Trout did get his moment. It was glorious. As amazing a hitter as he is, there is no shame in getting struck out by Shohei.

MLB needs to thank Shohei because aint no way many folks be paying attention if he it wasn't for showtime.

⚾️ People wanted to see Ohtani on a big stage like the WBC it was like a playoff in every game, and Shohei was Incredible, he hit .435 with 8 RBIs also a 420 foot HR and tied a record 10 walks, and also as a Pitcher went 2-0 with 1.84 ERA and 11 Ks in 9 innings and a save Ohtani MVP🏆

Ohtani on par with Michael Jordan as an athlete at the top of his sport in the eyes of the world.

I taught high school in Japan for years. The young guys that come out of the schools and go to koshien are already on a level of American minor leagues. Ohtani, is a superhuman player but was built in an environment that finds guys like him and creates wonders.

The WBC has been fantastic this year and I’m really going to miss it. I watched previous years but this year I was glued to even the late night / early morning games across the Pacific. It was really wonderful and I found myself going through wild mood swings through the tourney. Can’t wait for 2026!

Batted .152 against him. Insane.

The WBC feels like the adult Little League World Series. It’s fun to see the guys play and act like kids who just play baseball because they love the game.

Im for 45 years old and been watching baseball since i was 7. I have to say Shohei ohtani is definitely one of the best player in the leagues that I have whiteness and that's one thing that we all can unanimously agree on. I think it's special to see someone like that come along. Definitely a legend in the making so it's something to really appreciate while he's still here cuz it's something we haven't seen at all like him and probably be another 100 years until we see something like that again. He definitely will be talked about through every next generations.

This is what the Olympics wanted, but baseball wasn't willing to stop play for a month.

Hopefully this is a wake up call to the MLB that baseball is a global sport

Shohei Ohtani, the greats player ever!!

Team USA lost the game because they do not know how to bunt! Throughout the tournament they showed zero ability to bunt and use basic fundamentals--- and it hurt them in the last inning against Japan. Mookie Betts did not know how to bunt and ended up hitting into a double play. This is very important, and the American media is silent about it.

Wouldn't it be great to see the angels in the world series this coming season. Ohtani and Trout together would be a fire combo in the world series, hope they make it that far.

Done almost everything after that closer performance. Just hand him the MVP when the season starts. GOAT-ani and no one's come close.

As a fan of baseball, all I can say is, what a game!. I'm saddened that USA lost, but it was a win for baseball. I think more top players from USA will play in the next WBC.⚾️

Amazing WBC, i enjoyed it very much, Japan vs Mexico was an unbelievable game.

The WBC this year has been the best baseball I’ve seen in the last 20 years…the MLB is a poor comparison to what we just witnessed! 😅

I’m a Stro’s fan from Montana lol but I would have been disappointed if Altuve didn’t play in the WBC. Injury sucks but can happen at anytime, shit happens.

I'm A big fan of both these players so that was exactly the situation I did NOT want to see because one of them would have to fail. My compromise was for Mike to get a hit - not a home run because that would be a blown save for Shohei and a possible series loss which would be devastating. This was also such a big moment for Mike - who has been deprived of big moments his entire career. I wanted him to get on base, and even though I wanted Ohtani to preserve the win, I felt sad when Mike struck out - it's not how I wanted that game to end.

Ohtani is the new McGuire&Sosa in that he’s saving baseball. And we don’t have to worry about steroids

This was the True World Series, media doesn’t report much on spring practice injuries Fun level WBC > MLB season We also know Judge is 💰 MVP while Ohtani is world MVP

Congratulations, Team Japan 🎉

Our baseball hall of fame should induct all-time great Japanese players even if they didn't play in America.

This is the new baseball event

Would like to see USA add top tier starting pitchers for the WBC.

"True World Series"

I can't wait for this baseball season.

2:45 "I'm rooting for Mike Trout not because he's American." LOL Call BS on that.

Fox really messed up not putting on network TV.

You say that the U.S. didn't have a top pitcher, but if that's the case, Japan had only three top hitters too. Senga, who moved to the Mets, was top 2 in ERA last year. Good for you, Mets.

I hope Ohtani will never be injured and provide us with years of two way play But history has shown us that this type of stuff is impossible.. just look at Bo Jackson The gods don't like it when we get too close to them...the best case scenario is that Ohtani will be a great hitter or a great pitcher...but it is inevitable that he can not continue doing both...he must and will eventually choose I honestly hope he proves me and the gods wrong...but there is just no way he can play both ways and not break down

I never liked baseball but now I’m a fan !

Who said we don't need the WBC? Just because two players got hurt and it might interfere with MLB season preparation? If it weren't for the WBC, such historic moments would never exist

The question is; how does MLB take this an turn it into kids watching baseball every day? Twitter users saying "this helps grow the game", and then they don't watch for another 4-6 years doesn't grow the game, because the same problems like small market viability, franchise instability, game length, and ticket prices still exist.

People act like the angels werent a dominate team in the 2000s, they have the 7th best W/L record since 2000. The team will win again, lets not act like Trout and Ohtani havent been part of the problem. Ohtani couldnt pitch for the first 2.5 years and was an average hitter. Trout has had season ending injuries that have handcuffed the team. People love Ohtani now but just 3 years ago people said he couldnt do two way or hang in the MLB yet the angels accommodated him and changed to a six man rotation all for him. He is loyal and will stay on the angels.

