Shohei Ohtani gets congratulated for hitting his 40th home run in the Los Angeles Angels dugout. Ohtani has been putting up Hall of Fame type numbers pitching and hitting (AP News photo)

On That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast:

#1 The Los Angeles Angels Shohei Ohtani leads the majors with 40 home runs and has a 9-5 ERA 3.32 pitching record. Like you mentioned last week he had hit two home runs in a game and the next night he went out and pitched a one hitter.

#2 Some question can Ohtani be as good as Babe Ruth it’s too early to answer Ruth was 94-46 as a pitcher and had 714 home runs as a hitter, Ohtani whose doing both at the same time career he is 37-19 and has 167 career home runs. Can he catch Ruth?

#3 Eric Nadel who is in the Texas Rangers Hall of Fame and the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame and is the Rangers broadcaster missed the first 109 games of the season due to mental illness. Nadel was suffering from depression, anxiety and insomnia. Nadel has been calling Rangers games for 44 years since 1979.

#4 Domingo Herman has been suspended for the rest of the season by the New York Yankees. The starting pitcher flipped over a couch in the Yankees locker room and smashed a TV set on Thursday. Teammates tried to calm him down. Herman was reportedly under the influence of alcohol and had a verbal argument with manager Aaron Boone. Herman will be seeking treatment for his substance abuse. Herman was suspended in 2020 for domestic violence on his girlfriend when he slapped her at a charity event in front of his teammates.

#5 Amaury, Detroit Tigers pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez said that he refused to be traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers who are a first place team in the NL West at the trade deadline last Tuesday. Rodriguez refused to come west because Detroit is where his family is and it wasn’t anything against the Dodgers or playing in the west. Rodriguez said he’s happy being in Detroit even though they have a losing record at 48-60. Rodriguez a left hander is 7-5 ERA 2.96.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the lead play by play announcer on the Oakland A’s Spanish radio network at 1010 KIQI San Francisco and 990 KATD Pittsburg and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com