I was gonna write on the weekend, but it's Monday now.
Anyways, for me, I don't really *care* once we get to the celebrity/athlete point of the gamut of humans I will never meet.
It's not that they owe me anything (they don't), but it's that I can choose who I like/dislike or cheer/boo.
I don't give it much thought to my dislike because my decision only changes what I buy (no Ohtani Mariners t-shirts for me) and not their salary.
But Ohtani did put me off by putting on a show and then honestly not seeming to deliberate over the choices that were on the table (like Matt says).
The show was clearly for show, despite his Japanese persona of being a young baseball kid blah blah blah nope.
And the fact that he didn't give any of the other cities a fair shake makes me wonder how the teams will approach the system in the future.
Maybe the M's should have insisted in flying him out to Seattle. Who knows.
The other part that bothers me is more practical.
I'm facing the onslaught of Angels news and I can't really handle that at 6AM.
And Japanese media darlings are notoriously grating here.
It's like getting your TV stuck on YES no matter what, except it's Ohtani All. The. Time.
The only saving grace is that he's not an icon like Ichiro nor a beloved player like Godzilla.
Ohtani is a heck of a talent, but I could have done without the showboating and the in-your-face media here.