It wasn’t too long ago that New York was bustling with love for the “Japanese Bath Ruth,” Shohei Ohtani, and who could blame them right? Easily doubling as the prize free agent and best prospect, the Yankees were widely viewed as the favorite to land him.
Then, a funny thing happened. Ohtani listened respectfully to the Yankees’ pitch (amongst others), and afterward, narrowed his list of teams down to seven — none of which were the New York Yankees.
Yankees fans were not pleased. The New York Daily News (now infamously) threw Ohtani on their front page calling him a chicken.