And it's easy for people
to maybe look at this and possibly,
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um…
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criticized the decision because he hasn't
been in the postseason in five years.
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But, you know, things happen for reasons.
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And I believe that…
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his choice was the right choice
at the time,
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and it could be the right choice
for the rest of his career.
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And if you're not in the right clubhouse
or in the right organization,
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it could be, you know, um,
not a great experience.
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I struggled to be who I was in baseball.
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And, uh…
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I can only tell you
that my dream was unexpected.
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At the time I came up,
there were a lot of doubts.
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And I couldn't help
but to second-guess myself,
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my height, my size, my abilities.
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Based on what others said,
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I became a little bit shy, uh,
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I became less confident.
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I… I was humbled by the game,
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I was humbled by other people,
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but I… I never let go of my dream.
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That was the biggest thing I ever did,
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was to never quit.
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And I was close and I thought about it,
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but I'm glad I didn't.
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[sucks teeth]
Hm…
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{\an8}[clears throat]
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Coming from where I came from,
I grew up where I played baseball.
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It was nothing but Black kids.
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I mean, we played,
we were really good too.
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We played at a high level,
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but there was only people
that looked like me,
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and I get to the minor leagues
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and there's nobody on my team
that looked like me.
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And as I even go up even higher,
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then there's nobody even around
that looks like me, you know?
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So, yeah, I mean, it's tough
and I speak the language,
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so I can only imagine coming here
from the DR
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or coming here from Japan or Korea
and trying to fit in and play baseball.
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Like it's… it's-it's pretty rough.
It's pretty hard.
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So the fact that
we have the translators now,
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we have the different things in place
that can help, you know, um,
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guys throughout the minor leagues
and even in the big leagues,
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I think it's a big change in baseball,
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and from what I've seen in the 25 years
that I've been in the game.
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{\an8}[sighs]
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[commentator 1]
Heads out toward the right-center field.
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Going back on it is Zimmer.
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{\an8}-At the wall, goal!
- [crowd cheering]
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{\an8}Big fly, Ohtani-san!
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{\an8}[commentator 2] Shohei Ohtani!
His first major league home run!
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{\an8}[crowd cheering]
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[♪ uplifting music playing]
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[commentator 1]
We felt something magical tonight.
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He showed it on Sunday.
[chuckles]
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Uh…
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[Shohei sucks teeth]
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{\an8}[Shohei in Japanese]
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But I think when it's your dream
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00:56:25,382 --> 00:56:28,259
and it's something
that you've been striving for
475
00:56:28,343 --> 00:56:31,221
and it's your goal, um,
in your mind you're ready.
476
00:56:31,304 --> 00:56:32,305
You know what I mean?
477
00:56:32,389 --> 00:56:35,975
So you just, you're gonna take on
any challenge that comes with, you know,
478
00:56:36,059 --> 00:56:38,186
your dream of being
the best baseball player,
479
00:56:38,269 --> 00:56:39,646
you know, that you can be.
480
00:56:39,729 --> 00:56:41,606
[♪ light music playing]
481
00:56:43,316 --> 00:56:44,692
[Martínez] Even then,
482
00:56:44,776 --> 00:56:51,408
Shohei's path in the majors
was filled with twists and turns.
483
00:56:51,908 --> 00:56:53,636
[commentator 1]
Aberdeen shortstop position to win.
484
00:56:53,660 --> 00:56:55,620
- Omar Vizquel got...
- [screams]
485
00:56:55,703 --> 00:56:56,931
[commentator 2] Got him in the elbow.
486
00:56:56,955 --> 00:56:58,557
[commentator 1]
He is a right-handed thrower
487
00:56:58,581 --> 00:56:59,833
and is a left-handed batter.
488
00:56:59,916 --> 00:57:03,044
You expose that throwing arm
to a pitch inside.
489
00:57:03,586 --> 00:57:06,214
[commentator 3]
That's it for Ohtani, 66 pitches tonight.
490
00:57:08,508 --> 00:57:11,261
I didn't get to experience
his great pitching
491
00:57:11,344 --> 00:57:13,096
because he hurt his arm his first year.
492
00:57:13,179 --> 00:57:17,100
And it happened pretty quickly in a game
where all of a sudden his velocity dropped
493
00:57:17,183 --> 00:57:21,020
and didn't show a lot of pain,
but the ball wasn't coming out of his hand
494
00:57:21,604 --> 00:57:25,525
and it didn't take long
for the diagnosis to come
495
00:57:25,608 --> 00:57:28,069
that he needed Tommy John surgery.
496
00:57:28,153 --> 00:57:30,447
But he still, he still wanted to hit,
497
00:57:30,530 --> 00:57:34,325
and, um, he hit up
until almost the end of the season.
