Passage II (Questions 36-40) The two-way star for the Los Angeles Angels draws countless comparisons to the Yankees legend,
but their paths are fairly different. “The 21st century Babe Ruth.” “The modern-day Babe Ruth.” “The
greatest two-way player since Babe Ruth.”
    When reaching back through history for comparisons to Shohei Ohtani, who hit his 40th home
run of the season on Wednesday, fans and sportswriters tend to find just one: Babe Ruth. One of the
greatest sluggers in baseball history, of course, Ruth started his career as a first-rate pitcher. So Ohtani,
the two-way sensation for the Los Angeles Angels, is simply Ruth reincarnated, right?
    It is not quite that simple. For three seasons, from 1915 to 1917, Ruth was a full-time starting
pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. While he occasionally got a pinch-hit appearance, and wowed people
with his power, pitching was his job. He was 23-12 with a league-leading E.R.A. of 1.75 in 1917 and
was 24-13 the next year. But while the Sox, who won World Series titles in 1915, 1916 and 1918,
had to be happy with his pitching, Ruth’s hitting was starting to attract a lot of attention. In 1917, he
hit .325 with some extra-base power. And Ruth himself wanted to focus more on hitting. And that is
where the comparison to Ohtani begins.
    In terms of true two-way play, Ruth’s most Ohtani-like seasons were 1918 and 1919. His
pitching load was cut roughly in half, to 34 combined starts over two seasons compared with 78 in
the two previous years, and he played in the outfield and occasionally first base on other days. He
went from about 150 plate appearances a season to 382 in 1918. In 1919, he was essentially a full-
time position player, with 543 plate appearances. It quickly became clear that his true value to the
team came as a hitter.
【題組】36. What is the passage mainly about?
(A) Presenting the records of two baseball players.
(B) Discussing the statistics of two baseball players.
(C) Enumerating the teams that two baseball players have stayed.
(D) Explaining why two baseball players are similar to each other.