WBC > MLB

2:10 Dan wearing his pajamas lol

Trout not use to big game moments and it showed. That strikeout pitch was sick, placed perfectly, but Trout had some terrible strikeouts throughout this WBC. If Kyle Tucker wasn't held out hurt I truly believe we would've had one or two more runs vs Japan, he's proven he can hit in big moments smashing the ball in many MLB playoff games, and he was having a great WBC until he got banged up. But no exaggeration when they said baseball won the WBC because that was some of the best couple weeks of baseball I've ever watched

Mr. Smoltz predicted it!!

The World Series, which began as a project by a newspaper company called The World, is no longer the World Series.

John Nostradamus Smoltz!

Baseball was the winner.

As soon as Mike Trout got to Miami he couldn't buy a hit!

You compare this USA team with 1988 basketball team?……

Stat of the day song... 🤔

There will be more young 2-way players in the future because of what Ohtani did

This can not transfer to the mlb season, the format of 1 game elimination lets every team go hyper focused, almost playground rules, no pretense, simply 1 game head to head for bragging rights, you can’t expect a team or their fans to keep that intensity for over 100 games

Hopefully this will be a "wake-up call" to get USA's best players out there next time. FYI... 70% of all MLB players were born in the USA.

The guy is ni human. We are watching history.

Right on John!

Ohtani is an average baseball player - "Aliens from a different planet"

Hopefully Ohtani signs with my red sox 🤞🏾

If the Angels begin the season badly, they will be public enemy number 1 in the baseball world. How can you waste two generational talents so badly?? They are really hurting baseball by being so bad.

Ohtani is the 🐐

usa not sending there best players is sad. usa was only missing good pitching

Diaz is still an injury…. Whether he was jumping or not.

NHL, are you listening?

I remember when the USA men's basketball team lost the gold metal and was ridiculed by the entire country. Now when the United States lose and it's America's favorite pastime, now its about how great baseball is again. No they lost...

Japan didn't have to rely on analytics to play great baseball!

The greatest baseball games you will see are in Korea and Japan..everyone is there to root for their team.. not stuff their faces

This is the real world series not the mlb.

I only watch BBC.

I mean just give him the mvp already. He doesn't need to do anything. He gave 250000 the mlb more viewers out of those 2 million. More views, more capital. I mean what is there to say. Lol

Best final since 09 when Korea and Japan went to extras with Darvish closing it out. Korea v. Japan is the best international baseball rivalry and that game should have put the WBC on the map.

The US had ALL star hitters. Pitching was average for the league.

Oh stop it. US always had stacked team.

これは日本の優勝ではなく、野球の優勝だ。野球はまだ生きている。

US team embarrassed themselves and their country. Feel bad for Trout because he'll have to relive that everyday since the enemy responsible is in the dugout with him. I couldn't do that.

US is suppose to be the best in the world when it comes to Baseball, we invented it! Damn, shame. 😔

Japan vs USA game was a great! Not to interested in it for the most part!

i love my japan.

Does this guy realize Japan are 3 time champs of the WBC? lol. He speaks as if America is the all time winner. This is why WBC should get more attention cause it exposes the American ignorance of that they're the best at baseball because its their sport. Nope. MLB is powered by foreign power, and the WBC exposes that.

Now time to fix the strike zone ambiguity. Try explaining the strike zone to a kid learning about the game. That strike zone you see on screen doesn't matter as long. The ump decides. Can they challenge it? No, what the ump calls is final.

American baseball is dying. As usual management is way too cheap. I can watch an NFL player catch a ball from 6 different angles and I can practically feel the sweat spraying off his face and onto my TV. North American baseball the same 3 camera angles you can't hear the ball hit the glove you see no dust you see no grit they don't even wear masks and yet you can't see their faces no neat angles on close place it's disgraceful. They will eventually slidelow the next sport that catches on and realizes that visually you have to make the game appealing or nobody's going to watch. Stop trying to talk them up when they are doing nothing care to improve viewership or participation.

Again u said best off the tip

I was rooting for Trout for pretty much the same reason. Ohtani needs to endure just one more year with the Halos, then he'll have years of opportunities to play meaningful baseball with a contending team. Trout on the other hand will have to wait until 2026 to play some meaningful baseball in the next WBC. I was hoping that Trout can finally have his moment of baseball bliss. Instead, Trout will have to watch himself swing and miss in the infinite replays of Ohtani free-agent hype reel.

How can everyone ignore the fact that Japanese professional baseball has a limit on the number on the number of NON-JAPANESE who can play on each team? How is that not a question?

You baseball will be the one that has the most media coverage. "BUT NOT THE BEST" Apart from the fact that they range from fraudulent tactics with the "MLB Re$triction$ on how many innings players can play" And if not ask Venezuela. "JAPAN HAS NO RE$TRICTION$"

Who cares, it’s baseball. C ya in October, enjoy ur day.

This may be an unpopular opinion but I personally think that MLB players in the USA should not have the option to play for their country of origin in the WBC.

Many of the best U.S. players did not play. Good for Japan though as it means more to them.

This is the biggest victory for Japan since Pearl Harbor.

Japanese baseball is f boring. I don't like otani's face. I consider a 2-way player as mediocre. Kids don't play baseball. Many play soccer instead. Playgrounds are used for soccer not baseball.