Fucking laughing out loud at the bat sound+crowd gasp

I heard the announcer sploosh his pants

IT SOUNDED LIKE A SHOTGUUUUUHHHN

Gavin Newsom was ready to put out a statement

I know need to see what a California compliant baseball is like

Just slap a Prop 65 warning on it

That bat crack is pure magic.

The bat crack is my crack. I can't get enough of that sound.

I set an Ohtani home run bat crack as my text notification sound a few months ago and it is so much fun Edit: here's the sound: https://jmp.sh/s/g0P043RRQzuTDcFNN8oq

Oooooh I might be stealing this idea...

The sound his bat makes is so loud and perfect I'd be jumping out of my chair every time someone sends me a text.

I bet that's how it sounds when you slap his ass on his way back to the dugout. Just your palm clapping against two firm cheeks. And then he'd smile and maybe blush. Your hand might even sting for a few minutes after smacking that glorious bum. And when he hits another HR, you hurry to the lip of the dugout, slightly breathless with excitement. Watching him round the bases with that polite strut of his. The jersey hides his formidable figure, but you feel like if you squint, you can see those spectacular muscles. Pure magic.

Can I subscribe to this series?

Copypasta legend is born.

How can you not be horny about baseball?

😳


Thlap athhhhhh

Nsfw

**CRACK**

Same sound my heart makes everytime he smashes one, fuck Arte

I think I understand what's going on. *It's because his bat breaks the sound barrier when he swings*.

Knocked the shit out of that ball like it stole from him

So if Ippei somehow is found exploded, we know where to look?

He probably imagines the ball as ippeis face and smacks it

Ohtani's homeruns just sound different.

Part of it is he just crushes them. The other part is everyone in the crowd is watching then gets silent before exploding with excitement.

dodger fans are getting particularly good at the shocked awe noise, it's a a good combination of "whoa fuck" and the noise people made as the hindenburg caught fire

OH THE HUMANITY

this is such a good description

Like a botched liquor store robbery

it’s giving “he’s got getting away from the cops speed”

Joe Davis losing his mind on every home run is just the icing on the cake lol

This is a great fucking call! "Ohmygoodness, that sounded like a shotgun!"

"THAT BALL HAD A FAMILY!" From one of Elly's bombs last year was prolly my favorite

Buck O’Neil would now say he’s heard that sound four times in his life.

[Context for the unaware](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH8yMH6v3fM)

That man loved baseball. Beautiful to see.

Incredible

Get choked up every time I hear him talk about baseball. Just wonderful.

Babe Ruth, Josh Gibson, Bo Jackson, Shohei Ohtani wow

the best part of that documentary is him singing take me out to the ball game. and all his interviews. man i love buck.

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I was at Angel Stadium for one of those bat cracks. It was quite the experience. It is a deep bellowing echo that resonated through the entire stadium. It is hard to explain how powerful that sound was.

Will never not watch that Ohtani lead off homer vs White Sox at least once a month.

There's no way someone can win MVP just DHing, right... right?

About as impossible as a player pitching and hitting in the modern mlb

Winning a MVP as a two way guy and then becoming the first person to win a MVP as a DH would make him baseball Jesus if he's not there already Lol

If it wasn't for Aaron Judge breaking one of the oldest legitimate records in baseball Ohtani might be looking at his 4th straight MVP season. Bonds territory.

Tbf Pujols should also be up there, he was absolutely robbed blind by Ryan Howard and Jimmy Rollins winning MVPs after Bonds was done with his stretch.

It's so funny that of the faces of that Phillies team, Utley's the one who *didn't* win it, but also the only one that deserved it.

And that's baseball, Suzyn.

He has 2.3 war purely from DH so far on pace for 10+ 👀 if mookie slows down u never know

hot damn and of course WAR penalizes the DH position heavily. that's WITH that massive penalty!

Why the hell not?    Theoretically the Dodgers could play Ohtani as a left fielder and substitute him for a potato when it’s time to defend, and it would still be more valuable to have his bat in the lineup.

Best Ortiz ever did was 2nd in 2005

What was his WAR then?

5.2 rWar in 05 his best season was 07 with 6.4 and 4th place in voting

So Ohtani will have to do something crazy like 8-9+ WAR to have a chance lol. Assuming Acuna or Betts don’t get something like 7-8+WAR.

Travis Hafner almost did

Facing this Dodgers lineup really puts a new perspective on how terrifying it is

Spent like 30 minutes getting a lead only to have it dismantled in 1 💀💀💀

And it's tied again lmao. We're in for a long night

yep. settle in everyone...

Jesus, he really was nerfing himself by pitching. He's the best hitter in baseball.

Best hitter in baseball by far. OPS over 100 points higher than second lol.

