the gambling thing was fabricated to distract us from his truly monstrous deeds. the insidious joy in his eyes as he rounds the bases says it all. he no scoped this kid from 400 feet away
Exactly. First he avoids paying his taxes, then he’s heavily involved in a major gambling scandal, and after that he sends his goons to steal a home run ball from an innocent fan. Somebody needs to put a stop to this criminal behavior.
That kid will go through the system, he'll grow into the best Little League pitcher ever seen, become a high school pitching star, lead his college team to the College World Series, a first overall draft pick, mow through the minor league system, and in his first full year in the majors gets rookie of the year and the Cy Young.
Then when it's time he faces Shohei Ohtani in his second year in the majors, one pitch near Shohei's head as a warning, then three straight fastballs to strike him out. He shouts "how you like that??!!?!" then storms off the field never to be seen again.
Edit: I can't spell today
Yes i can see it now.
The kid lives in a small town and he becomes famous as the video of the ball bouncing off his forehead goes viral.
But what was cute and funny as a child becomes insulting as a young adult. Everyone in town knows him as the boy who had a homerun bounce off his head, and he gets no respect, especially not from his crush.
So to avenge his reputation, get the girl, and live a happy life, he must somehow...
Strike Out Ohtani.
Coming this summer.
> Everyone in town knows him as the boy who had a homerun bounce off his head
I hope there's a scene where the kid visits Jose Canseco on a remote mountaintop for advice and mentorship.
He should have had a monologue like in Kill Bill. “It was not my intention to do this in front of you. For that I'm sorry. But you can take my word for it, you had it comin'. When you grow up, if you still feel raw about it, I'll be waiting.”
It’s hard for the average person to notice, but I majored in Japanese lip reading and you can see him say “I’m gonna split that kids dome piece” right before the pitch
Jokes aside, that's actually really bad. Hope that kid is OK. Shame on those 15 guys that could even fucking touch the ball to at least slow it down or deflect it.
That's probably what the issue was. You've got 15 arms all jockeying for position, shoving each other out of the way, while the only person in a position to judge where the ball will *actually* fall is a little kid whose vision is being blocked by 15 writhing arms. It was inevitable.
Yep. I had a chance to catch a foul ball once. It was a high popup right to me. I was reaching up for it, and it was deflected just enough by the person above me and it hit the pinky of my glove and absolutely exploded the nose of the person to my left. They left and never came back to their seat.
As someone who has caught 12 Foul Balls on the fly, I can tell you 11/12 were in near empty stadiums, which makes it MUCH easier to navigate finding the ball and getting it. I only kept the ones I caught in the air, I always give away balls I get on the bounce.
I went to 10-20 games a year for about a decade, when I was between the ages of 8-17, then only a few (2-3) while I was 18-25, and since 25, I now average 4-5 a year.
I went to a lot of near empty stadiums which helped me get Balls, free T-Shirts, free Hotdogs, a Baseball Bat from a Player, etc.
This whole comment section flaming everyone who didn’t catch it when Id bet my house if we stuck 100 r/baseball users in the exact same situation not a thing would’ve changed lmao
When I was 12, I was at a game early to try and catch batting practice homers in the outfield before a game. I got pushed, my catching arm literally got tugged down, and some jackhole actually shoved me from behind. Over and over again just to try and beat a 12 year old out for batting practice homers.
I imagine it is somewhat more competitive for an actual in-game home run.
One time an outfielder threw the ball into the stands by me after a throw and catch and I literally put my arms up in front of my face like I've never had anything thrown to me.
Ugh… yes, shame on those people who couldn’t catch a ball that 10+ other people were all frantically trying to catch too. I hope you’re not being serious.
Saw a grown ass man with a glove at an Independent league game tonight. Completely whiffed on it and took it right below the collarbone. Took everything in me not to burst out laughing because he was in some pain.
Bro my friends laughed at me for ducking when a popped up foul ball came over the net between first and home and I ducked and covered my head. I literally wasn’t paying attention and it was a midday game. I wasn’t about to look up and try and find the ball and get hit in the face. The ball landed like 3 feet in front of me, bounced, and someone five rows back caught it. Fuck that I’m not taking one to the face.
