Christopher “Mad Canine” Russo, a sports activities radio legend and ESPN character, took some warmth over a remark he made when speaking about Shohei Ohtani’s free company.
Ohtani has not chosen a crew but and reportedly has most well-liked to maintain his conferences with baseball executives non-public as he goes by way of the method. The process has ruffled feathers within the media, and Russo was the most recent to talk out on it Wednesday.
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Los Angeles Angels two-way participant Shohei Ohtani, #17, within the dugout in the course of the recreation towards the Oakland Athletics at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, Sept. 30, 2023. (Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports activities)
“The actual fact we’re even discussing this can be a full joke,” Russo mentioned on “First Take.” “ when he received the MVP, he wouldn’t even inform you what his canine’s title was? Anyone who pays Ohtani $600 million wants their heads examined anyway. He’s not gonna pitch subsequent 12 months. He’s a DH. And inform me this: with Ohtani, what number of occasions had been the Angels within the pennant race in the midst of September? They received 73 video games final 12 months; he missed the final 25 video games.”
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“And what’s the large secret? Jeez, he’s a free agent! He’s talked to 6 groups. … What is that this, the atomic bomb? We’re not allowed to search out out? That is baseball! He’s a star! That is what it’s about! That is silly that someway, a way when you reveal that you just had a breakfast with Ohtani, you ought to be principally thrown out with the bathtub water.”
Chris Russo, pictured right here, and Mike Francesa of “Mike and the Mad Canine” get collectively for a SiriusXM City Corridor hosted by Chazz Palminteri at SiriusXM Studios on July 6, 2017 in New York Metropolis. (Cindy Ord/Getty Photos for SiriusXM)
Russo’s “atomic bomb” comment appeared to discuss with the shroud of secrecy across the Manhattan Undertaking and the J. Robert Oppenheimer-led enterprise to design the bombs that had been later dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki throughout World Warfare II. Ohtani is from Japan.
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MLB followers seeing the clip on X known as the comment “terrible.”
“Go away it to Chris Russo to make use of the analogy of the atomic bomb to a Japanese baseball participant. My gawd, @ESPN, WTF?” AnglesWin.com wrote.
Followers of Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hope to see their idol earlier than he faces the Oakland Athletics at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California, Sept. 2, 2023. (D. Ross Cameron-USA TODAY Sports activities)
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Ohtani has reportedly drawn curiosity from the Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, Toronto Blue Jays and Chicago Cubs. He could make his closing determination by the tip of the week.
