Fans Are Accusing MLB Of RIGGING Shohei Ohtani's Home Run Balls 

What are your thoughts?

everyone wanted him off the angels and now that he is gone, now they love to hate lmaooo🤣

When Ohtani is so good that people think the league is conspiring to make him hit more home runs.

People can never be happy for someone lol

True baseball lovers just sit back and enjoy the Show.

They just hating his greatness and that he’s not playing for their teams. Him being foreign doesn’t help either

Why can’t people just be happy for him? SMH

Next they will be accusing Ohtani of steroid use. Just wait….

For them it's impossible Othani did it fairly because they cant do it themselves. Typical jealous trolls.

Why juice the balls for Ohtani to hit them on Miami? Would it have been better to set the mark in LA??? Some stupid people have too much free time on their hands thinking of these crazy theories.

Ah yes when he was playing crazy in the Angels no one was saying anything cause they were losing regardless now when he's winning whilst performing like that all of a sudden its rigged bruh

5:06 "Or Maybe They Mess With Ohtani's Balls"💀💀💀

If balls are rigged, doesn't that throw off the pitching??

How is this even a thing? Just be happy for him lol

Fans accusing MLB of rigging because they can . How predictable.

There are ALWAYS a few in the crowd. Just cannot enjoy anything anymore can we?

I have a coworker who claims he's a baseball fan. He's pissed ohtani did this cuz he's a yankee fan, what a tool right?

Please stop. Not Rigged!!!! Please don’t politicalize the sport that I Love!!!!!!! MLB is sacred, leave it alone!!!! Please.

These fans are the same people that see Elvis and black helicopters everywhere they go.

Same people are going to accuse MLB of paying catchers to be inaccurate when Ohtani tries to steal 2nd.

I will put nothing past multi billion dollar establishments

Do they also think judges balls were rigged last season?

Imagine what these people must have been like as children.

He's been incredible every single season, and this is his first season focused on hitting. People are surprised?

Bro take his home runs away and you still have a guy with 52 stolen bases

The hate on Asian athletes are crazy in America.

To the narrator: your 15 minutes of fame is up

Lemme guess Yankees fans?

Unless Ohtani is the best actor on the planet, I cannot see him doing anything but being an amazing role model and loving the game. He bleeds baseball

Americans are constantly lied to in most aspects of their society. And they are still jaded over the steroid era. So no wonder that they have low trust. But Ohtani is simply that good. Japan lives for baseball. And the training Japanese players go through is intense.

Look I never comment but this omg is total absurd lol wow...

Wondering when people would start complaining about something going well for someone in mlb.

I don’t believe MLB was messing with Ohtani’s 50th ball so that he could hit homerun easier, if that’s what conspiracy theorists mean. It was just a matter of time for Ohtani to hit 50th homerun anyway after he hit 49th. There’s no reason to set it up for the 50th like that. Rather, MLB authenticated 50th ball so that there’s no bogus claim of the ball by potential catchers. This practice has been common since McGwire chased his homerun record through Judge when he hit 62nd in 2022. As far as Ohtani’s comment on “he wanted to get it done as expeditiously as possible”, an interpreter did not do a good job to convey nuance of what Ohtani meant. It’s Japanese culture behind Japanese language in which we Japanese put ourselves in other people shoes when we are the center of the action. In this case Ohtani felt bad that people had to do the extra work of changing the ball every time he gets in the batter’s box only because he is chasing the record. That’s why he felt that he wanted to get it over with ASAP given consideration to people around him. Get it ?

Just a sign of the times.

Every time a Dodgers player shines they try to say they cheated or something wrong they did. Nothing new! Go Dodgers screw the haters!

When Ohtani stole third, looks like the third baseman purposely missed the tag

Whether or not the balls were "juiced," they're still coming at him at 90 MPH and moving...and he still has to hit them out of the park. The hardest thing to do in sports.

They said the same about judged home runs too. Haters gonna hate

If this was rigged why wasn't the balls used until they got back to LA?

