Face it: it’s been ingrained into our heads since childhood that the US is far more superior than any other country in the world. We’ve been told that we have more freedom, more opportunities, and more patriotism than any other nation - which, to some extent is true - but, is the US still the thriving nation that it once was? Well, let’s take a look at statistics. The results might surprise you.

Shohei Ohtani, a 23 year old baseball player from Japan, is on his way to becoming MLB’s newest star. Experts are even going as far as calling him “Japan’s Babe Ruth”. Ohtani is a double threat, being able to throw aro...