498
00:57:34,409 --> 00:57:38,037
Shohei was the one saying,
"I'm not getting this surgery yet.
499
00:57:38,121 --> 00:57:40,915
I'm gonna go ahead
and play this thing out." And he did.
500
00:57:40,999 --> 00:57:42,167
And he had a big month,
501
00:57:42,250 --> 00:57:46,087
and it could have made the difference,
uh, to be rookie of the year.
502
00:57:46,963 --> 00:57:49,424
{\an8}[in English]
To all the Angles fans, thank you.
503
00:57:51,301 --> 00:57:57,307
{\an8}Hopefully I will not need this cheat sheet
the next time I'm up here.
504
00:57:57,390 --> 00:57:58,475
Thank you.
505
00:57:58,558 --> 00:58:01,060
- [audience clapping]
- [♪ uplifting music playing]
506
00:58:04,731 --> 00:58:07,358
[Balelo] And that tells you a lot
about his character
507
00:58:07,442 --> 00:58:10,111
and his drive
and his passion wanting to play
508
00:58:10,195 --> 00:58:12,822
and see the year through.
509
00:58:12,906 --> 00:58:14,407
And it was the right decision.
510
00:58:15,116 --> 00:58:20,622
There's gonna be moments where his body
is not going to respond like he wants.
511
00:58:21,247 --> 00:58:23,625
You can have perfect mindset.
512
00:58:24,209 --> 00:58:26,836
You can have perfect mechanics,
513
00:58:27,504 --> 00:58:31,925
but there are days where your body
just says no, you cannot execute,
514
00:58:32,008 --> 00:58:36,930
fastball in, fastball away,
slider or changeup.
515
00:58:37,514 --> 00:58:38,598
{\an8}[commentator] Look at this.
516
00:58:38,681 --> 00:58:42,143
{\an8}This is a guy that used to throw 98
to 100 miles an hour.
517
00:58:42,227 --> 00:58:45,021
{\an8}And these are the baby steps
that you don't see
518
00:58:45,104 --> 00:58:47,065
{\an8}and we don't see as fans.
519
00:58:47,148 --> 00:58:49,192
{\an8}We're saying,
"Well, the guy had Tommy John
520
00:58:49,275 --> 00:58:50,902
{\an8}and he'll be back by July and August."
521
00:58:50,985 --> 00:58:55,740
{\an8}I mean, it's amazing to watch this guy
from like, what, 15 or 20 feet
522
00:58:55,823 --> 00:58:57,423
{\an8}-tossing that baseball.
- [machine clunks]
523
00:59:01,746 --> 00:59:05,166
{\an8}[Shohei in Japanese]
524
00:59:12,423 --> 00:59:13,591
{\an8}[sucks teeth]
525
00:59:31,234 --> 00:59:34,779
I mean, 2020, let's just call it
was a very rough year in general.
526
00:59:35,321 --> 00:59:39,409
And when you take a player
out of his routine in his element,
527
00:59:39,492 --> 00:59:41,703
it's tough to be successful.
528
00:59:41,786 --> 00:59:47,208
So 20 was a rough year,
and that was Joe's first taste of Shohei.
529
00:59:48,042 --> 00:59:49,877
{\an8}In 2020,
because there was a lot of issues,
530
00:59:49,961 --> 00:59:53,047
{\an8}he had coming off injuries
and he wasn't quite the same.
531
00:59:53,131 --> 00:59:56,467
But 2021, um, it was, it became more…
532
00:59:56,551 --> 00:59:59,012
[clicks tongue]
…galvanized through our conversations,
533
00:59:59,095 --> 01:00:00,221
how we're gonna do this.
534
01:00:00,305 --> 01:00:02,185
- And it worked out pretty well.
- [machine thuds]
535
01:00:46,684 --> 01:00:47,810
{\an8}[chuckles nervously]
536
01:01:26,140 --> 01:01:27,183
{\an8}[chuckles nervously]
537
01:01:27,892 --> 01:01:30,895
Quite frankly, Sho,
I never doubted that you could.
538
01:01:31,771 --> 01:01:32,772
[Joe] I didn't, um…
539
01:01:33,564 --> 01:01:36,150
Uh, when he came back,
2021 spring training,
540
01:01:36,234 --> 01:01:37,735
was a totally different player.
541
01:01:37,819 --> 01:01:40,196
I mean, I'd seen him in 2020.
Things weren't quite right.
542
01:01:40,279 --> 01:01:43,032
His hitting was off.
His throwing off was off.
543
01:01:43,116 --> 01:01:44,575
His throwing motion was off.
544
01:01:44,951 --> 01:01:47,221
But he came here for a reason.
You came here for a reason.
545
01:01:47,245 --> 01:01:50,873
So for me, it was my responsibility
to make this work.
