"He's having the greatest Live Ball season of all-time" 🤯 The facts that put Shohei Ohtani above Babe Ruth in the GOAT conversation

About this episode

The episode discusses Braden Montgomery's MLB debut, Shohei Ohtani's historic season compared to Babe Ruth, and previews MLB prospects in the College World Series.

We begin with Braden Montgomery hitting a spectacular walk-off home run in his MLB debut. Hembo then stops by to discuss the crazy Athletics-Brewers game from Monday, the Red Sox woes, why Alex Bregman is doing so poorly at Wrigley Field for the Cubs, how Ohtani's two-way season this year exceeds any season of Babe Ruth's, and more. Eduardo Perez then joins to preview the best MLB prospects in the College World Series starting on ESPN this weekend, why Las Vegas will be an even worse ballpark for pitchers than Coors Field in Denver, Cristopher Sanchez's claim to best pitcher in baseball, and the Red Sox questionable organizational philosophies. 0:00 Braden Montgomery walk off home run 2:00 Hembo joins the show 3:07 Nick Kurtz's amazing season 7:03 Red Sox failures 10:36 Alex Bregman can't hit at Wrigley 13:56 Shohei Ohtani's historic season 16:30 Corbin Carroll is a triples machine 18:30 Carson Benge is thriving 20:47 Best MLB prospects to watch at the College World Series 27:18 Why Las Vegas will ruin Athletics pitchers 33:07 Cristopher Sanchez's dominance 36:30 Red Sox organizational dysfunction 43:40 Bleacher Tweets (Julio Rodriguez, Manny Machado) Learn more about your ad…

People in this episode

Host: Buster Olney

Guests: Hembo, Eduardo Perez

Topics covered

• Shohei Ohtani
• Babe Ruth
• MLB prospects
• Red Sox struggles
• College World Series
• pitching performance
• walk-off home runs

Keywords

• Braden Montgomery
• Shohei Ohtani
• Babe Ruth
• Red Sox
• MLB
• College World Series
• pitchers
• Alex Bregman
• Cristopher Sanchez
• walk-off home run

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Red Sox, Athletics, Brewers, Cubs

Books & works: Baseball Tonight

Places: Wrigley Field, Las Vegas, Coors Field

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