I did but obviously it wasn't Ohtani lol. It was two guys who both started in the MLB. Alex White went #15 out of UNC and Lonnie Chisenhall went in the first round. Both were pitchers/infielders and GREAT HITTERS. Averaged 98+ with their fastball. Alex started for Indians and Rockies. Chisenhall played 3B for the guardians for a bunch of seasons. It's not easy hitting that kind of speed when they have great off speed and sliders. My best at bat was against a triple A pitcher from the Marlins I hit a bomb first bat of the season. Wood bat league where we were getting scouted just to find out coaches were embezzling lol. Anyways I would have loved to try to get a hit off Ohtani in high school..not now though since I'm 37 I know I wouldn't be able to keep up without practicing year round.
I mean I would because most players from high school still have a lot of growing to do and if they work hard enough you can become the most talented/one of the most talented in the world.
@@donniefaust2763No, you wouldn’t you telling me if you never saw a baseball game and someone told you that a hitting record has been broken you would see this video and think “wow this pitcher probably broke it!”! Yeah I didn’t think so
For years I thought strictly of Bonds as a member of that SB/HR club(40/40). Now it’s 50/50 and it’s only Shohei. That’s pretty big time, EVEN THOUGH S.O. did it as a DH, which is HUGE but/if/yet/even though to give respect BACK to Bonds who was playing left(I believe) field for Pittsburgh.
He's got it all. Ace pitcher, slugger, movie star looks. He is that rare athlete that transcends his sport. Imagine how he grows the international game. Baseball is already huge in Japan, but he is on another planet.
One of the best pitchers and best hitters all wrapped up in one. A Shoei Award needs to created. There won’t anyone ever come close to being as great as him.
I've been following Shohei since he broke the 100 MPH pitching record in high school, which made headlines across Japan. His baseball career has unfolded like that of a comic book superhero-or perhaps even more impressively.
“Ohtani’s pitch count has now gone over 70. (pause) Now it’s pitcher versus pitcher. (pause) Wow, 159 km/h! Look at that expression! A little shy smile there. (pause) That fastball was close, but it’s a swing and a miss! (pause)160 km/h! Struck him out looking! He couldn’t even react!” like this☝
I imagine the key to throwing at this speed is to delay the whipping motion between the shoulder, elbow and wrist. So allow your hand and wrist to drag a split second behind the motion of your elbow and the elbow a split second behind the shoulder and then release at precisely the right moment. Like a catapult. Baseball pitchers enlighten me!
Good god. Imagine you go to what you assume is just going to be another routine baseball game in high school, and all of a sudden you're contronted with essentially an MLB-level pitcher throwing 100mph just inches from your knees😬😬. No freaking thanks. And that doesn't even include crazy breaking balls that are heading straight towards your face, just to break sharply into the strike zone at the last second, with the ump yelling out "Strike!" before your body even hits the ground after collapsing to avoid getting hit.
This kid had 56HR totally in 3yrs of high sch. He's a great hitter with very good hitting sense and always has natural power since he was a little leaguer.
honestly if he did one he would have a hall of fame career on any side but by doing both i know it takes away 10% of his overall power level but makes him a freak in baseball world that can do everything on the offence and pitching side at the same time lol and not some avg pitcher or hitter top2 top1 in both that is the most crazy part if he was a avg pitcher it would still be unreal but him having a mvp on both sides is the crazy part that 2022 mvp should have gone to him he was unreal on pitching while hitting 35/36 hr aaron judge got it cause he broke some al record but it wasn't even close shohei was soo good that year he was robbed
Great face for mlb
Outstanding
@@julianguilarte954 😀😀
You can bet on that.
BUT... HES ASIAN!!
- Trump supporter
Bro predicted the future
Some random office employee in Japan: so anyway back in high school I was struck out by Shohei Ohtani with a 160km/hr fast ball
Everyone rolls their eyes and says "sure" until this clip pops up
An office manager where one of my sisters works at loves to brag about homering off Verlander in college
i got truck stick'd and scored on in middle school scrimage by andrew luck. still my proudest achievement.