546
01:01:50,957 --> 01:01:54,335
There was never any doubt, um,
547
01:01:54,419 --> 01:01:56,462
about wanting to do it
from my perspective,
548
01:01:56,546 --> 01:02:00,258
I thought I had to convince other people
to give it an opportunity or try.
549
01:02:00,842 --> 01:02:03,553
So Sho, for me, absolutely,
550
01:02:03,636 --> 01:02:06,973
everything I said to you
was from my heart, always will be,
551
01:02:07,056 --> 01:02:10,309
and I thought you can do it
and of course you have.
552
01:02:27,410 --> 01:02:30,455
{\an8}[Shohei on recording]
553
01:02:55,480 --> 01:02:56,481
Uh…
554
01:03:08,451 --> 01:03:11,621
The fact that he thought we were there
to tell him or ask him to not do that,
555
01:03:12,079 --> 01:03:16,042
um, I guess I am surprised
because that's the reason,
556
01:03:16,125 --> 01:03:19,670
that's the point about asking questions
or having conversations.
557
01:03:19,754 --> 01:03:23,841
Sometimes you have the absolute wrong idea
or impression
558
01:03:23,925 --> 01:03:25,301
of what somebody's thinking.
559
01:03:25,384 --> 01:03:30,473
But it tells you the type of person
Shohei is, extremely humbled.
560
01:03:30,556 --> 01:03:34,685
Like what are they coming in to tell me
when they're thinking,
561
01:03:34,769 --> 01:03:38,898
okay, we need you to be this guy
and do both
562
01:03:38,981 --> 01:03:40,483
and go out and run with it.
563
01:03:40,566 --> 01:03:42,294
But he's thinking,
are they gonna shut it down?
564
01:03:42,318 --> 01:03:44,195
Are they gonna just shut me down
on doing both?
565
01:03:44,278 --> 01:03:48,741
So, I love the humbled approach by Shohei,
but clearly that was never mentioned.
566
01:03:48,825 --> 01:03:50,618
It was never even a thought,
567
01:03:50,701 --> 01:03:53,871
and, um, oh, maybe it was one
of their thoughts,
568
01:03:53,955 --> 01:03:55,275
but it was never expressed to me.
569
01:03:55,331 --> 01:04:00,044
Um, but yeah, they did just take off
all the restrictions
570
01:04:00,127 --> 01:04:01,379
and the restrictions were…
571
01:04:03,172 --> 01:04:06,050
you know, certain rest days, pitch counts,
you know,
572
01:04:06,133 --> 01:04:10,596
there were a lot of things
that days off after before, you know,
573
01:04:10,680 --> 01:04:12,473
it was just, it was just too much.
574
01:04:13,224 --> 01:04:14,350
[Balelo] It was simply put,
575
01:04:15,768 --> 01:04:17,996
- Shohei is gonna do what he's gonna do.
- [crowd cheering]
576
01:04:18,020 --> 01:04:23,234
We ask one thing, communicate with Joe.
Joe communicate with Shohei.
577
01:04:23,317 --> 01:04:26,195
If he's tired, he'll tell you he's tired.
He needs a day.
578
01:04:26,279 --> 01:04:30,283
If not, let him go. Let him out there.
That's what they did.
579
01:04:32,076 --> 01:04:33,619
{\an8}[Shohei in Japanese]
580
01:04:46,465 --> 01:04:48,801
[inhales sharply, grunts]
581
01:04:49,677 --> 01:04:52,013
{\an8}[Shohei in Japanese]
582
01:05:43,105 --> 01:05:45,316
[Joe] He observes everything.
583
01:05:45,900 --> 01:05:48,778
He weighs everything
that comes in his direction.
584
01:05:48,861 --> 01:05:53,407
So as a manager, you better understand
from the beginning, um,
585
01:05:53,491 --> 01:05:54,784
he's not gonna come.
586
01:05:54,867 --> 01:05:57,495
He's never gonna be disrespectful, ever.
587
01:05:57,578 --> 01:06:02,333
Uh, but everything you say to him,
he's gonna take it in and evaluate it.
588
01:06:02,541 --> 01:06:03,626
Um…
589
01:06:04,710 --> 01:06:10,549
And again, always with due respect
to whomever, it's whoever his manager is,
590
01:06:10,633 --> 01:06:13,135
and I'm here to tell you,
I don't even know if he'd admit it.
591
01:06:13,219 --> 01:06:17,139
There's times he absolutely disagreed
with whether it was me or somebody else.
592
01:06:17,223 --> 01:06:19,976
But he'll keep it to himself.
He listens to everything.
593
01:06:20,059 --> 01:06:23,270
He sees everything
just like he does in the game of baseball.
594
01:06:23,354 --> 01:06:24,730
He takes it all in.
