Shohei Ohtani is in the midst of one of the most historic seasons in MLB history and on Monday night, he took things to another level with a beautiful bat flip after a huge home run against the Yankees, and MLB fans absolutely loved it.
Ohtani crushed a two-run blast, his MLB-best 35th home run, to left-center in the bottom of seventh inning to tie the game at 3-3. He admired his blast as soon as it left his bat and then flipped his bad in the air when he knew it was gone.
All of this emotion was just so cool to see:
OHTANI, TIE GAME 🦄@Angels | #GoHalos pic.twitter.com/KES9yGTrdY
— Bally Sports West (@BallySportWest) July 18, 2023
Look at that bat flip:
Shohei Ohtani, Bat Flip Mechanics (slow).
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) July 18, 2023
532 RPMs pic.twitter.com/pJHyACmDZ2
Shohei Ohtani singled and doubled, was intentionally walked, and hit his MLB-leading 35th home run as the Los Angeles Angels defeated the New York Yankees, 4-3. pic.twitter.com/cpVyovjpuf
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) July 18, 2023
The Angels went on to win the game, 4-3.
MLB fans had reactions to Ohtani’s celebration:
SASSY BAT FLIP AND ALL BABY!!!!!! GIVE ME MORE!!!! https://t.co/OTXwpA3FAb
— kenz 🖤 (@McKenzieTurman) July 18, 2023
The bat flip!! THE SCREAM!!! https://t.co/OqreBSaogn
— z (@defhsy) July 18, 2023
Ohtani becoming bat flipper is so fun https://t.co/8hTahEa38e
— Din Grogu (@GangSignJohn) July 18, 2023
Absolutely pimped off the bat - my God what an animal. https://t.co/aXDYpOjYrK
— Danny Marang (@DannyMarang) July 18, 2023
he looks so excited lmao he was chasing it https://t.co/glXbjKclwc
— rea (@wahIstrom) July 18, 2023
That bat flip 😤 https://t.co/wRv22YzicU
— J (@jsaii3) July 18, 2023
Shohei is unreal also that bat flip lmao https://t.co/2I59BZvCpG
— strejt (@strejtkYYy) July 18, 2023
The bat flip >>>> https://t.co/4K3bP1lIGa
— Alonzo (@avzqz1288) July 18, 2023
The sound is incredible. https://t.co/rRE1BMXzgc
— Anthony JP (@AJP_Baseball) July 18, 2023
