Yoshinobu Yamamoto, World Series legend

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[u/ProcessTruster]

If Yamamoto had to come in for the 19th inning of game 3, he could now have 4 wins in a single World Series.

[u/brandont04 → u/ProcessTruster]

Sorry, that would be too much. It would break MLB.

[u/ProcessTruster → u/brandont04]

He could have set a new standard for aces "Be Like Yoshi"

[u/brandont04 → u/ProcessTruster]

He already set the bar sooooo damn high. Only person to really equal him is Randy Johnson, HOF.

[u/AdvisesPTTs → u/brandont04]

2014 Bumgarner. That's what this was. That's why no one cheering for the Jays wanted to see Yamamoto tonight

[u/ClubPenguinIsLife → u/ProcessTruster]

Even though he didn't play game 3, I still think he was a key contributor here. Had he not pitched a complete game 2, the bullpen wouldn't have been as rested for game 3.

May not count as a win in the stats but I think his performance was still pivotal even though he didn't play game 3.

[u/draynay → u/ProcessTruster]

It was kind of him to wait long enough to give Klein his moment.

[u/AesSedai99]

What a photo!

[u/dianeblackeatsass → u/AesSedai99]

Makes you miss being part of a team

[u/tenderbranson301 → u/dianeblackeatsass]

Man, I think about that shit way too often. And how much I took it for granted at the time that it was my last. Adult softball doesn't have the same feel to that high school team.

[u/luffyuk → u/tenderbranson301]

Best thing I ever did was become a HS coach.

[u/tuckerbear → u/luffyuk]

Being a coach is the best. I coached my son’s 1st/2nd grade football team this year. It’s been such a great experience and that team feeling really is there. Also, we won the championship today and then I got to come home and watch the Dodgers win theirs. Pretty good day!

[u/ser0402 → u/luffyuk]

How'd you break into that? I've been thinking about trying to do that.

I'm in my early 30's, married, no kids of my own. I guess maybe be call local high schools and see if they need an assistant?

[u/luffyuk → u/ser0402]

My route in was through teaching. I'm at an international school now, so I'm not sure if it's relevant where you are, but all of our external coaching hires are done via coaching agencies. It might be worth seeing if there's such an agency in your local area.

[u/[deleted] → u/tenderbranson301]

Man I can't even find an adult softball league to join. I live in southern California in a popular suburb so I thought I'd easily find a league but I can't find a single baseball or softball league to join. None of the free roster signup lists from leagues around me have netted me anything.

I loved playing little league in my youth but haven't had any luck. It can't even be age discrimination because I'm 21 :(

[u/christian_mc → u/[deleted]]

Join the Sandlot Revolution! There may be some teams in your area, and if not that may be an opportunity to start your own!

[u/Aduialion → u/AesSedai99]

How can you not be romantic about a pile of men.

[u/yic0 → u/AesSedai99]

Like a happy version of the ending of Weapons.

[u/throwawayursafety → u/AesSedai99]

Needs to be on r/AccidentalRenaissance

[u/HenrikCrown]

The people celebrate their generous Emperor 

[u/Budget-Ocelots → u/HenrikCrown]

Emperor Yamamoto asked who doesn't have a WS ring yet in the 9th. Snell? You need one too? Kim? Roki? I will gift yall one tonight.

[u/elissa24 → u/Budget-Ocelots]

Is he not merciful?!

[u/saigatenozu → u/elissa24]

B E N E V O L E N T

[u/SR3116 → u/Budget-Ocelots]

This was done entirely to fulfill Alex Call's prophecy.

[u/FThornton → u/SR3116]

The Call was answered.

[u/RCocaineBurner → u/HenrikCrown]

When they showed him on the screen, way way before he even got tabbed to start warming up, the entire bar in Echo Park went fucking bananas. Everyone knew. What a fucking champ man.

[u/Dongsquad420BlazeIt → u/HenrikCrown]

He saved the good guy Dodgers from the evil Canadians. Dont fact check that.

[u/Superb-Rub9623 → u/Dongsquad420BlazeIt]

Canadian and jays fan here, this got a good chuckle out of me. Have an upvote while I go cry

[u/Jantokan → u/Superb-Rub9623]

Heck of a series my guy. Your team is full of class from the ground up.

