Have a day, Shohei! Shohei Ohtani ties his career high with 13 strikeouts!

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[@NewAnimeFreak357]

For people that don’t appreciate this legendary movement.. please learn and keep an open mind. As a mariners fan. This man is saving baseball!!

[@akinumber1]

When we thought "Ichiro was THE Once-In-A-Generation Player", Ohtani shows up and re-writes how baseball is played.

[@axe2grind244]

And everyone in America would know this if he weren’t playing for the Angels.

[@jamesnguyen7069]

bro you have the savior in J ROD

[@hedonepicurea4327]

すばらし。

[@rcruz262]

@@axe2grind244 or Asian

[@willglenn8638]

This is insane, I have never seen a player be able to pitch and bat like this

[@trevorcarey3997]

Ohtani is the 2nd player in history to have 500 Hits 100 HRs and 500 Ks

[@SinKimishima]

The other being Babe?

[@banglajoe3642]

@@SinKimishima no way babe pitched?

[@Gemnist98]

@@banglajoe3642 Back when he was in Boston.

[@MustangOW]

@@SinKimishima yes

[@Sports-media180]

He about to pass babe Ruth

[@nagakotd2a]

I can't wait for Ohtani to become the first player in MLB history to hit 1,000 strikeouts and 200 home runs.

[@caseyjones815]

AND STILL WONT WON MVP😂😂😂 THE LEVEL OF DISRESPECT 😅😅😅

[@Aut0KAD]

hopefully 2 more years after this one

[@robbyrob0723]

Maybe 3 years

[@albundy8192]

it seems like every pitcher is striking out 10 batters per 6 innings. does not matter who it is. teams are bad this season. hitters are bad. cards in last, oakland is horrible.

[@jennifergiacinto8210]

Yep, that'll be the next two-way feat for him to achieve. Also, winning the AL Cy Young Award and AL MVP.

[@stevevang8888]

Running out of words to describe how great Shohei Ohtani is.

[@tamehamehaprints3604]

how about 1/40th of a Big Unit ie only a few yrs ago a guy named Randy Johnson struck out 15+ batters in a game 29 different times.....

[@sleepyheadz]

@@tamehamehaprints3604 who also has only 78 hits out of 625 at-bats while striking out 296 times....

[@crossfox255]

@@tamehamehaprints3604 How many times does Othani face the Giants this year? He might get up to 1/20th just from the giants. Giants have basically played 2 less games than most other teams but lead the league in strikeouts with 317.

[@rdigital854]

No roids, no sticky stuff, no attitude just the humble greatest. And im a phillies fan.

[@meanguy111]

Being humble is vastly overrated

[@bochiecole]

AMEN!

[@BBBoy990]

​@meanguy111 ...said the guy who is not.

[@a-train69420]

Fellow Phillies fan here. Ohtani is 100% my favorite non-Philly player. Not only is he extremely talented but he's such a likable guy. I feel like the whole world wants him to succeed.

[@Onyyyxx]

Real recognize real 💯

[@MTLJack]

1 year later, we are all glad that Shohei no longer have to carry this heavy Angels teams in both Pitching AND batting.

[@davidmoss2576]

Ohtani is just so fun to watch.

[@integralmark]

Ohtani can finish 2023 with 17-20 wins, under 3 ERA, 250 Ks. .290 batting avg, 35 HR, 100 RBI. Any of those projections may be too conservative. We might be seeing the best season ever by any player ever. Stay healthy!!!

[@a-train69420]

Normally with greatness haters are soon to follow, but with Ohtani you'll be hard-pressed to find someone hating on him. Not only is he a once-in a-lifetime player with extraordinary talent on both the mound and in the batter's box, but he's such a likable guy too. The whole baseball world is rooting for him! Not an Angels fan, but certainly a huge Ohtani fan, making the Angels my second favorite team after my Phillies.

