ShoTime: How Ohtani Will Dazzle at Home Run Derby and All-Star Game

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🗓️ 12 July 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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The Angels’ Shohei Ohtani has been slugging homers to corners of ballparks few humans have ever reached, making this year’s MLB Home Run Derby a must-see. He leads the league in home runs AND he’s piling up strikeouts on the mound. That two-way dominance has him set to light up the All-Star Game, too. Alden Gonzalez, our guide to the Ohtani experiment, says the Babe Ruth comparison doesn’t even apply to what Shohei has been doing this season. Hear how Ohtani will dazzle next. Then, Sam Borden joins us from London as Italy takes the Euro 2020 trophy over England, before a packed Wembley Stadium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Oh, got it, got it!
0:08.0	Got it!
0:09.0	33!
0:11.0	Oh, wow! Where did that one go?
0:14.0	Come on!
0:16.0	Did you see Justin Upton?
0:18.0	He had his hands on his head, Macauley Calkin style from home alone.
0:22.6	Like, I can't believe what I just saw.
0:25.6	Oh, man.
0:26.6	463 feet.
0:29.6	Get ready, Denver.
0:32.6	Get ready, home run Derby.
0:34.6	America was not ready for the power of show Ready home run derby.
0:42.5	America was not ready for the power of Shohei Otani.
0:50.1	Because yeah, Major League Baseball knew he might be a unicorn, the first player in a century who could pitch and hit full time.
0:58.8	But this season, it turns out, Otani's bat is the single greatest attraction in the sport.
1:03.7	So today, ahead of tonight's home run derby and tomorrow's All-Star game,
1:10.5	we take a tape measure to the power of Shohei Otani and the glory. I'm Pablo Tuare. It's Monday, July 12th. This is ESPN Daily.
1:19.6	Alton Gonzalez, where are you right now? I am in Denver, Colorado, Pablo, just a few blocks away from Coorsfield, where all the action is about to
1:32.6	happen. Alden Gonzalez covers the Angels for ESPN, and this is the third time he's come on
1:38.8	the show to talk about Chohei Otadi. Yeah, I mean, look, I'm going to be honest with you. We're talking today
1:45.4	on the precipice of the home run derby. The derby's at 8 o'clock Eastern on ESPN. I'm going to be
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