Shohei Ohtani has had a historic season that will never be forgotten by MLB fans for as long as baseball exists.
He added to his magical year Wednesday night in Texas when he crushed his AL-best 42nd home run of the season, and ran around the bases without his helmet on.
But his two other hits in the Angels’ 2-0 victory over the Rangers might have been even more impressive because neither of them left the infield and probably would have been an out for just about any other hitter in the game.
Just look at the speed he showed off on this grounder to short:
shohei ohtani grounds out to...
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) August 17, 2023
oh that's right he's really fast nvm pic.twitter.com/p3R8j2YuLt
That was pretty ridiculous.
Here’s his second one:
A 437-foot homer and two infield hits in one game!
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) August 17, 2023
Ridiculous for just about everyone else on the planet.
Just another day at the office for Shohei Ohtani! 🦄 pic.twitter.com/sWUKHotKWS
That speed had MLB fans in awe:
Absolute cheatcode https://t.co/ZwMS6KVtID
— Seth_22_Taylor (@seth_1fsufan) August 17, 2023
Best athlete I’ve ever seen in baseball. https://t.co/kKFvwtrNuB
— NoContentChedda (@ZayQGTM) August 17, 2023
This is insane🤯 https://t.co/aNgnCO6dnL
— 💥 (@jemn56925161) August 17, 2023
How did he beat this out just how? https://t.co/5IV9jRcfMs
— lhd_on_sports (@lhd_on_sports) August 17, 2023
Simply amazing 🤩 https://t.co/Ss0WCWQOLB
— Mandy Mandi (@UnicornShohei) August 17, 2023
Dis is wild dat Shohei hit a 103mph pitch dat wasn’t even close to being a strike & he beat Seager’s throw to first!!!!😭😳🙌💯🔥🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/W6ED7pIiR5
— oh hi there (@TheTrollMiester) August 17, 2023
LOL he’s such a freak https://t.co/6NDOmUcNc3
— Austin Baptiste (@AustinJBaptiste) August 17, 2023
This is pretty beast https://t.co/Eimj3SrIS0
— Tweet’n 💣 (@TheNBACave) August 17, 2023
I knew he could hit, and pitch. I had no idea he is this fast. He beat out a normal ground ball. That's silly. https://t.co/nZsGul03Be
— Robert Robertson (@RobRobertsonMN) August 17, 2023
This a groundout for 90% of the league https://t.co/miluk4cyg1
— akira tendo (@cruddydre_) August 17, 2023