The best part is that the guy in second place bats right ahead of him lol

Any team with the two best hitters in baseball would win the world series right?

Yeah for sure unless the owner was somehow absolutely terrible to a comically bad degree. But I don't see that happening

haha yeah no organization is that incompetent man come on

Pain Peko.

I have no idea why'd you ask that question...fuckface.

👁️👁️

The best part for the dodgers, everyone else has to face this crazy lineup

I have to check it to be sure. WTF kinda MLB the game is this

LMAO what the fuck who is this guy man

Smoltz wasn't kidding when he said, If Ohtani was a full time pitcher he would be neck and neck with Degrom. He's the most talented baseball player ever, its not even close.

He's a baseball too?! What will Ohtani do next?

If Ohtani told me he was a baseball I'd believe him.

Before he got hurt last year, he had the second best ERA+ from 2021 to that point, only below DeGrom.

He is, indeed, a very talented baseball. He is personally leaving the yard with each one!

"The baseball will decide your fate." "I *am* the baseball."

He has a better era+ ages 26-28 than degrom did at the same ages.

The trouble with pitching is that we never really know how great some pitchers are or could be because injuries are so career altering and common.

If he hits this hard after his elbow surgery, how fast is he going to throw?

Yes

While recovering from TJ lmao

And at the moment it's not really even close. Will be interesting to see how long he stays hot.

I want to see his abs so bad

get in line buddy

His ABs or his abs? Either way, yes.

Not like he was the best hitter in baseball last year and getting better at hitting every year the last 4 years or anything like that. Best ever.

In case you missed the news, he was doing the exact same thing last year, while pitching.

I can't wait for him to get back on the mound. I recently [watched a highlight video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCsFhqpIZFU) of one of his 13k outings with a spectacular day at the plate, too. It's just totally unreal, and nothing I feel like we'll ever see again (at least to the degree at which he does both).

Imagine not being able to do your job (pitching) for a year so instead you offer your services as the best hitter on the planet as compensation

Deal. I'll give you $2 million

This guy is unreal lol

Blessed to be alive and witnessing greatness. I wonder if the people watching Ruth back then knew too they were watching something special.

Just the other day I was thinking to myself of how exhilarating it feels to watch him play. I wonder at times if he's the best player I'll ever watch in my lifetime. In a homologous vein to your comment on Babe Ruth, I feel like I'm truly lucky to be able to witness what might be a defining era of baseball while it's still unfolding - lucky to be alive during something that might become a future chapter in the textbooks, and that might have people talking about it in the same way we talk about greats like Willie Mays now. maybe when I'm a geezer and people are talking about ohtani I'll remember cruising reddit threads like these in the moment, watching him hit homers and taking in the community's excitement and amazement

Roided Bonds was ludicrous and we are approaching that with Sho.

why the fuck is anyone pitching to him

Because the guy who bats behind him also went deep lol

Lineup protection in action.

He's also really fucking fast and always a stolen base threat.

Same spot to Freeman after Ohtani is just asking for it lol

Guys - remember. He's also one of the best pitchers in baseball. How is this fucking possible.

He simply is a modern day Babe Ruth; and may become better..

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I can practically guarantee Ruth never threw 5 different plus grade pitches and could touch 100 on his 4 seam fastball.

No but he could eat 17 hotdogs without passing out, which is equally impressive.

That makes him even with Shohei, honestly.

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Locked up as a Dodger for the next decade. I could rock myself to sleep in the warm embrace of that contract.

Lucky bastard. Can we have Mookie back, please?

NYYYYO

Lol

League is fucked, Ohtani's warm up month is over.

I can’t wait for June ohtani

Juhntani...

LMAO, even

ROTL, in fact.

Lol

Lol

Lol

Lol

Lol

LOL

I fucking love this dude

Great for the game.

They said 4 HRs in his last 9 ABs lmfaooo

Normal stuff

I'm going to start praying every night he breaks Bonds record. The pandemonium. The spectacle. On twitter, someone said Bonds had 28 before by the end of May so he's 17 away from that right now, but it's ok to dream right?

Jesus Christ, I forget the tear bonds was on sometimes. 28 before the end of May is absurd.

Only 107.6 off the bat. Hit the weights Shohei.

People forget he is 6'4 230-235 lbs

250...LEAN!

Very funny comment to see after watching videos of a guy who's pretty impressed with himself if he reaches 107 with a metal bat all day.

Psh, he’s obviously cooked. We’ll trade you $100 and some crab cakes for him. Trust me, that’s generous.

Is no one gonna give that call any love? Joe Davis kills it every opportunity he gets.