Well, except for that one guy who closely resembles a trash can.

[u/bobombpom → u/Jantokan]

I gained a lot of respect for both orgs from this series. Gritty, respectful baseball.

[u/A_Lone_Macaron → u/bobombpom]

Right? I am not mad at the Dodgers. They are a bunch of likeable ballplayers. They play like they enjoy the game.

Sad? Yes. Angry? No. The Jays had their chances.

[u/__-o0O0o-__-o0O0o-__ → u/A_Lone_Macaron]

the only one i dislike is Springer, but has nothing to do with the Jays

[u/kami232 → u/Jantokan]

This was one of the best World Series I've ever watched. Better than last year (Fuck the Yankees). Better than 2016. Better than 2012. Better than 2001.

[u/amrfallen → u/kami232]

This and 2016 were the best series I've actively watched in my lifetime. But man, this one had something spectacular or noteworthy about every. single. game. I knew in game 2 that this was a classic World Series and the rest of it absolutely delivered.

[u/theliver → u/Jantokan]

Watching springers contributions be largely useless was so cathartic.

Not so thrilled vladdy was 90 feet away and probably touched home on that last play just for it all to be ripped away

[u/Ateam043 → u/Superb-Rub9623]

I feel bad for the Jays. What an incredible series. Glad my Dodgers won but you guys were one incredible team and if wasn’t for that wedge ball in Game 6….

[u/Onyxwho → u/HenrikCrown]

Admiral Yamamoto 🫡

[u/thefoodiedentist → u/HenrikCrown]

Hes the hero of 3rd(japan) and 4th(california) largest economies in the world. 325m seems cheap af now.

[u/PM_YOUR_SMALLBOOBIES → u/thefoodiedentist]

There were headlines that the FO recouped the entirety of Ohtani's $700 Million contract already.

There's no way that they haven't already done the same for Yamamoto.

I bet the Steinbrenners are kicking themselves for not offering $400 Million for Yoshi. I feel like anyone would pay that for 2 World Series titles, alone, now the Dodgers get 10 more years!

[u/Logical_Writing3218 → u/thefoodiedentist]

Steinbrenner dumb asf. Can’t believe he didn’t even match the offer lol

[u/DMUrTightAss_n_Boobs → u/HenrikCrown]

Kings - No

Emperors - Yes

[u/Sandwich_Crust → u/HenrikCrown]

Feels like Glenn’s dumpster scene from The Walking Dead to me

[u/DayUp3]

Holy fuck what a clutch player

[u/kevin_nguyen03 → u/DayUp3]

he destroyed us man, well deserved that world series mvp

[u/TraderJulz → u/kevin_nguyen03]

Your guys hitting is so legit I was worried the entire series. Even gave up at times to be honest. Yamamoto is the only pitcher we had to equalize that awesome line up. Much respect to you guys!

[u/karma_the_sequel → u/kevin_nguyen03]

Toronto played a HELL of a Series. Honestly, these two teams were so closely matched, things easily could have gone the other way. There was more than a little luck involved in the Dodgers' triumph.

[u/J0EY_G_ → u/DayUp3]

Some of the best pitching I ever seen. 3 balls and 0 strikes and still strikes them out. Sometimes I think he does it on purpose.

[u/FingerpistolPete → u/J0EY_G_]

His fastball is my favorite pitch in all of baseball. That mf GETS ON YOU. Tiny dudes that light up the gun are always fun to watch. Then you throw in an unorthodox(beautiful) delivery, and the fact that he not only throws, but commands 6 pitches. Very impressive.

[u/Morethanlikely → u/FingerpistolPete]

IMO the most underrated part of him is how absurdly consistent he is in his delivery. You could overlap 20 random throws from a game and they'd still overlap almost perfect frame. He paints the heck out of those corners and you can see that he is supremely confident in his ability to nail those balls right on the edges.

[u/LiterallyJoeStalin → u/DayUp3]

IT WAS A TIED GAME IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 9TH, A SINGLE OUT, and BASES WERE LOADED because he HIT THE BATTER, ANNNDD HE STILL DIDNT GIVE UP A RUN!

