The MLB sensation and two-way Japanese player, Shohei Ohtani, has recently signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers with a gigantic contract worth $700 million. His contract with the Dodgers is the biggest contract ever signed in Major League Baseball.
According to Awful Announcing, the famed sportscaster Bob Costas shared at “Foul Territory” about how “Shotime” can make a prominent mark in the MLB and compared him to the NBA legend “His Airness”.
Costas revealed, “In fairness of Toronto, had he gone to the Blue Jays, he would have become a national figure because they’re the only team in Canada, so there’s that. And they have a good history, they’ve won a couple of World Series, they try to build their team, they have very good players past and present — and a good fanbase, but if you’re talking about baseball overall — and Ohtani at this point is about as close to what Michael Jordan was — baseball will never get to that level, at least in the foreseeable future, but Michael Jordan was an asset to the NBA, not just to the Chicago Bulls.”
Bob Costas weighs in on why Ohtani set himself up for success by choosing the @Dodgers
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— Foul Territory (@FoulTerritoryTV) December 14, 2023
He further said, “So if you try to maximize that asset, public fascination where even casual fans want to tune in for it, you want to maximize that, the Dodgers are a better place than Toronto.”
“Despite their October disappointments, they’re the best team over the last decade record-wise, they’ve won the division 10 out of 11 times.”
“The one time they didn’t they won 106 games, so this is the best chance for Ohtani to be in a very big market with all kinds of marketing possibilities, surrounded by Hollywood — who know what comes out of that and to get to the postseason, and maybe — fingers crossed — all the way to the World Series.”
Ohtani’s undoubtedly enthralled the community of the MLB and incredible feats are certainly expected from the rising player.
