he'd want to extra careful because he's under the limelight. Im sure he understands / speaks the language just fine, but things get complicated when the whole world is watching.
@@spaike97 yea 100%. people can speak a second language passably but explaining complex things while under pressure can be super difficult. i watch an esport (csgo)where communication is one of the toughest skills and you need to be extremely sharp with it. Teams that are full of players with English's as their shared second language usually struggle massively with communication even if they are "fluent" in English. in Shohei's case i think its good for him to speak Japanese for his fans back home regardless
Never accept the premise of the question from a journalist - which in this case was - “you made a mistake going to the Angels”. Professionally handled.
Any team that he joins in 2024 season, one thing is for sure? We will surely enjoy seeing him play, regardless of the team he represents. He's truly a once of a generation player, you'll never see a solid pitcher who manages to hit homeruns. It's indeed very rare.
hahahaha, he understands english. his agent surely told him to keep people wondering. he also knows there are only about 3-5 teams that want to do more than kick the tires. its his time to cash in.
What he wanted in 2017 was so much different than what he wants now .The Dodgers are the team that fits what he wants perfectly. Which is 1. proven winners: Dodgers have proven for the last 11 years that they can give him the chance to win a WS every year, If he performs (unlike Kershaw) he is guaranteed to win multiple titles with the Dodgers 2. Location: wouldnt have to change his current lifestyle/routine. He just simply drives from his current home to Dodgers stadium instead of the Angels stadium. 3. Payment structure: teams like Padres Mets and Yankees are gonna want to spread his contract out over 12-14 years to avoid massive luxury tax penalties. He isnt gonna want to have to stay in the USA way past his prime into his mid 40s just to collect a check. Dodgers, Giants and Mariners are the teams best equipped to offer him all the money he wants but paid out over 9-10 years rather than 13-14.
@@everybodysMaster1 yeah I think it had something to do with the consistency the dodgers have had every year getting to the post season:/ if that were the giants we would have gotten him no doubt but eh whatever it’s ight
Me quede por Uno's dias super bruta, q horror, pense q era una mujer talibana de las q no pueden estudiar, ay q horrible, ya estoy recuperando la inteligencia q papa me dio, gracias a dios. Espero ayudar a las mujeres asi.
I'm hoping he watches his back, literally with the petty thieves along the way. That seems to come along with the territory (Booooooo ! Thumbs down). 🎉Merry Christmas Ya Meanz
Ohtani doesn't want to sign with the Giants. San Fran is a horrible city full of crime. Ohtani would be attacked and robbed a lot. The police can't help anyone there. He could hire his own security team but why waste the money to play in a dead city? He'll stay with the Angels.
In another words I'm with the angles now FOH with the giants I didn't know he wanted to go to the giants too tho ..dam my boy must not like the dodgers
Why haven't ohtani been speaking English, even though he has been in the United States for a long time? Everything else is perfect except for that, right?
Cuz a casual conversation is different from an interview that’ll be picked apart by the media for clickbait. Not that hard to figure out. Plus the guy has 2 jobs he’s not sitting around twiddling his thumbs with plenty of time to kill lol
He doesn't want to be misunderstood and it's also an easier way to stay private. Give them generic nothing (try to get the W and give 100% today) and let the translator do it. Zero BS for them to manipulate.
He’s being very professional. What a meaningless question.
“Meaningless” it’s a reporter doing their job trying to get a newsworthy comment out of a professional athlete.
@@cargopilotguy305it’s a reporter sucking at their job prying for a comment from a professional athlete
@@cargopilotguy305 well only dumb stupid reporters ask this kind of questions
@@cargopilotguy305still meaningless lol
@@JSHbproductionsShut up, it’s a fair question for any Giants fan wanting to know what happened.
Its funny because ohtani understands the interviewer, but continues on so the japanese fans in japan can hear it in from the translator.
This is from 2017 so I don’t know if he knew English as well
@@dillonmackay683it’s not from 2017 the man asked him about 2017 and he said he didn’t wanna talk about the past 😂😂😂😂
MLB likes it because they get international viewers. It is a drag to wait for the translation though.
he'd want to extra careful because he's under the limelight. Im sure he understands / speaks the language just fine, but things get complicated when the whole world is watching.
@@spaike97 yea 100%. people can speak a second language passably but explaining complex things while under pressure can be super difficult. i watch an esport (csgo)where communication is one of the toughest skills and you need to be extremely sharp with it. Teams that are full of players with English's as their shared second language usually struggle massively with communication even if they are "fluent" in English.
in Shohei's case i think its good for him to speak Japanese for his fans back home regardless
Great answer
Such a respectful person to not criticise his current team or fuel further speculation about his future. As most Japanese are.
I'm looking at him in this video and all i can think is : 'The ladies must throw themselves at him every where he goes!' LOL!
😂😂😂😂
Othani's first question from his answer:
"The hell about this question"
He so handsome
the goat at interviews too!!!
“A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.” -Bruce Lee
Oh yea? And a wise guy once said never pay for late pizza
- Michaelangelo
“I am upstairs dummy “
-Macaulay Culkin
Never accept the premise of the question from a journalist - which in this case was - “you made a mistake going to the Angels”. Professionally handled.
Any team that he joins in 2024 season, one thing is for sure? We will surely enjoy seeing him play, regardless of the team he represents. He's truly a once of a generation player, you'll never see a solid pitcher who manages to hit homeruns. It's indeed very rare.
Shoei is so smart❤️❤️❤️the question is none sense 😂
Wow his parents raised him well
You tell him Ohtani sang .. Sota're!