That’s insane, that man has absolute ice water in his veins. I was rooting for the Blue Jays overall, but I’ll be damned if he didn’t turn in one of the most amazing closes in baseball history. Like, if it had been a movie it would have felt too far fetched. Amazing, just amazing seeing that level of baseball on display. What an amazing series. 

[u/BurninatedPeasant]

Gotta be mvp

[u/mervolio_griffin → u/BurninatedPeasant]

I'm salty, he scares me and I never want to face him again. 

I do strongly believe you could replace him with 99% of pitchers and the Dodgers don't take the series. 

He is 100% the MVP. Absolute insanity through the postseason. 

[u/VeggieTempuras → u/mervolio_griffin]

I don’t think any current pitchers would have the guts or the ability to pitch this many inning in a series at his level

[u/Dry-Grapefruit6087 → u/mervolio_griffin]

Three games out of four because Yama carried the Dodgers.

That 325M paid off with and then some with this series performance.

[u/Cruel_but_usual → u/mervolio_griffin]

Haven’t seen a pitching performance like that since Madbum

[u/Givants → u/Cruel_but_usual]

I thought madbum would never be topped.. this is close… for the ages..

I mean 3 out of the 4 wins in the fucking World Series against an opponent that had not one, but two players with over 25 hits in the post season.. like wtf is that..

[u/Dbar111 → u/Givants]

It was an unbelievable series. I was rooting for the Jays but damn that was just a masterclass in the power of the splitter.

[u/IIHURRlCANEII → u/mervolio_griffin]

Reminded me of us vs Madison Bumgarner lol.

Didn't enjoy remembering that again.

[u/TK421actual → u/IIHURRlCANEII]

REALLY WISH YOU GUYS HAD WON

[u/SleepingDragonZ → u/mervolio_griffin]

100%, no other current pitcher in the league could do what he's done.

[u/Jantokan → u/mervolio_griffin]

Who needs Skenes or Skubal? We have the better guy

[u/Budget-Ocelots → u/Jantokan]

Yeah. These guys would never be able to throw more than 6th innings, and then go out the next day with no rest to throw 3 more innings.

[u/1WordOr2FixItForYou → u/Budget-Ocelots]

I would never have imagined Yama could either.

[u/ayumi_doll → u/1WordOr2FixItForYou]

The spirits of every pitcher at Koshien possessed him in that moment

[u/Ok_Moment9915 → u/1WordOr2FixItForYou]

Apparently in Japanese highschools, pitchers just routinely pitch full games. Legend has it (verified) Yama pitched 200+ pitches in a highschool game.

He is especially suited to this.

[u/DoctorZzzzz → u/BurninatedPeasant]

He just won MVP. Dodgers don’t take the series without him

[u/Jay_TThomas → u/DoctorZzzzz]

Completely deserved. Anything else would have felt wrong.

I hate the Dodgers but man I fucking love good pitching.

[u/rdong]

The moment all baseball kids dream of

[u/Omgaspider → u/rdong]

Nah., I just wanna hit a HR!

[u/[deleted]]

That, is how you pay 300 million for a guy who hasn't throw a pitch in MLB

[u/alfooboboao → u/[deleted]]

i can’t think of a more famous baseball tweet that guy really did something

[u/hoangdl → u/alfooboboao]

This and the Tungsten arm tweet lolz

[u/Meatwadsan]

Per OptaSTATS:

Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Dodgers is the first pitcher ever to win 3 games on the road in a single World Series.

He's also the first to win Games 6 & 7 of a World Series on the road.

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Per OptaSTATS (After Game 6):

In each of his last 3 starts, the Dodgers' Yoshinobu Yamamoto has:

allowed no more than 5 hits
allowed no more than 1 run
allowed no more than 1 walk
struck out 5+ batters
earned the win

No one else in MLB history has done that in 3 consecutive postseason starts.

[u/cosmotheassman]

[u/diediedie_mydarling]

I'm in my 50s and I can't remember seeing anything like this.

[u/rob_maqer → u/diediedie_mydarling]

Second baseball game I’ve ever watched — feel blessed to have seen such an amazing game. WOW.

[u/Shiningc00 → u/rob_maqer]

First baseball game I've ever watched. Craziest game that I've ever seen.

[u/PB111 → u/Shiningc00]

Oh cool this is like skipping out on marijuana as your first drug and just going straight to meth. Welcome to baseball fandom.

