Shohei Otani, on of the best Japanese baseball player, made a completely new record yesterday. He got, surprisingly, both an award of the best pitcher and an award of the best designated hitter in Japan League.
The distinctive feature of his baseball is to play both as a pitcher and batter. There is no other player who play both of them in Japan. As you imagine, this is so difficult. But, he played very well both of them this year. So amazing!
In pitching, he threw very fast straight ball (Max: 165km/h). In addition, he usually use fast folk ball and sider. In batting, he is good at long hits and he also runs very fast to the first base.
Media broadcasts he is so stoic baseball player. He seems to use almost all time for baseball. Even he gots 100 million yen for salary, he said only 10,000 yen per month. And no scandal causes now.
Recently, the major league try to get him. There is no people who play both pitching and batting. If he go to the major league, some criticism said it is difficult to continue his style in the United States. But, I want for him to continue his style even in the United States.
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