He got framed up too. Good pitchers get the calls.
Imagine facing this in highschool lmao
😂😂😂😂no chance 🎉🎉
I did but obviously it wasn't Ohtani lol. It was two guys who both started in the MLB. Alex White went #15 out of UNC and Lonnie Chisenhall went in the first round. Both were pitchers/infielders and GREAT HITTERS. Averaged 98+ with their fastball. Alex started for Indians and Rockies. Chisenhall played 3B for the guardians for a bunch of seasons. It's not easy hitting that kind of speed when they have great off speed and sliders. My best at bat was against a triple A pitcher from the Marlins I hit a bomb first bat of the season. Wood bat league where we were getting scouted just to find out coaches were embezzling lol. Anyways I would have loved to try to get a hit off Ohtani in high school..not now though since I'm 37 I know I wouldn't be able to keep up without practicing year round.
I had trouble hitting over 80...lol
@@donniefaust2763 Chisenhall never played for the "Guardians"
@@donniefaust2763 no one asked buddy
This guy could win the World Series one day
He did
@SonjaDelaney it was sarcasm 😂
Get outta here…what a pathetic joke 😂.
Show this to everyone else and they wouldn't think he would be the 50/50 guy.
I mean I would because most players from high school still have a lot of growing to do and if they work hard enough you can become the most talented/one of the most talented in the world.
@@donniefaust2763No, you wouldn’t
you telling me if you never saw a baseball game and someone told you that a hitting record has been broken you would see this video and think “wow this pitcher probably broke it!”!
Yeah I didn’t think so
For years I thought strictly of Bonds as a member of that SB/HR club(40/40). Now it’s 50/50 and it’s only Shohei. That’s pretty big time, EVEN THOUGH S.O. did it as a DH, which is HUGE but/if/yet/even though to give respect BACK to Bonds who was playing left(I believe) field for Pittsburgh.
He's got it all. Ace pitcher, slugger, movie star looks. He is that rare athlete that transcends his sport. Imagine how he grows the international game. Baseball is already huge in Japan, but he is on another planet.
Well said
You forgot chronic gambler who throws his friends under the bus when he gets caught
@@crazyman2821 you're delusional
@@chami5301 yea I just made all of that up
@@crazyman2821you sure did
This kid should play in MLB. He could be the next Japanese dude that’s been breaking records recently.
😂
You are absolutely correct
A comment from 50 years ago!? You predicted the future 🙏
I heard he's a really good batter and runner too, might end up messing around and getting 50 home runs and stolen bases in the same season!
Aren't these "jokes" a little overutilized?
bro the way the catcher caught that last ball was so anime like im dead 💀💀💀
Ikr lmaoo. He was praying to the lord that the umpire would call it a strike
😂
@@xavieriswavier he was praying his arm didnt go flying off
On day he ll be the best player ever on American soil and set the first 50/50
Man, the MLB really needs to be looking into this guy's career. He's going to be great if he keeps at it.
I love this
🔥🔥🔥
50/50 club baby 🎉!!!
Let's see those drug test results. Not transparent.
Now he's a world champ
Their smiles are priceless.
I’m so glad he got a World Series ring
One of the best pitchers and best hitters all wrapped up in one. A Shoei Award needs to created. There won’t anyone ever come close to being as great as him.
I can't belive he threw 160 kmp / 99.7 mph at 17 this guy is incredible
add base stealer to his "package."
Add 🤥
lol try Barry Bonds
@@1who4me Barry Bonds wasn't a pitcher.
50/50 congrats Ohtani
First 50/50 , ridiculous player, we're alive watching someone very special.
The origin of the GOAT:
I like the old way of his pitching style
I predict he will play for the dodgers, get a big injury, take a break from pitching and be the first in the 50/50 club
And 400 total bases😂😂😂
I predict the usual tired af jokes yup yup I was right damn Im good
@@neoneherefrom5836that injury happened 👀👀👀
And be a 2024 World Series champion.