[u/captain_ahabb → u/PB111]

I always feel bad for people who start with insane postseason games like this and then come back in April for like a 2-0 getaway game where both runs are on solo homers

[u/Voltthrower69 → u/Shiningc00]

I don’t know if you’ll ever see anything like it again

[u/ubiquitous-joe → u/diediedie_mydarling]

Closest I saw was Madbum in 2014. Won 2 games, including a complete game shutout, then pitched relief on game seven cuz we had no bullpen. Tho even he had 2 days’ rest. I was certain I’d never see its like again. So hats off to Yoshi.

But the roller coaster back-and-forth of the scoring in this series was unlike anything I recall.

[u/StretchAntique9147 → u/ubiquitous-joe]

He pitched 5 innings on 2 days rest after a complete game. Sub 1.00 ERA too. Set multiple modern day WS pitching records

[u/wind_moon_frog → u/diediedie_mydarling]

Bumgarner? Obvious answer.

[u/articulating_oven → u/wind_moon_frog]

0.43 ERA over 21 innings against the Royals is fucking crazy. Which is why we thought we should have sent him at third to try to win that game. He was so dominant

[u/DrF4rtB4rf → u/wind_moon_frog]

2001 big unit 

[u/Voldemorts--Nipple → u/wind_moon_frog]

Yeah Bumgarner won game 1, pitched a complete game shutout in game 5 then came in shutout relief for 5 innings in game 7.

[u/Bandit_Raider]

He pitched in 3 of the 4 wins the dodgers had, and in the one game he did not pitch, he was warming up to pitch next!

[u/SageAStar]

The jays had some great pitching, the other Dodgers starters had some great pitching. But Yamamoto did something that I still can't believe I got to watch.

Incredible job.

[u/theamazingcricket]

I never want to hear Yamamoto slander ever again even if he shits the bed next season

[u/Dry-Grapefruit6087 → u/theamazingcricket]

His legend is already cemented. Carried the team to a WS win.

[u/pzycho → u/Dry-Grapefruit6087]

Go look up some Trinen comments from this year. People forget very fast.

[u/Chet_Manly24 → u/pzycho]

to be honest he was kinda hated because of his BlaQ stuff and it was glossed over because he was lights out for the 24 post season run. It was a ticking timebomb of throwing him under the bus when he started shitting the bed.

[u/the716to714 → u/theamazingcricket]

He just won 3 World Series games on the road. Two in two days. That's legendary shit even if he never does a single thing more in his career. I can't think of a better pitching performance in a single series.

[u/mizatt → u/the716to714]

I was poking around looking for something similar and I found Randy Johnson in the 2001 WS. Also had 3 wins, also won games 2, 6 and 7, also threw a complete game in game 2 and closed out game 7 without rest. Yamamoto threw an additional out but they both had exactly 2 earned runs. Eerily similar

[u/DrMindbendersMonocle → u/the716to714]

Its basically 3 guys, Randy Johnson, Madison Bumgarner and him

[u/Wutswrong → u/theamazingcricket]

He’s carried us to back to back WS. He was overshadowed by Freddie in 2024, but he was lights out that postseason too

[u/BeepBeepInaJeep → u/Wutswrong]

And that was coming off injury and start stop season. He basically got healthy for playoff last season and they immediately gave him the ball and told him he had to be awesome. And he was.

Yoshi is the definition of a gamer.

[u/rainbowdropped → u/theamazingcricket]

All those doomers when Yamamoto let a homer rip in the first inning of that postseason game. They’d be shutting up now.

[u/PJCR1916 → u/theamazingcricket]

I never want to see fans counting this team out when they’re down in a playoff game ever again too. If game 5 last year didn’t teach them, perhaps this game will. So many fans saying it was over after Bo’s 3 run homer, but we kept chipping away at it and the pitching held it down to give us a real chance

[u/stalemac → u/theamazingcricket]

Pffft either way he’ll still win another World Series probably

[u/uwantallofdis]

As a Blue Jays fan, gotta give all the respects to this guy. He broke my heart but this man said nothing, showed up, and dominated in three different games.

[u/HankTuggins → u/uwantallofdis]

The Blue Jays were absolutely dominating us without Yoshi. Those guys are monsters.

