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Baseball fans have thoroughly enjoyed watching Aaron Judge, Ronald Acuna Jr. and Shohei Ohtani create history in successive seasons. It is difficult to pick among the three but former New York Yankees coach Sean Casey has picked a clear favourite. He did it during the Friday, 20th September episode of 'The Mayor's Office with Sean Casey.'
For how many years did Sean Casey play?
Sean Casey played for five different teams during his time from 1997 to 2008. He had his success with Cleveland Indians where he became a three-time All-Star. He served as the batting coach for the Yankees, but that didn't influence his decision as he named Shohei Ohtani as the greatest baseball player of all time.
Casey said, "I hope we're all sitting back as fans and realizing what we're looking at, because 50-50 - only one guy has ever done it, you know? And that's Shohei Ohtani. Look at (Ronald) Acuna last year - 40 (HR) - 70(SB). Like, 40-70(is incredible), but 50-50 is a different animal because that's 10 more homers."
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Cases feel that Ohtani's current season is more breathtaking than Acuna's MVP-winning season solely based on homers. Casey even thinks that the LA Dodgers star is now above Aaron Judge, who hit 62 home runs in the 2022 season.
"Like you think about how hard it is to hit 50 homers. Look at Judgy right now. I mean, Judgy - you talk about 63 (HR). I think this with Shohei makes you appreciate 63 even more, because you're like, 'Wow, it seems like this guy's hitting a homer every night.' So, we're looking at maybe the greatest player of all time," Casey added.
He is like a global figure, like Michael Jordan: Rich Ciancimino
On Friday's episode of 'The Mayor's Office with Sean Casey', co-host and MLB analyst Rich Ciancimino had his say on Shohei Ohtani and how he has become a global star. Ohtani's three home runs against the Miami Marlins saw him reach the 50-50 mark in Major League Baseball (MLB).
"This is how incredible it was: I flipped over to the NFL game. If you're broadcasting an NFL game, you're not hearing about baseball. They talked for, like, three straight minutes about Shohei Ohtani on a Jets Thursday Night Football game, where Aaron Rodgers was playing out of his mind," Ciancimino said.
"That's how global [Ohtani is]. I saw a CNN alert about Shohei Ohtani today. He transcends baseball; he is a global figure, like Michael Jordan," Ciancimino added.
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