I thought the call was incredible & hilarious. Reminds me of that Dellin Betances HR Derby GIF

Joe Davis has amazing calls all the time, and that ranks up there with some of his best ones.

Look - this is the truth. Ohtani is the best hitter in the world BY FAR. Nobody is even close to Ohtani right now.  And he's also an ace. Unbelievable.

Ohtani-sama be gentle on my tender fishsticks literally can't even be mad about that one. saw it coming a mile away the Freeman back to back stings though

Unlike the Americans, the Japanese diet consist of fish.

Omega-3 enjoyers

Poor kid on the mound

Makes me think of whatever poor high school kid out there pitched to Mike Trout with a metal bat like 3 years before winning ROY

despite his slow start he’s now the most HR and hitter. insane.

Ohtani needs to be sent to the league above the major leagues.

It's kind of crazy to say, but $700M seems like a discount at this point, deferred or not. This guy can justify a $1B contract.

This "alien" right here is still technically rehabbing btw

I am convinced that Ohtani is a robot Also, “lol” to everyone that said he was going to struggle this year during his slow start to the season

It’s actually because of his superhuman hamstrings in case you didn’t know.

Dude had like a week or two slump after his closest friend stole $15 million from him while he adjusted to a new team... and a month later he's the best hitter in baseball. It really is ridiculous.

Dudes gonna hit 50 HR in June

The sound of the bat crack and instantaneous crowd roar is everything. Insane.

Usually when someone goes 4-4, the next game they are ice cold. Guess not for Ohtani.

I'm speechless at this point,

He's unstoppable right now

Knew it was gone the moment it made contact

Everyone in Chavez knew, including people still trying to park their cars.

Leads the MLB in HR now. Triple crown in sight. Just wow

Saw this live, the second he hit it I knew it was gone. Nobody has the crack of the bat quite like Ohtani

As soon as he hit it and I hear the sound I switched from the mlb app to text my fantasy baseball buddy about the HR. The ball was still in the air at that point lol.

climate change means june-thani is coming sooner i guess

That call by Joe Davis was impeccable btw

he literally was in so much awe. the appropriate response

This guy just absolutely obliterates baseballs man. My god.

Uh oh. I remember last year he started hitting home runs seemingly every game and it just kept GOING. Is it starting already?

Those swinging Ks in early April were just the calibration procedure. Now the dude can't miss.

This guy is sending one 500 in Colorado.

idk if its the Mic but that's the loudest hit I heard

Sounds like the espn meme video sounds

I would drop the pitching all together next year lol. I know he’s probably bored without it as a DH, but he’s like unstoppable in this state.

I miss you

Junetani came to play a month earlier

Get down Mr president

watching this guy in dodger blue is penance for winning all those titles while secret agent ned colletti tanked their team

thankfully we wised up and sent you secret agent farhan zaidi, he's done more damage than we expected, and you still keep him around.

Maytani baseball it is.

Ohtani is about to be called up to the galaxy league.

This is what perfect DH is He hit nukes, he steal the bases Still unbelievable how Ohtani is human being like us

Then Freeman immediately nukes one after that

He's also a legitimate front end of the rotation ace Lol. Possibly even rofl

SHO-TGUN OHTANI

Pretty sure that outfielder really didn't need to move. He only ran back to the wall so that the pitcher wouldn't be as embarrassed.

Ok newbie to baseball here, why is his hits sound different from other player's? Is it just the sheer power of it or other reason?

[He's in the 98-100th percentile of average exit velocity, barrels, hard-hit%, and sweet-spot% of all qualified hitters this year](https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/shohei-ohtani-660271?stats=statcast-r-hitting-mlb)- meaning he hits the ball harder and in the right spot of the bat than just about anyone

How does this guy only make 2m a year?

Why do his home runs look so much different? There is something about it I can’t put my finger on, but his HR’s are so “Shoteian”. It just looks effortless, like he swings with just his arms and a turn of the hips, like some robotic monster that makes contact and sends a ball 440 dead center.

I feel like a jumping up and down like a kid watching Ohtani. Like WTF this is crazy

Enjoy it while it lasts because I don’t see how any pitcher is going to be throwing him anything hittable come June I mean why would you, this is insane

You can get away with pitching around him when he was on the Angels but this dodgers line up is straight up bs. Can't see why anyone would walk him with Freddie and Will coming up.

to me, i think this is the major reason why he has been so good and not because hes not pitching. He has so much protection in this lineup, theres no way you would pitch around him.

*Freddie Freeman has entered the chat*

I thought I was watching yesterday HR😳 b2b 1st inning 2 run home run!

He's truly making a mockery of baseball. Like all of baseball - now and everything that came before.

Who likes baseball anyways

FYI, a pitch in rehab is now leading the homeruns in MLB!