Why does Shohei Ohtani's 50-50 feat resonate so much in baseball?

Home runs and steals are among the more popular baseball records — if not the most revered in the history of the game — whether it be most home runs (73) in a season or the modern-day mark for most stolen bases (130) in a season. So when one player reaches the once-unthinkable half-century mark in both, it stands out. Ohtani has captivated fans by doing what no player has done in two of the game's most admired skill sets in the game.