[@albundy8192]

i like ohtani. i like trout also. however trount is not mantle and ohtnai will never be even close to the babe. you see if they had a dh back then the babe might of won 300 and 700 homers. ohtani in 10 years if he still pitches could win 175 games and hit 500 homers. that would be something. both seperate not great, but together it would be.

[@mikelucas4247]

​@al bundy babe played in a segregated league. Babe played only 2 seasons as 2 way. No comparison about accomplishments. Ohtani is still going strong. He's a complete strong package

[@st0rmchild]

There's a pretty sizable group of deniers who are really committed to saying Ohtani is "nowhere near" the best. They're the ones who keep bringing up Babe Ruth, as if he could even hit the ball or strike anyone out in today's game.

[@invertbrid]

​@@st0rmchildwell hard ro compare greats from 2 different era but yea baseball def notas comoetitive back then. Todays lvl is way higher

[@CyberSphereChannel]

I was at the Cardinals game tonight. We all showed out for Ohtani. People in line wearing Redbirds jerseys were saying “I wouldn’t mind if he did _____”. The influence is just ridiculous. Mad respect to Ohtani ✊

[@trevorcarey3997]

Ohtani is batting .307 and pitching to a 2.54 ERA, and with 13 Ks Shohei leads the majors in Ks now

[@albundy8192]

he should. he faced oakland twice, kc , cards, nationals, seattle., giants all bad teams

[@1320crusier]

Needs to watch that ERA a bit.

[@mrcalipride]

@@albundy8192 well see next week when he face off the AStro. And this is him not even having spring training to get used to the pitch clock. Dude is already unhittable while having no command right now, good luck once his command comes back.

[@trevorcarey3997]

@@albundy8192 There's an old saying, if your good you'll win against anyone, and Ohtani is 4-0 and also Won 4 Games against the 103 Win Houston Astros

[@baosommurr4566]

​@@albundy8192 someone didn't get enough love from their parents 😂😂

[@sweatyraider7241]

Huge respect for this guy I'm so happy my kids are following him as a role model I hope one day I will be able to bring my kids and watch him play live.

[@bikeyoshiro]

Me too!. I have been a huge fan of ballgame ever since I was a kid. Ohtani outstandingly has brought back a lots of new fans as well as old fanatics like myself.

[@山聖-w4t]

Your son will be next two way player.

[@mountaindew2656]

No way... You have your kids idolize an Asian player??? Jk

[@vincepaperclip7874]

I open KZbin, I search "Ohtani highlights," I click the recent upload. This is how I watch baseball now.

[@thomasperez8978]

ditto

[@dn9597]

This man is just amazing! He's definitely the front runner for MVP this year!!! Let's go Shohei

[@Heybrotruthhurts]

still so surreal to see the starting pitcher also hit this well...once in a lifetime player. One of One. Can only appreciate his greatness

[@bballmemories]

Don't forget 3 hits at the plate and an RBI

[@KeepItReal213]

That’s crazy!!! 🔥

[@fated316]

Ohtani is why i watch baseball.

[@snarkyguy2657]

He's just unreal. That's all that needs to be said.

[@carljuztine3328]

looking back at this now, he is just unreal

[@Rebelass74]

What he is doing right now going for 50/50 is also pretty crazy but I agree with you. The man is a monster! I didn’t even like Baseball but I follow it now. Especially the Show Time!👍🏽

[@jamicl2580]

Shohei is having more fun than anyone on the field. You can see it in his smile, nobody is having more fun and for obvious reasons, he can do everything great. So much talent. ⚾🇺🇲🙏

[@snowmochi1373]

I hope he wins Cy Young and MVP at the same time. That’s be epic

[@shanes.1724]

It’s certainly possible

[@campingking9784]

Yep! Though he won’t be the first one . SS and Cy Young will be even better. MVP will come for free 😁

[@Kane-ib5sn]

don't think that's possible. you'd have to be an alien-humanoid posing as a human to do that...

[@hugosvoboda6524]

Who's hear after 50/50?

[@puredistancegolf]

This guy is unbelievable.