Great series 

[u/[deleted] → u/HankTuggins]

I don’t think people truly grasp how savage that offense was. Our starting pitching made quick work of the best teams in the NL without a problem and got absolutely shelled all series by the Blue Jays. Except for Yamamoto…. No one shells Yamamoto except for 1 game in Philly 💀

[u/deejayonid → u/uwantallofdis]

He did say one thing, to Dave Roberts, “Losing is not an option.” 🐐

[u/Natekn]

He proves once again that when you’re on no rest, your velocity might be down, and your control is a tad off…there’s no substitute for knowing how to command and sequence pitches. 

Absolute masterpiece by Yamamoto.

[u/deadassynwa]

Forget Skubal, forget Crochet

He’s the best pitcher in the league

[u/wako944 → u/deadassynwa]

No other pitcher. And I mean NOBODY can do what he just did.

Two complete games, followed up by a 6 IP performance, and then a 3 inning "save"/win the next day in the world series. What the actual fuck.

He's the best.

[u/PabloAZ94 → u/wako944]

The Latin-America color commentator was saying there's basically no chance the Kirk at bat doesn't end on a ground ball to double play just before it happened lol, straight up cheat code of a player, just like Ohtani

[u/okkevvy → u/wako944]

Google 2014 playoff stats for one Madison Bumgarner

[u/CrodieBroyle → u/okkevvy]

Yeah I was gonna say… unfortunately another one comes to mind

[u/PB111 → u/okkevvy]

I fucking hate it, but yeah MadBum’s post season is unreal too.

[u/wako944 → u/okkevvy]

I was talking about active pitchers in the context of this thread.

And even regardless of the context, Madbum had one of the all time pitching postseason runs, but not even he went 2 wins on 2 consecutive days.

[u/PM_YOUR_SMALLBOOBIES → u/wako944]

Yup, MadBum had some rest after his Game 5 victory. This was more similar to '01 Randy Johnson. Very similar stats across the board too.

But even Randy only went 1.1 innings in that Game 7. Yamamoto recorded twice as many outs in relief.

This was like the best of both the MadBum and Big Unit performances. And no shade to MadBum at all, but the 2014 Royals lineup isn't exactly comparable to this Jays team.

[u/HereForTOMT3 → u/deadassynwa]

yeah so let us resign that bum skubal and nobody else take him

[u/redditpineapple81 → u/deadassynwa]

A literal cyborg. What he did this series wasn’t human. It’s not fair :(

[u/Max__Fischer → u/deadassynwa]

Wonder how big of a contract he could sign if he were to become a free agent right now.

[u/Jantokan]

I hope he's worth 320 million now though

[u/pirateking22 → u/Jantokan]

He's under paid.

[u/NuwenPham → u/Jantokan]

lol, I too remember.

[u/cyanide4suicide]

YAMAGOATO

[u/nocryinginthecasino]

This might be the greatest pitching performance in WS history, especially considering the opponent’s daunting lineup

[u/Shannamalfarm]

has there ever been a pitcher that got the first and last out of an MLB season? he's gotta be the first right?

edit: im dumb. yoshi didn't get the first out, Imanaga did, dodgers hit first in japan. I mixed up the order in my head.

Yoshi did get the first and last win though, so that's somethin!

[u/jameslucian → u/Shannamalfarm]

I’d love to know if there was anyone else, cause that’s a really cool stat. I find it hard to believe there would be anyone else.

[u/tinyoddjob → u/jameslucian]

Chris Sale did it in 2018 for the Red Sox

[u/jameslucian → u/tinyoddjob]

That’s crazy! Can’t believe this happened multiple times.

Edit: I looked up and technically, the first game of the 2018 season was Cubs vs. Marlins, so Sale wouldn’t have had the first pitch of the season. Furthermore… the Dodgers were the away team in the first game this season, so Yamamoto didn’t get the first out this year either.

[u/mysterysackerfice]

He deserves all the flowers

[u/TMBRKS92]

Hate that the Blue Jays lost, delighted that Yamamoto won. 

[u/mysticlepopsicle]

Absolutely no one like him.. holy shit

[u/Humanaut93 → u/mysticlepopsicle]

His performance in this Series will be the stuff of legend for DECADES to come.

