As Ulysses says in the Iliad: “Let them say that I walked with the giants! Let them say that I lived in the time of Achilles, who had wings, let them say that I lived in the time of Hector, the horse-tamer “… and I will add: let them say that I Lived there! the time Shohei OhtaniThe first 50/50 in baseball history!
The date has arrived, one that those of us who love the beautiful game will forever mark on our calendars as September 19, 2024, the date the Japanese unicorn proved once again that his name is written on the baseball Olympus.
Shohei Otani did it
50 home runs 50 stolen bases
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— MLB (@MLB) September 19, 2024
The setting was IonDepot Park, the victims – the allies were the Miami Marlins. The Japanese star not only became the fastest player to record 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in a season, but he now stands as the only player in world history to do so. MLB who reached the 50 stolen base and 50 home run marks in a season.
In the first inning, the Los Angeles Dodgers star missed third base, and in the sixth he hit his 49th home run of the season, driving in two runs and closing in on the feat.
It was the lucky inning, the seventh inning when home run number 50 came, thus, on his date with history, Shohei Ohtani hit two home runs, stole two bases and drove in seven runs.