[@LosDoyerss]

Shohei will go down as the best two way player to ever play in the major leagues.

[@shoheiohtani132]

Legendary Ohtani 13 strikeouts, great pitching MLB. Congratulations on achieving 500 strikeouts🎉🎉🎉

[@tamehamehaprints3604]

13? lol.. uh ok.... only a few yrs ago a guy named Randy Johnson struck out 15+ batters in a game 29 different times.....

[@mutantmario6917]

Im so happy to live in Anaheim and be able to see him play as often as I do truly one of a kind

[@solitude7566]

In 5 innings... That's 13 stikeouts out of the 15 outs.

[@andrewlai7929]

crazy

[@assaokinoshita3820]

Unreal

[@sandman62100]

And he gave up 5 runs. Not impressed

[@campingking9784]

@@sandman62100you mean 5 hits(4 runs) Still impressive.

[@solitude7566]

@@sandman62100 It wasn't a great overall game considering the runs allowed but the strike outs are still noteworthy. And Ohtani is the most impressive player in baseball.

[@getlucky1414]

Shohei's "Sho time" gives us such emotional ups & downs that we don't need to go see real shows. ;-) I'm happy for the current Angels team members helping each other to win the game!

[@cos-k7552]

Unbelievable. I have no words to describe him.

[@julymay4160]

This man is a beast he's like jordan pacquiao, phelps,volt

[@pabloruiz6224]

That’s an excellent career strikeout record by Shohei Ohtani. Keep it up, Shohei!

[@anandguruji83]

SHOHEI OTHANI 13K’S

[@anandguruji83]

SHOHEI OTHANI 13K’S

[@CUMBICA1970]

I mean dang his physical prowess is just unparalleled. You weren't supposed to swing a bat after a start let alone in the same game. And he's gonna play tomorrow like business as usual.

[@jsunboogie]

generational greatness

[@DaveTheTurd]

Just incredible.

[@tyrellarchives7852]

Shohei striking out 13, giving up some runs, raking in 3 hits, having himself a good time in the little league.

[@ゆゆ-p5n]

最近のエンゼはチームで勝ってて凄い好き 投谷が大変な時にみんなで助ける 良いチームになって来た

[@jacquesmesrine3244]

This man does it all. There's no stopping him⚾️

[@siniister710]

this man had 3 hits and 13 ks in the same game

[@jordyjordz55]

He's my first guy id pick for my baseball team. I betcha if he could pitch and catch at the same time he would. Oozes talent.

[@てりたま-d2j]

I mean, 13Ks in 5 innings is just unbelievable. 13/15 of the outs he took were Ks!

[@crossfox255]

especially againt the Cards. They're a very disiplined team and always near the least strikeouts for a team in a season.

[@호호호-v7t]

The best two-way superstar Shohei, you're amazing

[@호호호-v7t]

the perfect combination of a pitcher and a batter Ohtani is a baseball genius

[@fortsickill06]

Who's here after 50-50 to remind yourself that dude is also a pitcher?

[@BryanChance]

Absolutely fun to watch Shohei, Trout and MLB baseball. Shohei was so close to hitting for the cycle last week! I hope he gets a cycle soon!! EDIT: didn't mean to take anything away from the incredible 13 strikeouts in 5 innings!!

[@レンドーン-x2m]

6.13.2019

[@hyperlee78]

Don't know anything about baseball but what's a cycle

[@DustyMagroovy]

@@hyperlee78 when, in one game, a hitter hits a single, double, triple, and home run in any order.

[@high-defRJ]

I hope he gets a cycle while throwing a perfect game 😉

[@BryanChance]

@@hyperlee78 That's when you hit a single, a double, a triple and homerun in the same game.

