Remember the days in which your favorite pitcher would get a hit in a game — this is mostly for National League fans! — and you’d watch him put on a jacket to run the bases to stay warm for when he’d head back to the mound?
Well, those days are over. Pitchers no longer hit (boo) thanks to universal DHs.
But there’s one man who can save us from missing the jacket-on-the-bases look: Shohei Ohtani.
On Monday, as the Boston Red Sox hosted Ohtani and the Los Angeles Angels on Patriots’ Day 2023, Ohtani got on base … AND HE PUT ON A JACKET!
Fans loved it:
Everyone loved it
Starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani put on a jacket to run the bases. Quite literally something I’ve never seen at Fenway before pic.twitter.com/wZSix6CLdf
— Ashley Green (@agreenphotog) April 17, 2023
Although he struggled with the zipper, which is relatable:
There is one thing in this life that Shohei Ohtani cannot do:
Zip a jacket
— Shawn Spradling (@Shawn_Spradling) April 17, 2023
Shohei Ohtani is human after all.
Zipping up a jacket like a 4-year-old kid 😂
— Noah Bieniek (@Seventy7NB) April 17, 2023
Among all his other distinctions, Shohei Ohtani is the last MLB pitcher to bat, which means he's also the last one to wear a jacket while running the bases (including today at Fenway)
(h/t @matt_cimetti)
(cc: @alexhider) pic.twitter.com/xwHRCsvoyo— Paul Lukas (@UniWatch) April 17, 2023
Ohtani wearing the pitcher jacket while running the bases is giving 8AM tournament vibes pic.twitter.com/sZwpX9NOKB
— Jordan Cicchelli (@jordancicchelli) April 17, 2023
Something you just won't see all that often anymore (but was fairly common for many years), Shohei Ohtani putting on a jacket while on the bases this afternoon to help keep his pitching arm warm pic.twitter.com/WtjgJP1XzR
— Chris Creamer (@sportslogosnet) April 17, 2023
OMG WE HAVE A PITCHER JACKET ON BASE APPEARANCE! WHAT CANT SHOHEI OHTANI DO! pic.twitter.com/Teu40kfRbj
— Marc Luino (@GiraffeNeckMarc) April 17, 2023
Ohtani is a base runner jacket guy pic.twitter.com/UcTaKQ8mJC
— Justin (@JustinMLB) April 17, 2023
Idk how or why but seeing Ohtani wear the pitcher’s jacket on 1st suddenly made me realize how crazy it is that he’s able to hit and pitch at an elite level jeez what a guy pic.twitter.com/slOB9bl5Rh
— No More Fielders (@nomorefielders) April 17, 2023
