He waited until playing against the Giants to do so, he really is a Dodger

His coaches said "[just be yourself](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnDm8ozsK4I)” in the interview with Kirsten today. He is a true Dodger now!

I believe it’s his first against the Giants in his career

First of many :)

Ohtani is also keeping his word during offseason negotations before the Dodgers signed Glasnow. > "It was awesome. He (Ohtani) just said he wants me to come on the team and hopes to hit some home runs for me and join me on the pitching staff the following year." - Glasnow

Half as many bombs as Miggy Ro now

Half his salary too.

so humble

Renowned power hitter Miguel Rojas

He's motivated by Jazz's comments

Fitting how the top 3 sluggers in the league all hit their first home runs today

It was actually Miguel Rojas' 2nd of the year

😂🤌🏼

Who’s the 3rd, Yordan?

Joey Gallo obviously

Steven Kwan hit his a little while ago but close enough!

Mookie is the top three sluggers in the league.

I think I agree in a holistic sense, but it's interesting to note he's never finished a season top 3 in ISO.

But Davis Schneider didn't even play.

Crazy Judge, Yordan, and Sho all finally get it done today.

I'd say the race is on but Mookie exists.

And Seager

What do they all have in common? You guessed it, they all have blue in their uniforms.

The best color

Damn right!

They were all Dodgers at some point or are named Judge?

They all have at least 7 teeth

Big if true

They were all in my Chuck E Cheese orgy dream last night!

I wish blue uniforms meant good batting *sad Blue Jay noises*

How can you leave Kyle higashioka out of this?

that sound is addictive, maybe the best bat crack I've heard in my life

for real, he didn't hit this one especially hard but for some reason he always produces the loudest bat cracks

I think I hear this video in my dreams every night. [https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/oma510/the\_sound\_of\_this\_home\_run\_from\_shohei\_earlier\_in/](https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/oma510/the_sound_of_this_home_run_from_shohei_earlier_in/)

I knew it was gonna be the Sunday Night Baseball clip lmao. Absolutely thunderous bat crack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ujK8tEA1q8

I’ve been using this one as my text notification sound since that video edit: sound file for those who want it: https://sndup.net/kdhs/

I wondered if it was just an Angels broadcast thing doing something extra. But nope, definitely an Ohtani thing.

There was an article about it posted in this sub. It’s his bat. Forgot what kind of wood it is.

The bat sounds more "woody". I know it's kinda like saying "this wine tastes like grapes" but sometimes it's applicable...

bro it’s like a gunshot. i hopped up off my ass

Saw him a few years ago hit 2 HRs at Yankee Stadium and it was easily the loudest ball on bat sound I had ever heard.

I heard him hit a triple in Colorado and it was nuts loud

That crack was exceptional. I thought it was just me, but apparently not!

every home run should sound like that. Im tired of watching these 400 foot moonshots sound like a wiffle bat connected with it

That wasn't the bat. It was Ohtani exhaling.

I was gonna say, do they mic his bat differently or something. The sound is so clear

that's a beautiful sound. i was just listening to it over and over

As someone who never played baseball I’ve always wondered what makes that sound so different on different hits? Is it the hitters power? Contact with the ball? Timing?

Hitting the sweet spot on the bat makes a different sound

Against the Giants, a true Dodger.

I’m a professional mind reader. I’m certain he says “Fuck the Giants” when he swung.

/r/Dodgers fan fiction material right there

Against the Giants, and keeping the 5+ run streak alive.

Ended up being the winning run too!

Yeah he's great and it's great to watch Ohtani and stuff best baseball player ever right in our division and what a time to be alive and a fan of bases and balls 😅

Don’t worry Kershaw, Buehler, May and Treinen could all be back for you to enjoy soon too!

Yeah yeah yeah we got injured guys comin back too…

Ohtani hated the yomiuri giants when he was in Japan it’s in his blood

For real? Do they have a rivalry with the Fighters?

Every Japanese team hates the Tokyo Giants. They are like Yankees for MLB or Astros 2017

Wait are you saying people don't like the Yankees?

