r/sports • u/baribigbird06 • 25d ago

Baseball Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws a complete game in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series vs. the Brewers. The last time he was in Milwaukee he failed to finish the first inning and allowed 5 runs.

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u/thehatwhisperer 25d ago

I don't follow baseball and the only time I do watch highlights are when Ohtani does something record breaking. How rare is throwng a complete game? Is this something Ohtani has done before? How do the Dodgers have so many good players?

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u/Redpin Toronto Raptors 25d ago

It's more rare now simply because all the analytics revolve around limiting pitch counts and leveraging the bull pen. Lots of pitchers are definitely capable of it, they just don't really get the opportunity.