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In response to "Hell, in another 20 years, there might be since these kids will have a real example of why not try both?" by Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷

Not that it's Old School Baseball's fault, because as you say, it's fucking hard. But they had 100 years to produce an Ohtani, and didn't

Posted by Reagen Jun 28 '23, 05:05

Analytics didn't produce Ohtani either, Ohtani produced Ohtani. But analytics didn't prevent him from showing up.

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Teams and coaches prevented guys from trying to play both ways. Lots of guys grow up and go through HS playing a position and pitching. - Krusty Jun 28, 05:58 2
- And even then we're talking about someone who has Cy Young ability as a pitcher and MVP on his batting alone. -- nm* - Reagen Jun 28, 06:06 1
  - I honestly believe we've had many guys that could do both at an elite level but were prevented from doing it. -- nm - Krusty Jun 28, 06:13

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