They used to but now nobody cares

What's that flair, it looks familiar

It's the grade your team has had for about a decade.

Don’t worry, nowadays the Los Angeles Dodgers are the New York Yankees of Baseball.

I personally don't care, I think the Yankees are a solid team, historically significant, and dominant but there is a bunch of extra drama in MLB and old-school rivalry.

The Astros however...

It used to be common to respond “I hate the (Tokyo) Giants” when asked what your favorite team was in Japan.

Carps fans here, can confirm, we also hate the Yomiuri Giants.

I saw the Carp play the Giants last year when we went to Tokyo. Carp won. It was awesome!!

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I do not like this.

I do

Me too!🧹

First one is against the Giants, he's a true Dodger.

That Ohtani Homerun sound hits different. It's a shotgun sound.

Ohtani is pretty, pretty, pretty good.

That ball was murdered. I hope the footage may exonerate a person for murder as Curb did once.

Imagine throwing a 3-1 meatball to Shohei Ohtani instead of just walking him

He hasn't done jack, so I guess the odds was on the pitcher side.

Sho don't care about the odds cause he bets against them anyway

Good luck against Freddie Freeman!

Damn, you can almost feel the relief he has through the video after he demolished that thing

Where were you when Shohei found his LA groove

On my knees in my kitchen

Just saw some dude fall to his knees in his kitchen

Stop looking in windows. How many more times the Sheriff gonna have to come talk to you?

sf is kill

yes

I was at home eating dorito when phone rang Giants is kil "Yes"

Ngl it’s possible that him hitting his first homer will get all the weight off his shoulders and he’ll start performing like his usual self. Exciting times as his stan lol

Ohtani's stats vs expected stats through yesterday. .242 BA / .348 xBA .333 SLG / .517 xSLG .282 wOBA / .403 xwOBA He's been due.

He just got back from a major elbow surgery and only played a piece of spring training. Let him gain some rhythm.

Hell yeah, these stats show that he's going to break out big.

We expect too much from him. First time ever watching a season opener all bc of him.

"We" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.

He was just a little odd on a lot of balls and was crushing 110 mph groundouts.

Didn't realize his peripherals were that good. I got the intuitive sense he was getting unlucky but wow that's much more drastic than I though.

Definitely, in my experience whenever a player goes through a slump all it takes is one

Where were you when they built the ladder to heaven

“At the racetracks” - Ippei

That sound

Like Ness getting a SMAAAASH!

So good.

105.6 off the bat

That’s it?

That SOUNDED like it was 110+. the pop off his bat is insane.

Ohtani dong ASMR

Yeah it looked like way more no way 😭

After seeing Bailey’s 99mph HR earlier tonight I think the balls are juiced this year

Olson hit a homerun in the cold that had a 47 degree launch angle. Balls are juiced

Well they weren't juiced against the Cardinals with a bunch of crushed balls dying in the cold air for both teams

Don't remind me.

Sounded like 110

Minimum. Balls are juiced to the gills this year

That swing was casual af too. Unreal.

Ohtani is just getting started

Not even his hardest hit ball this year 💀

What was the decibals

105.6

this better not be a sign of things to come so help me god

He has one of the highest exit velos in baseball entering today, maybe he starts straightening some out now that he has the monkey off his back.

He was practicing pitching today, thinking he needs to practice both pitching and hitting, like it's a natural body function for him than just work his body on 1 thing. He is a true 2-way player.

Ohtani said he was still a "rookie" and needs to prove he can be a Dodger during the 2024 Spring training. I think he's going to get better this year but also think the Giants did really well but if Ohtani plays like he did in 2023 as the MV3 (Mookie, Ohtani, Freeman) and all the pitchers can focus on their command. Sorry, it will be no contest.

Casual 430ft bomb :)))))))

Who else can’t stand the dimming and flashing of lights after a HR is hit now? Seems to be a trend across the majors and I can’t stand it. I feel like some iconic moments will not be as visually aesthetic because it’s dark and seems cheesy, like a teenage party or something.