He’s Asian … he’s not black , of course the mainstream and establishment would hate to see him breaking records …

Honestly don’t care couse other dudes were juicing, and pitching is harder now. Idk May factors but I’m a giants fan and I know ohtani the goat 😢

Juiced balls definitely exist. I did a tryout for the Home-Run Derby “X” showcase last year, and on tryout day, guys were hitting 320 footers, 10-12 per round. On the night of the showcase, the special balls came out and the exact same guys were hitting twenty 420 footers per round. That’s more than just adrenaline. A couple of the competitors even told me, “Yeah, that ball was jumping”

Just like barry bonds broke records people saying it was roids. He never admitted to it and there was no solid proof. Only speculated he started in 1998. He would’ve never been convicted in a court of law. Baseball fans for sure racists.

Marlins record setting game looked rigged

That 50th home run ball is gonna only be worth money until Shohei hits his 55th

Ridiculous. These are the same clowns who scream "rigged" when their favorite football team loses. And scream "rigged" when they lose an election.

Fun Fact: Pro Sports is rigged. Been Rigged for decades. The Courts even ruled that Sports are allowed to rigged games, because they are Entertainment companies/Business and their ONLY obligation to fans is to put on a game (play the game). As long as they do that they have upheld their end of the agreement. But people still want to believe that it is the best team/best man wins. It is scripted WWE. WWE highlight are now played on sports channels (ESPN), that's your sign

Judge has more HR's! Is that rigged too?

Is it really that far fetched being that it's already been proven that judge got special baseballs during his homerun chase... so...

So much Hate Left & Right for this Shohei

Doesn’t mattered if the balls were juiced he ripped those homers.

Just a bunch of haters, hating.

There it is I never would have known this without you saying it! Interesting that you say that it's "RIGGED" in your video and again you put in your title. So you are the one stirring up conservatory instead of letting what you supposedly say you heard from your friends die, you spread the lies just for clicks because you know everyone likes a juicy story and you'll make money on it when people click on your videos to hear about your negative comments. Your part of the problem and no one see it that you are because you say at the end that you like Othani. Which is another lie because if you really like Othani you wouldn't spread theses stories for your own benefit. SMH ...

Who is your favorite MLB team?

Shohei was the one placing bets, not his fall guy, MLB does not want a major scandal, so to hide the scandal, they came up with this scheme to trick the fans. Look at the pitches that he's hitting. They're soft-serve balls, and they're doctored.

haters gonna hate. i mean i believe riggings do happen. 1st comes to mind is soccer players keep getting cuffed because they were paid to throw. 2nd is the Angel Reese. she & her supporters assume people are stupid, but their actions are pretty transparent. S.O. is just great.

Albert Belle had a 50 50 season goggle it I am tired of hearing this like he is the only player to go 50 50 in a season

the coping... the seething 🤣

You know you're good when people accuse you of cheating.

ever played a game online where you had a really good killing streak people accused of hacking or you've been dedicating yourself at the gym with vigorous exercise, sleep and diet and people accused you of hacking on the game or taking steroids but you weren't? Ya, this is what a unintentional compliment feels like.

This narrative is just coming from but hurt Mets fans since they’re pushing for Lindor as MVP 🤣

How can you pre-authenticate a ball? They throw every ball away that hits the dirt after they're pitched. There's no way to know which ball is going over the fence.

They also said the same thing when Judge went for his historic HR record. People will always be suspicious of athletes achieving these feats.

People did this after Mark and Sammy and Barry Bonds. Whether or not they were juicing, the real question should be WHY? Why didn't the MLB or these conspiracy theorists come forward before the records were broken? Basically, these are nobodies who hide behind their computers and have no lives other than trying to ruin things for everyone else. Their existence has no purpose. Honestly, sports figures have their talents, their egos and their gifts/hard work. that's it. So, their being better than so many others is bound to rile lesser talented individuals. I just don't see any baseball players allowing anyone to gain off their own legacies. No player would go out of their way to become an Al Downing (Hank Aaron's 715th HR ball). There's no way any of them wants to be remembered for such accomplishments! I put my faith in the talents...not the lunatics! p.s. Sept 19th proved the writers of "the Natural" to actually be right about the role of announcers/commentators/writers in sports. The way the calls were made had me in tears-even on replays. Excitement may even be greater than an actual accomplishment?