595
01:06:24,814 --> 01:06:28,442
He never speaks too quickly.
He never speaks fast.
596
01:06:28,526 --> 01:06:32,321
It's very, I'm not, the word,
it's not guarded, it's evaluated.
597
01:06:32,405 --> 01:06:34,407
Everything he does is evaluated.
598
01:06:35,950 --> 01:06:38,828
[Balelo] That's the way he operates.
He looks at everything.
599
01:06:39,495 --> 01:06:43,874
If there's nine negative things
and then there's that one positive,
600
01:06:43,958 --> 01:06:46,043
he's looking at that positive
and running with it
601
01:06:46,127 --> 01:06:49,714
and trying to make the most of that
to offset the other nine negative.
602
01:06:49,797 --> 01:06:51,215
Here's the real question.
603
01:06:52,049 --> 01:06:54,969
If Shohei did not like
any of his managers,
604
01:06:55,761 --> 01:06:58,931
the question is
would he say anything about it?
605
01:06:59,974 --> 01:07:01,058
I don't think so.
606
01:07:01,809 --> 01:07:04,061
[commentator] …go nuts if he goes deep.
607
01:07:04,145 --> 01:07:05,980
We felt something magical tonight.
608
01:07:06,063 --> 01:07:08,274
He showed it on Sunday.
609
01:07:08,357 --> 01:07:10,443
[crowd cheering]
610
01:07:10,526 --> 01:07:13,571
Amazing. Absolutely amazing.
611
01:07:15,322 --> 01:07:16,449
[commentator laughs]
612
01:07:16,532 --> 01:07:19,035
[Balelo] Because the thing
that Shohei does best…
613
01:07:20,661 --> 01:07:24,415
is enjoys the game like he loves the game,
614
01:07:24,498 --> 01:07:27,418
and he plays it with tremendous passion,
615
01:07:27,501 --> 01:07:29,336
and I never want
to take that away from him.
616
01:07:29,420 --> 01:07:31,547
I don't want anything
to get in the middle of that.
617
01:07:37,928 --> 01:07:38,929
Hmm…
618
01:07:55,071 --> 01:07:57,073
{\an8}[Shohei in Japanese]
619
01:08:32,691 --> 01:08:33,692
Hmm.
620
01:08:41,158 --> 01:08:43,202
Yeah, I wasn't like Shohei.
[chuckles]
621
01:08:43,285 --> 01:08:48,040
And I appreciate him, um,
you know, sacrificing his life
622
01:08:48,124 --> 01:08:49,708
to give us a great show.
623
01:08:49,792 --> 01:08:51,961
You know what I mean? I appreciate that.
624
01:08:52,044 --> 01:08:54,064
[CC Sabathia] But if you looked at me
during my career,
625
01:08:54,088 --> 01:08:56,340
you can see I was always thinking
about other stuff.
626
01:08:56,423 --> 01:09:00,594
[chuckles]
Baseball was just something that I did,
627
01:09:00,678 --> 01:09:03,389
and I was really good at
and I loved to do,
628
01:09:03,472 --> 01:09:05,391
but it wasn't kind of who I was, you know?
629
01:09:05,474 --> 01:09:08,435
I mean, me and my wife
got married really young.
630
01:09:08,519 --> 01:09:10,646
I had kids really early
631
01:09:10,729 --> 01:09:14,400
and that… those distractions
helped me be a great baseball player.
632
01:09:14,483 --> 01:09:17,653
Like me having a life outside of baseball
really helped me
633
01:09:17,736 --> 01:09:19,947
because if I would have just locked in
on baseball,
634
01:09:20,030 --> 01:09:23,242
this is one thing like I'm too obsessive
635
01:09:23,325 --> 01:09:25,578
and I would have,
I wouldn't have last very long.
636
01:09:25,661 --> 01:09:26,662
I would have burnt out.
637
01:09:26,745 --> 01:09:30,124
So having my wife, having kids,
having other things
638
01:09:30,207 --> 01:09:33,377
that I'm super interested in
outside of baseball,
639
01:09:33,460 --> 01:09:35,421
that helped me be a great player.
640
01:10:14,752 --> 01:10:16,754
{\an8}[Darvish in Japanese]
641
01:11:51,307 --> 01:11:53,309
[♪ pensive music playing]
642
01:11:55,060 --> 01:12:00,024
[Martínez] Despite all the hardships,
Shohei persevered.
643
01:12:00,858 --> 01:12:01,942
[machine clunks]
644
01:12:04,486 --> 01:12:07,281
[commentator 1] Got it, got it, got it!
645
01:12:07,364 --> 01:12:09,450
[commentator 2]
Oh, wow, where did that one go?