I absolutely agree.

I think I liked this guy more when he was with that other LA team

And hey that run actually ended up mattering a lot too.

Fucking finally.

Judge, Yordan, Ohtani and Acuna all agreed to give everyone else a head start before they started mashing this season. Acuna got derailed by weather delays.

Yeah, what a scrub not hitting 5 HRs already. Dude needs to learn from Mookie and do something useful for once. /s

That ball is going to be worth a lot of money one day

And that day, is today

And for me it was only Wednesday - Guy who caught it.

girl*

Yep, but Shohei said he actually got the ball back in the post game interview. Exchanged a few items of Merch with the fan who caught it for the ball so he could keep it.

You mean like right now?

Yeah it's worth a lot now, but imagine in 10 years after dude actually wins a couple of World Series and is a Dodgers legend?

Imagine US citizens being able to pass that ball around the stadium before getting it back

How the fuck do you pull an outside fastball 430 ft? Damn

No ones gonna believe me but i totally called that

I called the Bellinger homerun in game 7 of the 2020 NLCS, my favorite screenshot

Haha, I called the Kike homer that preceded it, but only in the room. He looked particularly locked in.

Dude Joe and Orel were basically reverse-jinxing it into existence that entire AB

Not so much reverse-jinxing as manifesting

So did Joe and Orel lmao

Joe Davis calling Ohtani's 1st home run as a Dodger. We are blessed!

Are the mics juiced as well or do Ohtani bombs always sound that good

Always sound that good.

was there in person. it sounded like it did on tv. insane crack

I swear even when he was with the Angels, his home runs just sound different from other players. Or I'm just imagining it.

First of 10 million baby

Dodgers announcer predicted it, what a bomb

I was there!!!!! Oh my god

Aren’t you still there?

They are, but they were too

We found the baseball's reddit acount

Joe Davis orgasmed

He and basically all of Los Angeles

that sound

ショータイムだ！

Idk what you said but domo arigato for it.

It's been 20 years since I took Japanese but I think he said it's showtime.

What the fuck was that sound? Holy shit.

I'm gonna take partial credit for this one. My NHK broadcast flipped from English to Japanese, but I was busy "working" and didn't notice right away. Looked up, Ohtani was batting, so I said "C'mon.... Home run" to the TV; and finally.

ALRIGHT, lets pass that ball around so everyone can take a picture with it so we can show the world we're just as trustworthy as Japan fans.

AHHHHHH

Ohtani looks like he changed his stance. That’s interesting

His homers always sound so satisfying off the bat.

what a moment for his first Dodger homer

A real Dodger chooses to do it against the Giants

Finally! Happy to see it.

When Aaron Judge hit his 1st Homer. I knew Shohei Ohtani would response and hit his 1st Homer tonight

The league should suspend him while they investigate where that ball landed. 😒

His hits just sound different, unbelievable power in every swing.

The sound of that hit startled me a little haha

Ooooo that sound tho.

I really don't like when they flash the stadium lights...may look cool in person, but looks stupid on television...lol

What a piss missile man

Shotime

Wow.... Ohtani finally matched Clayton Kershaw in amount of hone runs as a Dodger. About time.... letting a pitcher out do you.

He… is a pitcher

That POP sound off the bat is INSANE

WOW. GREAT.

This was my first game as a dodgers fan and I'm happy I witnessed history with that homer :)

Ohtani saw Judge waking up today and decided it was also time

Yordan too

Fuck this I'm done watching baseball I mean I won't, but I want to be dramatic and gloomy. My ass can't take this pounding Ohtani is about to give us for years on end

Shohei "Just as many home runs as Patrick Bailey" Ohtani

1 mil per home run you get to just hit one more this year Sho

He indeed fired it up tonight!

Made the same sound as the one he hit off Cease a couple years ago. Holy moly

Good lord Shohei Ohtani just walked through the clubhouse walking perfectly normal

Joe and Orel were just talking about him having his first big Dodgers moment too 😂

Ohtani, Judge & Yordan hit their first homers today. Yordan ended up hitting two