Whoever asked that question, needs to be fired…
hahahaha, he understands english. his agent surely told him to keep people wondering. he also knows there are only about 3-5 teams that want to do more than kick the tires. its his time to cash in.
He understands but it is tough to respond eloquently on the spot and it’s clear he feels more comfortable doing so in his first language.
You’re gonna look amazing in that Dodger Blue💪🏾💯🔥
That was six years ago. Unless this guy is a ghost writer for Shohei's biography, what a pointless question with no relevance to the present.
It’s not pointless if you’re a San Francisco Giants fan. Stop being so precious…
If the DH was available in the NL he would have been a Dodgers in 2018.
Is DH now available in NL?
@@mikechan2942 yes
He doesnt want to play with those jokes that promote filth like The Sisters of Perpetual indulgence
hes a dodger@@ericmendenhall2867
@@ericmendenhall2867 you were saying
He looks sad...handsome, but sad.
The man just signed a 700 million dollar contract with the Dodgers! He doesn’t have a thing to be sad about
@@jasonsmith2439this is like 4 months ago, nth related to Dodgers back then
What he wanted in 2017 was so much different than what he wants now .The Dodgers are the team that fits what he wants perfectly. Which is 1. proven winners: Dodgers have proven for the last 11 years that they can give him the chance to win a WS every year, If he performs (unlike Kershaw) he is guaranteed to win multiple titles with the Dodgers 2. Location: wouldnt have to change his current lifestyle/routine. He just simply drives from his current home to Dodgers stadium instead of the Angels stadium. 3. Payment structure: teams like Padres Mets and Yankees are gonna want to spread his contract out over 12-14 years to avoid massive luxury tax penalties. He isnt gonna want to have to stay in the USA way past his prime into his mid 40s just to collect a check. Dodgers, Giants and Mariners are the teams best equipped to offer him all the money he wants but paid out over 9-10 years rather than 13-14.
They lose every season in the playoffs lmfao giants got more World Series rings lol we had a dynasty 3 in 5 years
@@october20ableand where is that dynasty now
The interviewer didnt get the answer he was looking for so sad
Maybe doesn’t want to give the SF bulletin board material or irritate Dodger fans regarding their hated rival.
“Journalist” is a giants fan that was butt hurt that ohtani didn’t sign with them
oppa saranghae
Rangers were on his shortlist too 👀
Ohtani translator “how are you feeling about the spread for UConn v Kansas?”
He’ll be a giant next year I have a feeling
Nice feel
@@Jstrelts I was wrong smh 700 million😂😂😂😂
@@GeTLaWsTKIIID giants said they matched the offer too
@@everybodysMaster1 yeah I think it had something to do with the consistency the dodgers have had every year getting to the post season:/ if that were the giants we would have gotten him no doubt but eh whatever it’s ight
The west coast gets all the good players from Japan
Exactly. Cut the shit. Ask him again, and he'll say the same line.
That guy must be a Bitter Giant’s fan
Who wanted him on the Giants
Thats a clown question bro
You’d think that a country in which he lives in and that country is paying him 700 million dollars that he would learn English
Also you’d think the superstar didn’t go to the country to learn the language
❤️❤️❤️大谷翔平様❤❤❤😅
No/yes team good luck with the money 100%
Come to the Texas rangers bro
Ohtani wants nothing to do with the Giants now. They play in San Fran. Everyone is getting out of that place. It's full of crime.
How did he end up in Anaheim. DH? lol
Me quede por Uno's dias super bruta, q horror, pense q era una mujer talibana de las q no pueden estudiar, ay q horrible, ya estoy recuperando la inteligencia q papa me dio, gracias a dios. Espero ayudar a las mujeres asi.
He understands English just prefers not to.
Guess he doesn’t realize he’s in America now
He doesn’t want to joint a losing team, so Giants are definitely off his list
He only cares about who offers him the most money. Man has no passion for the game and just wants to get paid
Lmao
"No passion for the game" don't people consider him the greatest two way player ever?
@@NoCluYT He ain't better then Ruth
If he wasnt passionate about baseball he wouldn't be breaking records right now. And fyi HE IS BETTER THAN BABE RUTH.
I'm hoping he watches his back, literally with the petty thieves along the way.
That seems to come along with the territory (Booooooo ! Thumbs down).
🎉Merry Christmas
Ya Meanz
Extremely dum question
Not speaking English still the highest paid athlete in America, damn Asian people
Lol
You tempered with the Giants twice not cool .. more injuries to come in your future 30 year old
Cope some more 😊
Ohtani doesn't want to sign with the Giants. San Fran is a horrible city full of crime. Ohtani would be attacked and robbed a lot. The police can't help anyone there. He could hire his own security team but why waste the money to play in a dead city? He'll stay with the Angels.
Sell out
DODGERS DO not need him
Sure thing
Yes they do. They've won once since 1988. Of course they need him.
Ohtani looks 16 years old
you're trying too hard to cope with your fragility. it's sad and pathetic
hes a good lookin dude fs
In another words
I'm with the angles now
FOH with the giants
I didn't know he wanted to go to the giants too tho ..dam my boy must not like the dodgers
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Why haven't ohtani been speaking English, even though he has been in the United States for a long time?
Everything else is perfect except for that, right?
Cuz a casual conversation is different from an interview that’ll be picked apart by the media for clickbait. Not that hard to figure out. Plus the guy has 2 jobs he’s not sitting around twiddling his thumbs with plenty of time to kill lol
He doesn't want to be misunderstood and it's also an easier way to stay private. Give them generic nothing (try to get the W and give 100% today) and let the translator do it. Zero BS for them to manipulate.