646
01:12:09,533 --> 01:12:10,868
[crowd screaming]
647
01:12:11,618 --> 01:12:14,330
[commentator 1] Oh, he's gonna get to jog
around the bases!
648
01:12:14,413 --> 01:12:17,249
[♪ upbeat music playing,
Tainy x Bad Bunny "Mojabi Ghost"]
649
01:12:22,338 --> 01:12:23,922
That's what is, gone!
650
01:12:24,006 --> 01:12:25,257
He did it again!
651
01:12:25,341 --> 01:12:27,861
- [commentator 2] They knew it off the bat.
- [commentator 1] Wow!
652
01:12:27,885 --> 01:12:30,262
He's a beast!
[commentator 1 laughs]
653
01:12:36,602 --> 01:12:39,271
He gets it done, wow!
654
01:12:39,355 --> 01:12:41,715
- [commentator 2] That's gorgeous.
- [commentator 1] Oh, yeah.
655
01:12:43,692 --> 01:12:49,823
[commentator 1] Did he get it?
Did he get it? He did, wow!
656
01:12:51,033 --> 01:12:52,951
[commentator 2 laughs]
Oh, my!
657
01:12:53,035 --> 01:12:54,078
He did it!
658
01:12:54,161 --> 01:12:56,663
[commentator 3] Throw him the crown.
AL Player of the month.
659
01:12:56,747 --> 01:12:58,832
[commentator 4] It is Shotime!
660
01:12:59,917 --> 01:13:06,048
{\an8}[announcer] The 2021 American League's
Most Valuable Player, number 17,
661
01:13:06,131 --> 01:13:08,717
{\an8}Shohei Ohtani.
662
01:13:08,801 --> 01:13:10,636
[Martínez] In 2021,
663
01:13:10,719 --> 01:13:16,016
he unanimously won
the American League MVP award,
664
01:13:16,600 --> 01:13:19,478
the following year, he was runner up.
665
01:13:20,521 --> 01:13:24,983
He became one of the best players
in all of Major League Baseball.
666
01:13:25,067 --> 01:13:26,235
[Joe] Shohei is a pitcher,
667
01:13:26,318 --> 01:13:29,780
makes hitters look really bad
based on command and movement,
668
01:13:29,863 --> 01:13:31,023
and he knows what he's doing.
669
01:13:31,073 --> 01:13:33,700
He's always creating out there
in that blink moment
670
01:13:33,784 --> 01:13:37,204
to make an adjustment,
react without even thinking
671
01:13:37,287 --> 01:13:38,956
and just do the right things.
672
01:13:39,039 --> 01:13:41,750
His baseball acumen
is as high as I've been around.
673
01:13:43,544 --> 01:13:46,004
Shohei Ohtani and Yu Darvish
674
01:13:46,088 --> 01:13:49,508
are so similar in so many things
that they do,
675
01:13:49,591 --> 01:13:54,805
both as a person and a human being
and then as a pitcher and as an artist.
676
01:14:13,407 --> 01:14:14,491
{\an8}[inhales sharply]
677
01:14:41,310 --> 01:14:42,728
Shohei is fearless,
678
01:14:43,812 --> 01:14:47,733
but the psychology part
of the other players is really important,
679
01:14:47,816 --> 01:14:50,194
and you have
to really pay attention to it.
680
01:14:51,403 --> 01:14:53,822
And that, that is the only part…
681
01:14:55,532 --> 01:14:58,619
that he's gonna have to learn as he goes.
682
01:15:00,496 --> 01:15:06,960
Pitching movement on the pitches
is a God-given talent for him.
683
01:15:07,794 --> 01:15:10,672
It's… It's also something you can work on.
684
01:15:11,632 --> 01:15:16,970
But understanding what the other athlete
is trying to do against you
685
01:15:17,721 --> 01:15:18,805
is critical.
686
01:15:19,431 --> 01:15:22,976
And I think that's the only part
that Shohei is going to have to leave
687
01:15:23,060 --> 01:15:25,562
to understand in the game.
688
01:16:35,799 --> 01:16:37,676
[♪ lively music playing]
689
01:16:37,759 --> 01:16:40,387
[Martínez] In 2023, Shohei wrote…
690
01:16:41,138 --> 01:16:44,933
a new chapter in his story.
691
01:16:47,603 --> 01:16:51,481
Team Japan finished in third place
in the last two tournaments.
692
01:16:51,565 --> 01:16:53,358
Guys, they always come in prepared.
693
01:16:53,442 --> 01:16:57,070
{\an8}They won the inaugural and second WBC.
694
01:16:57,154 --> 01:16:59,448
{\an8}So let's take a look at their roster.
695
01:16:59,531 --> 01:17:01,533
{\an8}This rotation highlighted by Shohei.
