What Shohei Ohtani has done for Major League Baseball so far in just his brief career has been nothing short of astounding.
He hits mind-boggling home runs. He throws ridiculously cool pitches. He even runs really well along the base paths.
The man can simply do it all.
What fans don’t need is for Ohtani to have a pitcher hit him in the head with a pitch. That almost happened in Monday night’s Angels-A’s game in Anaheim but thankfully he was able to get out of the way of a fastball at the very last moment.
Check out this very scary moment:
Shohei Ohtani yelled after he almost got hit by a pitch by Ken Waldichuk 🗣️pic.twitter.com/C1TmUzYgoz
— The Rickey Henderson of Blogs (@RickeyBlog) April 25, 2023
That scream!
Here's another look at it:
Shohei Ohtani is also elite at avoiding taking baseballs to the head. pic.twitter.com/m0iCLOyh0I
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) April 25, 2023
That was waaaaaaaaaaay too close.
MLB fans were not happy with A’s pitcher Ken Waldichuk:
I’d suspend the pitcher indefinitely @MissileSzn https://t.co/NWLDlB0oqP
— Minnesota Baseball Fan (@skocats) April 25, 2023
Pitcher should be suspended for throwing anywhere near Ohtani’s head https://t.co/uvblYusXCx
— Alex Lange Burner (@MissileSzn) April 25, 2023
No way that's not intentional. There's should be retaliation. https://t.co/IrYtJA5iBV
— Dio Rhamawan (@iyoo_dh) April 25, 2023
I was watching this live and almost had a heart attack 😅😮💨 https://t.co/Fo764MjFnp
— ClarkyCards™️ (@ClarkyCards) April 25, 2023
I think there needs to be 2 balls called on any pitch at that man's head as an extra disincentive.
— SatoriEchoDFS (@DfsEcho) April 25, 2023
Waldichuck you bum don't throw at ohtani head
— Alejandro (@_FicTionnnn) April 25, 2023
