MLB: Most Interesting Man in Baseball – Part II
By Jim Turvey
2 Yoenis Cespedes vs. 7 Ichiro Suzuki
See this is where the Twitter followers method of seeding has a weakness. This is a potential championship matchup in the very first round. Of course, if we want to have a spicy first round, maybe this is a blessing in disguise. Like Michael Scott, its weaknesses are actually its strengths.
Cespedes and Suzuki represent two ends of the spectrum. Cespedes is a true showman, a man who can pull off riding a horse to spring training and actually look cool doing it.
Yoenis Cespedes rode a horse to practice today.... pic.twitter.com/JSaxIDPBNA
— Kent (@RealKentMurphy) March 1, 2016
He’s a man who can host family barbecues flashy enough to inspire one of the funniest Twitter accounts in the sport.
It’s not just off-the-field stuff with Cespedes, though. It’s shocking that MLB hasn’t implemented a rule to disallow the use of an actual howitzer instead of a right arm, but they are still allowing it.
Unfortunately for Ces, he ran into a buzzsaw in the first round. The resident Cagey Veteran in MLB right now, Ichiro is on such a different level that he has earned the Prince-eqsue one name treatment. He has Ichiro running across the back of his jersey, and those six letters are all any baseball fan needs to immediately recollect hundreds of amazing baseball highlights. You thought Cespedes had an arm on him? Peep this:
That cat is a cool 42 years old in that video. Come on. Japan’s main man moves on.