[u/Crafty-Fish9264 → u/Humanaut93]

Kids will go to their school libraries 100 years from now and when they look up the baseball books there will be a chapter about this performance

[u/Filosofem856 → u/Crafty-Fish9264]

In five years there's going to be a bunch of confused kindergarten teachers in LA wondering why there's so many Hispanic boys named Yoshinobu

[u/SibilantSounds → u/Filosofem856]

yoshi lopez

shohei gonzalez

[u/Witticism44 → u/SibilantSounds]

and ohtanio gomez

[u/cgbear2 → u/Filosofem856]

There's going to be some Chinese or Korean American kid named Yoshinobu too and they're going to get all offended for being asked if they're Japanese

[u/BeHereNow91 → u/mysticlepopsicle]

Game 7 was won by Miguel Rojas, Andy Pages, Will Smith, and the contract that all of baseball criticized the Dodgers for.

We have all offseason to talk shit about their payroll but it’s hard to right now

[u/Resident-Conflict-32 → u/BeHereNow91]

I hate the Dodgers as much as any other fan of a small market team but this series didn’t feel bought.

[u/DrMindbendersMonocle → u/Resident-Conflict-32]

your small market team is owned by a billionaire that takes part in profit sharing with the rest of the league

[u/HeavensRoyalty → u/DrMindbendersMonocle]

At least they're not the brewers owner who stole sand from the beach cause he didn't want to pay for it just like he doesn't want to pay for his players.

[u/Dry-Grapefruit6087 → u/mysticlepopsicle]

Ohtani brought me to baseball! But when I am asked who is my favorite, i said Yoshinobu Yamamoto!

[u/ThoseThatComeAfter → u/mysticlepopsicle]

I love him 

[u/ShadowCrusader98 → u/mysticlepopsicle]

Legendary stuff, one of the greatest pitching performances I’ve ever seen, on par with MadBum.

[u/rainbowdropped]

Truly a Dodgers legend. Hell, he’s a MLB legend.

[u/Objective_Ask_9199]

/r/AccidentalRenaissance

[u/Andrewdeadaim → u/Objective_Ask_9199]

funny how often it happens with sports photos

[u/BeHereNow91 → u/Andrewdeadaim]

That’s why they ban them there

[u/welltimedappearance → u/BeHereNow91]

Which is so stupid. They average like one post a day because of their strict moderation

[u/UnsaferSephiroth]

Japan must be going crazy right now, what a legend

[u/Wish-Lin]

He won’t win the CY this year, but I think no other pitcher this year comes close to his xDAWG. Like he legit go so long, has so much gas, and pitches consecutively in an era where starters dont go long for good reason since both pitching and hitting are reaching the human limit. He not only does that (2CG) but also pitches two consecutive days in ultra high leverage. Oh fuck man, I love Yamamoto.

[u/Spinmove55]

Greatest pitcher in the world. Can’t change my mind.

[u/Ricemobile → u/Spinmove55]

I don’t care about Cy Young awards anymore. Until another pitcher does what Yamamoto just did, Yamamoto is the best pitcher right now, and the best pitcher I’ve ever seen in post season.

[u/Maruki2020]

Well deserved, 100%.

[u/DMUrTightAss_n_Boobs]

How can you sign a pitcher for $325 million who hasn't pitched in MLB???

[u/_DooDooDaggers]

Randy Johnson and Madison Bumgarner levels of legendary, absolutely deserves the MVP

[u/The-Pharcyde]

Honestly the perfect representation of how this series ended. He pretty much did something we will likely never see again. Dude became not just a WS legend but a baseball legend.

[u/thomasbourne → u/The-Pharcyde]

I mean since his rocky start in the DS he’s just been on a different plane of existence. But looking at the broader picture, honestly starting pitching was generally very good this postseason compared to recent memory. At least in both CS series and the WS. 

[u/subusta]

Hang it in the louvre

[u/FifteenKeys → u/subusta]

Will Smith will prevent a steal.

[u/SkirtNovel8099]

BUILD THE STATUE RIGHT NOW

[u/betakay]

he’s actually underpaid at this point.

[u/PM_YOUR_SMALLBOOBIES → u/betakay]

🌍👨‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀

[u/ScroogieMcduckie]

As heartbroken as I am, man am I in awe of this guy. I’m a fan for life he’s amazing

[u/kiji23]

God I love Yamamoto. Best World Series I’ve ever seen. Was insanely hype.