696
01:17:01,617 --> 01:17:02,760
[newsreader]
Actually on Samurai Japan and…
697
01:17:02,784 --> 01:17:06,038
and that's a really important part
of Japanese baseball culture
698
01:17:06,121 --> 01:17:07,331
is the national team.
699
01:17:07,414 --> 01:17:10,542
It's the national team up here
and your club team is below that.
700
01:17:10,626 --> 01:17:13,337
And so that's why there is continual play
with the national team.
701
01:17:13,420 --> 01:17:17,090
It'd be as if we had Team USA
playing in tournaments every single year.
702
01:17:17,174 --> 01:17:20,385
It's that important
in the Japanese baseball consciousness.
703
01:17:20,469 --> 01:17:23,389
{\an8}As a result, I think you're gonna see him
be very comfortable this spring.
704
01:17:55,087 --> 01:17:56,380
{\an8}[Darvish chuckles]
705
01:18:42,134 --> 01:18:44,094
[chuckles]
706
01:18:48,724 --> 01:18:51,935
[commentator 1] Shohei Ohtani second
start here in the World Baseball Classic.
707
01:18:52,018 --> 01:18:55,439
[commentator 2]
Some filth off the table for strike three.
708
01:18:55,522 --> 01:19:00,110
[commentator 3] He strikes out swing here
against Ohtani and 102.
709
01:19:00,193 --> 01:19:02,028
[commentator 4] One win away
from playing for
710
01:19:02,112 --> 01:19:04,197
a World Baseball Classic championship.
711
01:19:04,281 --> 01:19:07,451
Here we go. Ohtani rips a piece
into the right side of the field.
712
01:19:07,534 --> 01:19:09,202
He ended the gap.
713
01:19:09,286 --> 01:19:10,495
[crowd cheering]
714
01:19:10,579 --> 01:19:12,581
Cut off by Thomas in center field.
715
01:19:12,664 --> 01:19:15,917
Ohtani steps in second
in the lead on double.
716
01:19:16,835 --> 01:19:21,339
[commentator 5] The fans behind the dugout
chanting "MVP. MVP."
717
01:19:21,423 --> 01:19:23,258
[commentator 6]
Mike Trout, oh, my goodness.
718
01:19:23,341 --> 01:19:28,472
Trout's gonna stop at second.
Oh, my goodness. What a clinic.
719
01:19:28,555 --> 01:19:32,517
The two biggest stars in the world
are gonna lead their teams on the field.
720
01:19:32,601 --> 01:19:34,978
Mike Trout and Team USA.
721
01:19:35,187 --> 01:19:38,565
Shohei Ohtani and Team Japan.
722
01:19:53,538 --> 01:19:55,540
[birds chirping]
723
01:20:08,762 --> 01:20:10,764
[♪ suspenseful music playing]
724
01:20:25,612 --> 01:20:27,948
[♪ suspenseful music intensifies]
725
01:20:40,210 --> 01:20:42,671
[crowd cheering]
726
01:20:45,549 --> 01:20:47,676
[commentator]
They've been teammates for five years.
727
01:20:47,759 --> 01:20:50,178
The best against the best.
728
01:20:51,054 --> 01:20:53,139
The matchup we've all been wanting to see.
729
01:20:53,223 --> 01:20:55,934
{\an8}[Shohei in Japanese]
730
01:21:07,279 --> 01:21:10,615
[commentator]
First time they'd ever faced each other.
731
01:21:11,700 --> 01:21:13,410
Baseball wins tonight.
732
01:21:14,327 --> 01:21:18,039
Here's the pitch and the dirt and 102.
733
01:21:18,707 --> 01:21:21,960
{\an8}[Shohei in Japanese]
734
01:21:35,181 --> 01:21:37,434
[commentator]
The final strike in the ninth inning.
735
01:21:38,435 --> 01:21:40,395
Looking for heroics.
736
01:21:40,979 --> 01:21:42,689
Three and two from Ohtani.
737
01:21:43,440 --> 01:21:47,152
He throws, Trout strikes out. Swinging.
738
01:21:47,235 --> 01:21:49,863
[crowd cheering]
739
01:21:55,160 --> 01:21:57,329
Ohtani and Japan.
740
01:21:58,663 --> 01:22:02,125
Celebrate a World Baseball Classic
championship.
741
01:22:04,127 --> 01:22:05,962
What an ending…
742
01:22:07,547 --> 01:22:09,507
to an all-time tournament.
743
01:22:10,926 --> 01:22:12,010
What a game.