Baseballs savior
He is a freak of nature
real life anime character
@@aohjiijust like anime hahaha 🤓☝️☝️
Love this! Thanks for uploading!
No problem brotha
❤❤
Thank you for supporting
Real life goro shigeno
50/50 pitcher btw
Wow..this dude definitely should check out the Mlb..he may become a superstar someday!
Bro just founded 50/50
He has great future as pitcher or maybe batter as well. I hope MLB sees this clip and bring him to USA. Hopefully Dodgers can get him.
He win world series with Dodgers 2024
He looks like he'd be a great hitter and baserunner.
The batter's smiling face of "wtf is going on"
100% natural .... a phenom.
Shows you size isn’t the only thing that matters. He was much smaller than and can still throw heat
Yup he’s always had it
Definitely not 6,3
@@chunchunmaru4428he’s smaller in weigh
If you got it you got it.
@@chunchunmaru4428You're right he's not 6'3. He's actually 6'4.
Ohtani is the Babe Ruth of modern day baseball.
Amazingly, he was trying to come to the US as a pitcher right out of high school.
Thanks for covering up his pitches with your next -up thumbnails!
Imagine not using an adblocker, absolute regard lol
The first and only ace pitcher to hit 50 homeruns and 50 steals in a season. Nobody will ever accomplish this.
I've been following Shohei since he broke the 100 MPH pitching record in high school, which made headlines across Japan. His baseball career has unfolded like that of a comic book superhero-or perhaps even more impressively.
man destined to be a GOAT
Shohei is the man.
I love this play-by-play guy. I can't understand what he's saying, but I love the enthusiasm in his voice.
“Ohtani’s pitch count has now gone over 70. (pause) Now it’s pitcher versus pitcher. (pause) Wow, 159 km/h! Look at that expression! A little shy smile there. (pause) That fastball was close, but it’s a swing and a miss! (pause)160 km/h! Struck him out looking! He couldn’t even react!”
like this☝
@@ハロゲン電球 Very cool. I love it. Thanks!
Dodger sign this kid rn. He will definitely record 50/50 and won multiple mvp
man even he knows that was fast asf that fastball was crazy 🤣
…and now he has a chance to be a World Series champion…
HOW TIME FLIES…
This may come as a surprise.
Fujinami was rated higher than Otani in high school.
The ratings are bs in every country especially sports. Best example is how Yamamoto fukin sucks when he is supposed to be best pitcher in japan
@@WoojamchunPlayoffs say otherwise lol
I ❤❤❤ watching #Ohtani when he started playing for the Anaheim Angels baseball team to the LOS ANGELES DODGERS baseball team 💙⚾️💙⚾️💙
Plays the game with a smile - just great to watch 😊
I almost forgot he’s a pitcher lol
This is insane. Throwing 100 while still very skinny. This 17 year old barely had time to grow any muscle yet.
I know thats why it leads me to believe that Japan has moved robotics technology to next level.
You’re a champ bud
This dude is the real life Goro Shigeno from Major(Anime)
Shohei: Pitching at 100mph is too easy. Just to make it harder I'm going to bat left handed.
This kid would be better than Shohey Ohtani someday.
I love that the infield is all dirt.
This guy might do 50/50 in the MLB
He was made to play baseball
He’s a real life anime baseball star
I don’t understand japanese but I’m pumped already
Best player in history
why does Japanese baseball seem so much more exciting than MLB? 😂
Dude was just built different
満足しない事が重要なんだと教えられた。
高校時代に投手として100マイルを投げた自分に満足してたらMLBで50-50に近づくことはなかった。
当たり前やそもそもこの頃からメジャー行き志してたし二刀流も
@@なな-s7g2b 学生時代からメジャーに行くことを志してメジャーに行き活躍した選手、結果を出しても満足する事なく当たり前の事を当たり前のように出来る選手はどれくらい居る？
そういう事。
@@memotalia当たり前構文めんどいね
I imagine the key to throwing at this speed is to delay the whipping motion between the shoulder, elbow and wrist. So allow your hand and wrist to drag a split second behind the motion of your elbow and the elbow a split second behind the shoulder and then release at precisely the right moment. Like a catapult. Baseball pitchers enlighten me!
