Why wouldn’t Ohtani want to speak English by now and show some respect?

Why is that sir? Do tell

To the Country that is paying him money. Or just for Funzies

Well yeah for sure if he ever lives in Texas , he would definitely need to know some Spanish to get any shite done at his house.

Well ok , maybe he is in classes for it then. My fault if true.
I just haven’t ever heard him speak any English whatsoever.
Because I thought for sure if he could he would be in more American commercials and Ads and thangs.

There was discussion about this with Ichiro as well. I remember people saying that Ichiro spoke English, and there were video clips of him speaking English, but he preferred doing interviews with an interpreter, maybe so he could express himself more easily, maybe to make sure he was not misunderstood. Here's Ichiro speaking English in a prepared speech. Maybe this was the only situation where he was somewhat comfortable speaking English in public. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZlKDrYhcUA

In my experience, most Japanese people are really difficult to understand when they are speaking English. They just have really strong accents. So I can understand the reluctance of Japanese public figures to speak publicly in English.

A lot of the hispanic and asian players do speak enough english to converse in the clubhouse, but most don't do it in the media because their words can easily be taken out of context if they say something wrong.

I don't blame them.

Look at Yu Darvish, he used to speak to the media in english. Now, he uses an interpreter.

Who cares????? And why does it even matter. He will become the GOAT after another 3 seasons if not sooner.

I guess I’m just thinking about how I would feel if was playing in another country and I was a big star. I would want to talk to people and stuff, have fun. Plus marketing products there.
Others say he speaks some maybe with just his buddies he hangs with.

1) he absolutely speaks English enough to talk in the clubhouse but doesn’t want to be misinterpreted by the media which is fair enough

2) using an interpreter makes it more difficult for the media to interview him which most players are annoyed with so it stretches out the time they have to talk with them (this is a super common tactic in the NHL especially with Russian players)

3) I can guarantee you that a Japanese players is more concerned with respecting his club/new country than basically any other player in the reverse, he’s not doing it to disrespect America at all, in fact I would say that he probably has more respect for America than Americans playing in Japan