744
01:23:18,159 --> 01:23:21,204
[♪ emotional music playing]
745
01:23:23,581 --> 01:23:24,582
[thunderous crack]
746
01:23:25,834 --> 01:23:28,670
[whooshes]
747
01:23:40,807 --> 01:23:42,892
[crowd cheering]
748
01:23:45,937 --> 01:23:48,064
[Martínez] At the World Baseball Classic,
749
01:23:48,523 --> 01:23:51,109
Shohei achieved his dream
750
01:23:51,568 --> 01:23:57,240
of becoming one of the greatest
baseball players in the world.
751
01:23:58,783 --> 01:24:00,952
[♪ ambient music playing]
752
01:24:04,831 --> 01:24:05,957
[clunks]
753
01:24:06,041 --> 01:24:07,375
[crowd cheering]
754
01:24:07,459 --> 01:24:11,713
Now that Shohei has won the WBC,
755
01:24:11,796 --> 01:24:14,424
is he still writing down his dreams?
756
01:25:41,136 --> 01:25:43,763
[Martínez] At 18, Shohei wrote,
757
01:25:44,139 --> 01:25:46,599
"Life doesn't make dreams.
758
01:25:47,225 --> 01:25:49,519
Dreams make life.
759
01:25:50,061 --> 01:25:53,064
I will dedicate my life to baseball."
760
01:25:54,190 --> 01:25:56,830
Best way I can describe it.
I mean, he's passionate about baseball.
761
01:25:56,901 --> 01:25:58,420
He's always gonna be great at the game.
762
01:25:58,444 --> 01:26:01,048
He's gonna do it for, what,
maybe 10 more years, something like that.
763
01:26:01,072 --> 01:26:02,240
But what happens after that?
764
01:26:02,323 --> 01:26:04,951
When you lead a long life,
you got to fill in the blanks, man.
765
01:26:05,034 --> 01:26:08,454
[Joe] And you, you want to be
a complete person.
766
01:26:08,538 --> 01:26:11,332
That is interesting beyond just the game,
I think.
767
01:26:11,791 --> 01:26:14,586
{\an8}[Matsui in Japanese]
768
01:26:30,935 --> 01:26:32,061
[chuckles]
769
01:26:33,188 --> 01:26:34,689
His thing is baseball.
770
01:26:34,772 --> 01:26:37,984
This is his thing that
that is fulfilling everybody else's life.
771
01:26:38,067 --> 01:26:41,112
Right? Like, look, we're sitting here
doing a whole documentary about him
772
01:26:41,196 --> 01:26:43,907
and he's, you know, three
or four years into his career.
773
01:26:44,407 --> 01:26:48,369
I think whatever Shohei, you know,
fills his life with,
774
01:26:48,453 --> 01:26:50,538
whether it's baseball
or things off the field,
775
01:26:50,622 --> 01:26:51,623
I think he'll be fine.
776
01:26:51,706 --> 01:26:54,459
And I mean, burning out
after a Hall of Fame career,
777
01:26:55,752 --> 01:26:58,087
you know what I mean, like, all right…
778
01:26:58,171 --> 01:26:59,881
[laughs]
…I'll take that any day.
779
01:26:59,964 --> 01:27:01,007
[CC Sabathia laughs]
780
01:27:02,050 --> 01:27:04,719
{\an8}[Matsui in Japanese]
781
01:27:55,061 --> 01:27:57,563
{\an8}[Darvish in Japanese]
782
01:28:11,703 --> 01:28:12,996
[chuckles]
783
01:28:16,165 --> 01:28:17,250
Hmm.
784
01:28:24,632 --> 01:28:26,551
[inhales sharply]
Uh…
785
01:28:47,113 --> 01:28:49,824
[crowd cheering]
786
01:28:49,907 --> 01:28:52,076
[♪ electronic music playing]
787
01:28:55,997 --> 01:28:59,375
[crowd cheering]
788
01:29:02,337 --> 01:29:04,672
Well, I think all of us
that played this game
789
01:29:05,214 --> 01:29:07,258
are extremely devoted to it,
790
01:29:07,342 --> 01:29:12,555
and we understood, uh,
and understand how difficult it was.
791
01:29:12,638 --> 01:29:13,848
We lived baseball.
792
01:29:14,974 --> 01:29:16,851
[inhales deeply]
How old is he? 28?
793
01:29:17,935 --> 01:29:19,812
Nah, he's okay.
[chuckles]
794
01:29:25,026 --> 01:29:27,904
{\an8}[Kuriyama in Japanese]
795
01:30:15,701 --> 01:30:20,790
The only thing I can see from him
is, "What's next?"
796
01:30:22,250 --> 01:30:24,335
For the next generation of players.
797
01:30:25,962 --> 01:30:27,630
Uh, is he gonna pass
798
01:30:28,339 --> 01:30:31,843
all these things that he did
to the next generation?
799
01:30:32,635 --> 01:30:35,763
Because it's challenging to do
what he's doing.