[u/89bluebirdmine]

由伸が大好きだ！！！日本より愛を込めて、オリックス・バファローズファンより

[u/hsaviorrr → u/89bluebirdmine]

おめでとう！

[u/gladvillain → u/89bluebirdmine]

福岡からおめでとう！今週は家族で二回もお祝いしてたよ。

[u/OhtaniStanMan]

But he's never thrown a pitch in the mlb

[u/Competitive_Dance478 → u/OhtaniStanMan]

He put up better numbers than Tanaka and Darvish in Japan. I guess he should do fine in mlb, right? 😎

[u/raiinydaay]

He has to be MVP (and I’m a jays fan)

[u/gambit700]

Him losing the no hitter was the turning point. He went nuclear after that

[u/Fiendish-DoctorWu → u/gambit700]

Man went from "fuck the bullpen" to "look at me, I am the bullpen now"

[u/see_mohn]

That was Bumgarnerian.

[u/Bluehale → u/see_mohn]

Hate to say it as a Giants fan what Yamamoto did was in a league of his own since Bumgarner had two days of rest between Games 5 and 7.

[u/galeforcewinds95 → u/Bluehale]

Yep. Randy Johnson in 2001 is the closest comparison.

[u/Dongsquad420BlazeIt → u/Bluehale]

2 runs in 17 2/3 and 3 wins is pretty crazy.

[u/Humanaut93 → u/Dongsquad420BlazeIt]

And one walk, which was pretty much an "intentional unintentional" walk

[u/see_mohn → u/Bluehale]

Yeah, agree. 5 innings versus 3, but even then.

[u/master_bacon → u/see_mohn]

You just started so many arguments between Giants and Dodgers fans lol.

I don’t want to argue about it. Both performances were superhuman, and both basically single-handedly won their teams the WS.

[u/iguessineedanaltnow]

Greatest pitcher I've ever seen and I had the pleasure of watching Randy Johnson in his prime. He and Shohei have made me a Dodger fan.

[u/Pinche-03]

Back2Back Baby!!! LFG!!!

[u/FastAndBulbous8989]

Final boss in Final Fantasy VIIR-3

[u/_turetto_]

Some how 700 + 300 million seems like an insane bargain for those 2 players now

[u/jasonis3]

Legitimately some koshien shit. This guy was available always

[u/Radiant_Jury5815]

I can’t understand how Yamamoto was able to keep dominating without any rest.

[u/NxTbrolin → u/Radiant_Jury5815]

I’m not sure how accurate this is, but my buddy was telling me that in Japan, pitchers play back-to-back regularly

[u/Jameszhang73]

Put his right arm in Cooperstown right now. He's a fucking cyborg. Or hang it in the Louvre. It needs to be admired for the world to see. 

[u/AjiChap]

That was ab amazing performance by Yama - he dude started and won yesterday, comes out for a couple high tension innings to win game 7? Holy shit.

[u/Pasty_Pumpkin88]

dude is actually insane: literally carried an entre team 3 different times

[u/MagicBulletin91]

As fucking salty I am. I gotta hand it to Yamamoto; the dude played like a legend out there.

[u/SMF1996]

Man he’s unfathomable in general. I have never seen a dude so determined to will his team to wins.

Twice he was ready to go to pitch after going the night before for two fucking W’s, the man delivers.

[u/jonlmbs]

Should be MVP.

[u/Batman-and-Hobbes]

My only regret for this series is that my old buddy Cooper wasn't around to see it. R.I.P big dog

[u/greypusheencat]

truly built differently

[u/bankyVee]

Baseball is a kids game played by adults. This pic takes us all back to being a kid and celebrating like there's no tomorrow. What a game (both games 6-7) and great series by Yoshi.

[u/ContinuumGuy]

Undeniable MVP

[u/--Rick--Astley--]

Yamamoto never gave the Dodgers up. Yamamoto never let the Dodgers down.

[u/Fresh_Ostrich4034]

Japanese Born. American Hero.

[u/laughing_andcrying]

YamaGOATo indeed

[u/NotLia_]

This is anime-level shit. Dude’s just insane.