[@assaokinoshita3820]

Ohtani was born for baseball

[@richie6214]

Awesome shohei 💓

[@superfactorial5717]

Weird day for shohei. Strikes out 13 in just 5 innings (i think the two remaining outs were a caught stealing and a ground out), normally a 4 hit game would be fine but he also gave up 2 hrs and 4 runs. Couldnt quite get the W or the QS, despite striking out almost every batter he faced. Well at least he also went 3-5 on the plate with 1 R and 1 RBI

[@omgbygollywow]

Baseball is a weird game. Good to see his team pick him up the last two games.

[@tahzib1451]

he is slowly converting to the blowpen religion

[@superfactorial5717]

so uhh some shohei stats so far: he now has a .307 BA with .365 on base and .553 slugging. he leads his team it BA, and second to trout on OPS, though i think he now leads the team in hits he still leads the team in the pitching side, with now a 2.54 ERA with an impressive 59 Ks in 39.0 innings pitched, for a 13.6K/9IP (i think that is the AL record for now)

[@panner11]

Not just a 5 hit game, but a 6 batted ball game with 1 walk. Pretty anomalous numbers. 5/6 batted balls being hits, and 4/6 being extra base hits is unlucky even if you happen to throw a few meatballs.

[@siriusblack7714]

I always viewed him as a hitter who could pitch. But hes most definitely a pitcher who can hit

[@helloman3676]

Or a player who can do both 😂😂😂

[@reimaaki5737]

He is an ACE who's #MVP caliber SLugger... i beLieve thats the most proper words^_^。CONGRATULATiON #大谷翔平 #500 Strikes Out🥳🥰😇。

[@kenjiujitsu2024]

he's an ace pitcher who can hit 40+ homeruns

[@KeepItReal213]

He’s an elite hitter and slugger who is also an Ace pitcher. He’s really both. Not one before the other 🤷‍♂️

[@slleung8979]

Shohei is actually a three-way baseball player starting from this season. Don't forget Shohei is the fastest runner from home to 1st base (4.02sec) in MLB as well. And Shohei has 5 stolen bases now, he is the SB leader in Angels. Plus this season's new pitch-clock rule made Shohei taken half of a catcher's job, Shohei makes decisions of all the pitches and takes away half of the workloads and responsibility from the catcher. Yet Shohei never ask the catcher to share half of the catcher's payroll 😂.

[@simonrangel9522]

The Amazing Shohei‼️ 😇

[@511dydy]

Shohei does everything by himself

[@frisky_dart7273]

Can someone help me understand how it’s possible someone has a 307 Batting Average while leading the game in strikeouts?

[@RDMsept1992]

He’s a joke. That’s how.

[@xalrmblessweb1494]

HE IS THE ONLY REASON WHY I WATCH MLB.

[@RyanPhung725]

i love shohei. never liked baseball but man is it fun watching him throw and swing

[@leroyapplegate5049]

At some point in the foreseeable future he will unanimously be talked about as the greatest baseball player ever. It's so awesome to see!!

[@chilltownallstar]

13 Ks then you have to see him at the plate next. Ohtani has the ability to completely control the game when he pitches.

[@joggingscissors632]

He's just too good

[@thomasperez8978]

Ohtani is the reason I watch baseball again.

[@すぎもと-m9g]

13奪三振！👏👏👏👏

[@frankkim6502]

Every time I watch Ohtani's highlights, I'm amazed that I'm watching one same player's highlights. It's almost like watching someone playing QB then DB

[@trevorcarey3997]

I know pitch count is now the norm, but I remember watching in Oct 7 1991 when David Cone threw 142 pitches to strickout 19 batters in a game, Ohtani had 13 Ks in 5 innings, if he would've gone the whole 9 innings he could've tied or set a major league record of Ks in a game.

[@くろまによん]

結果的にチームが勝ったのが良かった。

[@high-defRJ]

Watching the game in Japan, I don't think I'm the only one, but I think a handful of Japanese fans felt joy and empathy of Shohei striking out of his new buddy in Nootbaar at the same time. しかたがないな〜。

[@ゴハントクランチ]

one of a kind

[@호호호-v7t]

13 strikeouts as a pitcher three hits, one run, and an RBI as a batter Ohtani is the god of baseball

[@12mountain]

His first 7 outs of the game were all strikeouts…before he had an out on a ball in play he already had 2 hits himself. Sheesh.