800
01:30:35,847 --> 01:30:37,974
[♪ upbeat music playing]
801
01:30:38,641 --> 01:30:39,684
[clunks]
802
01:30:46,023 --> 01:30:47,150
[whooshes]
803
01:30:50,153 --> 01:30:51,154
[clunks]
804
01:30:55,324 --> 01:30:59,162
This is for Shohei, my buddy,
with all the respect
805
01:30:59,245 --> 01:31:02,123
and best wishes to you, Shohei.
806
01:31:06,544 --> 01:31:07,587
[Shohei mutters]
807
01:31:09,380 --> 01:31:10,506
[chuckles softly]
808
01:31:16,095 --> 01:31:17,221
{\an8}[chuckles]
809
01:31:40,620 --> 01:31:42,872
{\an8}[Shohei in Japanese]
810
01:32:31,420 --> 01:32:33,756
It'll be interesting
what the future brings,
811
01:32:34,215 --> 01:32:36,551
um, but right now,
812
01:32:37,760 --> 01:32:40,972
we're just enjoying this ride,
and so is he.
813
01:32:41,264 --> 01:32:43,891
And, um, I'm excited about where he's at.
814
01:32:43,975 --> 01:32:46,185
I think he's just scratching the surface.
815
01:32:46,269 --> 01:32:49,939
I'm excited about his future
and where it's going.
816
01:32:50,398 --> 01:32:51,440
Um…
817
01:32:51,524 --> 01:32:53,067
It's going to be a really fun ride.
818
01:32:53,609 --> 01:32:54,986
And it has been so far.
819
01:32:57,863 --> 01:33:02,618
What I would like Shohei to understand
is the journey to a championship
820
01:33:02,702 --> 01:33:05,538
sometimes gets rocky,
and that's what I would tell him.
821
01:33:05,621 --> 01:33:09,834
It's very rarely a clean slide up
and you get your championship.
822
01:33:10,626 --> 01:33:11,877
You have to be patient
823
01:33:11,961 --> 01:33:14,213
and you have to understand
that your time will come.
824
01:33:14,922 --> 01:33:20,595
And that road to the top is, is not easy
or else everybody would be up there.
825
01:33:22,430 --> 01:33:23,630
Good luck the rest of the way.
826
01:33:23,681 --> 01:33:26,684
Keep going and hopefully, we'll see you
in Cooperstown here soon.
827
01:33:43,159 --> 01:33:47,913
{\an8}[Kuriyama in Japanese]
828
01:33:53,336 --> 01:33:55,546
{\an8}[♪ uplifting music playing]
829
01:34:14,982 --> 01:34:17,401
[♪ upbeat music playing,
Ghost Machines "Can't Get Enough"]
830
01:34:33,292 --> 01:34:36,045
♪ All out revving up like a V 12 ♪
831
01:34:36,128 --> 01:34:39,298
♪ Braveheart screaming bye
I'm a raise hell ♪
832
01:34:39,382 --> 01:34:42,009
♪ Circuitry in my veins got the Intel ♪
833
01:34:45,137 --> 01:34:47,515
{\an8}♪ No shoes rocking on my feet ♪
834
01:34:47,598 --> 01:34:50,434
{\an8}♪ All eyes magnetized
coming down that street ♪
835
01:34:51,143 --> 01:34:53,771
♪ Feels good, so good ♪
836
01:34:53,854 --> 01:34:55,731
♪ So good to be me ♪
837
01:34:56,982 --> 01:34:59,110
♪ I got what you want ♪
838
01:35:00,111 --> 01:35:02,363
♪ I got it so good ♪
839
01:35:03,197 --> 01:35:05,157
♪ I got what you want ♪
840
01:35:05,241 --> 01:35:09,662
{\an8}♪ And you just can't,
you just can't get enough ♪
841
01:35:12,665 --> 01:35:15,543
♪ No, you just can't get enough ♪
842
01:35:15,626 --> 01:35:17,002
[crowd chanting, applauding]
843
01:35:17,086 --> 01:35:19,839
[crowd chanting]
MVP! MVP!
844
01:35:19,922 --> 01:35:23,843
MVP! MVP! MVP!
845
01:35:23,926 --> 01:35:29,473
[crowd chanting loudly]
MVP! MVP! MVP!
846
01:35:29,557 --> 01:35:33,477
MVP! MVP!
847
01:35:33,561 --> 01:35:39,108
[chanting continues]
MVP! MVP! MVP!
848
01:35:39,191 --> 01:35:44,238
MVP! MVP! MVP!
849
01:35:44,321 --> 01:35:45,573
[chanting fades]
850
01:35:46,449 --> 01:35:48,784
[♪ upbeat music playing,
"Lost in Paradise"]
851
01:39:12,154 --> 01:39:14,156
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