There’s a joke round social media that “Twitter is just not actual life.”
Nonetheless, there are moments that cross the bridge from memes, to actuality.
One such second involves us courtesy of Shohei Ohtani. The unimaginable two-way participant is doing issues in main league baseball that we now have not seen in years, if not many years. And even ever.
The truth that he’s doing them alongside Mike Trout — top-of-the-line place gamers within the sport — and on a staff that’s struggling to win video games spawned one of many best baseball tweets in latest reminiscence:
each time I see an Angels spotlight it is like “Mike Trout hit three houses runs and raised his common to .528 whereas Shohei Ohtani did one thing that hasn’t been finished since ‘Tungsten Arm’ O’Doyle of the 1921 Akron Groomsmen, because the Tigers defeated the Angels 8-3”
— ℳatt (@matttomic) May 18, 2021
So we thought it might be value it this season to maintain a working tally of each unimaginable night time, sport, or effort we see from the Angels star this season. And it didn’t take lengthy for us to need to put this submit collectively, due to what he did on Opening Day.
Opening Day, March 30 vs. Oakland A’s
Ohtani was on the bump for the Angels of their season-opener towards the Oakland A’s, and hit third within the lineup. He was 1-for-3 on the plate with a stroll and a pair of strikeouts.
On the mound, Ohtani went six full innings, permitting simply two hits, three walks, and no earned runs. He additionally struck out ten batters, and left the sport after his six innings of labor with the Angels holding a one-run lead.
Oakland scored a pair of runs within the backside of the eighth en path to a 2-1 win.
Shohei Ohtani’s outing was the twenty sixth since no less than 1901 with 10+ strikeouts and no runs allowed on Opening Day
it’s the primary time that pitcher’s staff misplaced the sport
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) March 31, 2023
And we’re off!
April 5 vs. Seattle Mariners
Ohtani was again on the bump for his second begin of the season, on the street towards the Seattle Mariners. He went six full innings with eight strikeouts, and allowed one earned run. Ohtani was 1-for-2 on the plate with an RBI and a pair of walks.
He left the sport with the Angels main 4-1, and Los Angeles managed to carry on for a 4-3 win, and Ohtani earned his first win of the season.
He additionally made some historical past:
Within the backside of the primary with Cal Raleigh on the plate, Ohtani was known as for a pitch clock violation at first of the at-bat. However he managed to battle again for the strikeout.
Then within the sixth inning, Ohtani was on the plate and was hit with a pitch clock violation. He nonetheless managed to work a stroll within the plate look.
It won’t be the type of historical past we anticipate to see from Ohtani on a given night time, however nonetheless historical past.