Oh this videos gonna be good

Guess what if ohtani can get away with betting and still play and Pete rose was banned from baseball then at the time when rose was playing he shouldn’t have been banned ohtani got away with it double standard people ohtani did wrong he should be banned from baseball

Greatest show

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Serious question if the balls are pre authenticated who is to say that somebody sells one of the balls that was authenticated that they caught as a foul ball and claimed it was the home run ball how would it be known it wasn't? If they're all authenticated

So I'm the only one that remembers at the beginning of the year, against the Padres, there was a thing where special balls were being used for Othanis at bats, and a couple players brought it up? It's not far fetched to think MLB would favor their golden goose, to keep the cash flowing in, from Japanese fans...

OK its rigged, but I dont see any other players doing what hes doing...

All sports are rigged once you understand that your life starts to have purpose instead of relying on bread and games for happiness

The only thing that was a ‘gimme’ is when Ohtani hit the 51st HR off a position player. Everything else is just pure talent.

Unless the pitchers were also in on it, this screams of jealousy and envy by those who question his ability to hit home runs and the power to do so.

Of course it’s rigged, he’s the mlbs cash cow… pretty obvious. Watch how they pitch judge All these comments are pathetic

Fanboys keep denying that this isn't rigged for Vegas betting.

Fans are doing this? Why would fans do this? Without evidence !

I really hope they arent

Not only that, I noticed that they actually move the fence in by twenty feet when Ohtani comes up to bat.🤣

Worthless video. Unsubscribed.

Haters gonna hate cause he's not white or black imho.

It’s not just hate on the undisputed best player in the league but also the entire dodgers organization and the greater Los Angeles metro.

O'tani is the greatest irish baseball player

How can someone steal $16 million and you not know?

As a former college pitcher, this is a bunch of BS rumor. No pitcher would, intentionally, let a hitter stack his stats on your behalf. Assuming this is true, they must have let him stole 52 bases too. GTFO!🤦‍♂

Ehhh, I wouldn't be surprised if Judge and Ohtani are helped. Do I know? Of course not, but I wouldn't be one bit surprised.

I have no problem with MLB using the new ‘Goldilocks’ balls. The problem is they are used inconsistently, just even the playing field…

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When the gambling translator thing came out, Ohtani found out about it outside while walking his dog.

My thoughts on this is why opposing pitchers/coaches refuse to Intentionally Walk him. Judge is walked or pitched around at every corner.

The most underrated thing about Him is he slides into second feet first less injuries from stealing smart guy

How does pre-authentication work? They're made individually identifiable, but the ump has a bag of balls, how do they know which one he pulled out before the homer?

I believe it. Especially the Dodgers, Tigers, and Yankees. Outfielders seemingly intentionally pausing to throw out runners at home plate in game winning plays and throwing Ohtani 68 mph cement mixers doesnt seem geniune.

People still say Judge’s hr balls were tampered with but apparently it’s not ok to say that when it’s Ohtani

If the balls hit are juiced, that's on MLB and MLB alone. Anytime a player is close to something special they do this. Ohtani has broken many records this season, both dodger records and MLB records. So it's obvious they're going to switch the balls out.

We know for a fact that Judge was being helped with the "goldilocks" balls

If put FBI to investigate every family in America I’m sure 100% rate all is guilty ! So everyone go cry about it.

Judge hits 62 homers? It's because the balls weren't the correct ones. Acuna goes 40/70? It's because the bases are bigger. Shohei goes 50/50? It's because of BOTH reasons. Man I love baseball but there's no doubt we got some of the worse fans and media personalities in sports. We can never just appreciate greatness, and this coming from me- someone that tried his best argue Shohei over Judge for that MVP two years ago.

How could they? That's a new level of abject stupidity

Probably the rigging they're talking about is letting him hit like throwing a proper pitch to him instead of giving him a dead ball or letting him walk (which in a sense the proper way to deal with a good hitter).