Samurai! 🇯🇵
Ohtani and Yamamoto - 1 billion dollar deal ….u n r e a l.
Now.. World Series Champion 🔥🔥.
Jeff Passan called him a high school level player and he was right. He threw the ball 100 miles in high school.
At least that batter can say he was struck out by one of the best players on the planet.
Well the runner on second base must have done better? A walk, hit batter or dare I say made contact.
And you see why he's had arm injuries at a young age
probably top 5 baseball player youre seeing right now
Barry Bonds of the modern era
Yeah... Robot vs juice.
he’s straight up the mc from a manga about high school baseball
I heard about this kid. He seems headed to a bright future. 700 milly bright 😂
😂😂
He looks like that guy the Dodgers took from the Angels.
I became a dodger fan right quick. Go showtime
当時は日本の高校生が160km/hのボールを投げたというのが信じられなくてスピードガンの誤作動だろうと思ってた
間違いじゃなかった
This guy is gonna make it big someday.
dude was a stick back then, HES AN ABSOLUTE UNIT NOW
baby unicorn ❤
He could be really good someday i predict it
how?? just because you can throw fast doesnt mean you can compete in big league.
too skinny by the way
@@Ng-bk1vw You’re joking, right… right?
@@Ng-bk1vw Bro is the highest paid in MLB History $700 million contract across 10 years.💀💀 so your take it Invalid.
I hope this guy’s joking
@@JosephDalton-xc1iw who og comment or the first one under it ? i say the first guy was joking, and the other guy is actually genuinely clueless lol
This young man might have a future in baseball! 😂
Superstar.
And this is why he's not pitching anymore
Good god. Imagine you go to what you assume is just going to be another routine baseball game in high school, and all of a sudden you're contronted with essentially an MLB-level pitcher throwing 100mph just inches from your knees😬😬. No freaking thanks.
And that doesn't even include crazy breaking balls that are heading straight towards your face, just to break sharply into the strike zone at the last second, with the ump yelling out "Strike!" before your body even hits the ground after collapsing to avoid getting hit.
It turns out that Shohei Ohtani was very handsome since he was a teenager
Really good! He can win the World Series!
looks like he could one day win a world series with the Dodgers
This is the Gus Johnson of announcers in Japan.
Real Life goro
Whats a goro
@@therealbs2000 Goro Shigeno, from the anime titled Major
@@therealbs2000 he pitched 100mph aswell as a high school player
@@DonQuixoteMiguel ohhh
@@therealbs2000 Goro from Mortal Kombat; he's saying Shohei is a four-armed Prince of the Shokan.
Somehow he looked older at 17 than he does now
What a great kid pitcher, maybe he should try batting someday.
This kid had 56HR totally in 3yrs of high sch. He's a great hitter with very good hitting sense and always has natural power since he was a little leaguer.
Someone needs to sign this kid to a contract!!!
We will see... hopefully, he goes to the Yankees.....for real, though the man is a freak of nature
With that kind of arm, he should try to bat as well.
Otani lost in the final of this tournament.
High school baseball is at a very high level.
Please win at least _one_ championship in your Dodgers tenure! 🙏
最後のキャッチングカッコ良すぎる
Every Japanese batter hitting from left side: "I like to imitate Ichiro"
I predict a 50/50
Real life Goro Honda Jr. 😮
honestly if he did one he would have a hall of fame career on any side but by doing both i know it takes away 10% of his overall power level but makes him a freak in baseball world that can do everything on the offence and pitching side at the same time lol and not some avg pitcher or hitter top2 top1 in both that is the most crazy part if he was a avg pitcher it would still be unreal but him having a mvp on both sides is the crazy part that 2022 mvp should have gone to him he was unreal on pitching while hitting 35/36 hr aaron judge got it cause he broke some al record but it wasn't even close shohei was soo good that year he was robbed
Young man young man young man (Michael Epps)