[@yu_sho3455]

Shohei is the best

[@SestoElomenTo11]

UNBELIEVABLE!

[@LarryBeeswax]

I'm just waiting for the day this dude hits for the cycle and gets 20 Ks all in one game.

[@Picasso-f9j]

Pitcher, Hitter, Second Base Stealer 😮

[@petrmolina7975]

Cy Young award? Forget it. We need to crown him with Ohtani award.

[@kkkkk94637]

That’s super cool when I look at stat leaders in Yahoo Sports. Both batting and pitching leaders are shown Ohtani. 🦄

[@donaldmao6817]

Need to see Ohtani in the playoffs

[@asphyxiafeeling]

We're witnessing greatness. I LOVE to see it.

[@bitemenow609]

Ohtani is the Clear MVP any year he does this. Judge is only 1/2 the player Ohtani is.

[@PopOutPaulie]

13ks 3for3 with rbi and a xbh just for fun. God this guy is the greatest player I've ever seen and its not even close

[@jeffreygarcia3539]

It’s not like he’s a 3rd string kinda guy on the rotation. He’s a 1 and he rakes like no one does… the best I’ll ever see

[@lebbeus]

13 strikeouts against a legit lineup, that’s unicorn stuff

[@honhuaho5960]

I just realize how ungrateful we are to witness an athlete at this caliber. I'm not a baseball fan or MLB so that's probably the reason.

[@lightabaddon4193]

how can someone hate ohtani bro??? he is literally carrying MLB..

[@norihiro01]

korea and china:says hold my beer 😐

[@twofivelee325]

@@norihiro01 Dude, I'm Korean and I love this guy

[@norihiro01]

@@twofivelee325 Dude, sorry but real koreans in korea don't speak like that

[@MyArisz]

I can’t wait till shohei improves his command. Seem to be still adjusting his command. Imagine striking out 10 plus without that much command how more if he takes control of it.

[@Kevinjimtheone]

I just cannot compute how he can all that. It makes no sense. It must be an incredible experience to watch him live.

[@prod.kuwanzee]

This guy makes me love baseball! He’s actually amazing

[@slikman19]

I feel like I'm watching a live adaptation of an anime

[@ShikataGaNai100]

...and now, an LA Dodger, with a 10-year, $700M contract.

[@ee-fs7fi]

He is also very smart. In the early stages, I am throwing while trying. I'm looking at season hitters, not data.

[@bochiecole]

once-in-a-generation athlete

[@Xyy2387]

The thing I appreciate the most is that he's doing this while playing for power and speed.

[@eclectica1]

Man...this dude... Protect him at all costs.

[@nhovyjann]

GREATEST OF ALL TIME. NOT EVEN A DEBATE.

[@marco4103]

Despite giving up 4 runs he is still that good and that ain't fair with 13K

[@andrewlai7929]

it is no doubt got 200so this season

[@michaelt8680]

He just keeps getting better.

[@CrustyCrendan]

As a Cards fan it's never been so fun watching my team rack up Ks

[@joonpaik5156]

Amazing and Amazing !!!

[@123_day]

New Balance, please give Shohei some better laces.

[@rodneyakjohnson451]

This man is a beast …

[@tubesurfing]

Ohtani the powerhouse

[@jonnytang9949]

What a Shoei!!!!

[@DallasTechie]

On his way to being the GOAT.

[@trevorcarey3997]

On this day on May 4 2018 Albert Pujols of the Angels got his 3,000 Hits, at the time the 4th player to get 3,000 Hits and 600 HRs (Albert ended up with 3,384 Hits & 703 HRs, only 2nd player to do it) and you can see a young rookie Goat Shohei Ohtani congratulating👏🏼 one of the all time great Albert Pujols, 2 of my favorite players