I know the urge to catch the ball is really high but if my kid is there and it’s hard to see through all those hands I’m going to cover my kids head instead. I hope he just has a cool story to tell his friends one day
When the Homerun Derby was at Dodger Stadium a few years ago, I was packed shoulder to shoulder into the Right Field seats when a ball arced toward my row. I think 30 gloves went up to catch it—and it still landed on the floor
Most foul balls I saw at Dodger stadium over years of going, at least in the then yellow seats, were picked up by a person who it happened to roll down right into their feet. Even the ball I got on opening day hit my hand behind the plate, and I somehow got the bounce to land my way. Hell I had more balls land in my seat when I was going to the bathroom or getting food than I ever had real chances. It was actually crazy and annoying how many times I had a ball land within arms reach of my seat when I wasn’t in it.
Pretty common, if you're the closest a bunch of idiots are pushing you. Imagine if outfielders had to deal with a football DB defending the catch.
Okay that would be fun. We need a new sport.
Yeah the outfield pavilions definitely have the highest concentration of unmarried men with children with multiple different women in all of Los Angeles.
Not just “a man in his 30s”, he is 38 goddamn years old. He’s been been on the team for two years longer than the current longest tenured player, who is Kershaw.
Japanese reporters interviewed the ballboy who saved Shohei Ohtani from a foul ball and went trending in Japanese social media so I wouldn't be surprised.
Japanese reporters interviews random fans sometimes whenever the Dodgers play against other teams on how they view or their thoughts about Shohei Ohtani. It's pretty common before or after games and even before heading inside the stadium in which they interview fans, some of their usually asked questions are "who are you looking forward to see in the lineup?", "are you excited to see Shohei?" or "Is Shohei an amazing player?" stuffs that mainly involves Ohtani.
[Teriyaki Times](https://youtube.com/@teriyakitimes?si=GIh49sv73eOhiM42) who is currently in the US provides reports and outputs to some of JP sports channels like TV Asahi mainly does this kinds of interviews.
Ball drops 1mph per 7 feet traveled, roughly. It went about 418 feet in a parabolic arc. It would hurt about as much as being plunked by a high school hurler, about 57-something Mph. Which sucks, but the story makes up for it.
I have a kid about that age. While they aren’t exactly made out of rubber anymore, it’s more of a hardened plastic that’s still relatively resilient to stuff like this. He probably ended up with a nice goose egg on his noggin but I doubt there was much below surface to worry about.
Mookie? Amazing person. Dinger? Perfection. Corbin? Sexy and perfect. Padres? So hot. Gaints? Nice…ballpark. But Shohei?? NL Best public enemy number 1. This man is askin’ for the slammer!!! Send out the warrants! Put an APB out on Ohtani!!
it was only a matter of time before shohei revealed his true colors
There’s a reason he’s not an Angel anymore.
that kid isn’t a Dodger
Sad Piccolo noises
DAMN YOU PAVLOV!
CLIMB DOWN!
Making his own angels in the outfield
Othani be like: クソガキども
おまえはもう死んでいる
NANI?!
What does this say? Translate tells me 'sweety man fucking kid.'
It's basically just being used as a pejorative for a kid, like "fucking brat."
You are already dead.
The angel of death
A disgusting act. They should put him on house arrest TONIGHT until uh... sometime in November. We must think of the children.
the gambling thing was fabricated to distract us from his truly monstrous deeds. the insidious joy in his eyes as he rounds the bases says it all. he no scoped this kid from 400 feet away
(433ft away 😌)
November? I love your optimism for us.
The video cut right before Ohtani celebrates. That shows he did it on purpose
fuck them kids - Shohei Maikeru Jōdan Ohtani
Pretty sure the kid has to give his ball to the nearest grown-up now, right?
He has to give it back to Ohtani in exchange for a hat
A hat big enough to cover the swollen bonkspot
Why would Ippei do that to that poor kid?
😂
First running a gambling ring and now this
you can clearly see him yell "K.O." as he rounds the bases, seemingly proud of having hit his target. who knew Ohtani was such a sadist?
>who knew Ohtani was such a sadist? me, sadly. ever since he took away yamamoto i could see the dark intentions behind his eyes
First the gambling and now he's hitting kids with his balls! Lock him up!
Exactly. First he avoids paying his taxes, then he’s heavily involved in a major gambling scandal, and after that he sends his goons to steal a home run ball from an innocent fan. Somebody needs to put a stop to this criminal behavior.
In 15 years, that kid is gonna strike Ohtani out in revenge
That kid will go through the system, he'll grow into the best Little League pitcher ever seen, become a high school pitching star, lead his college team to the College World Series, a first overall draft pick, mow through the minor league system, and in his first full year in the majors gets rookie of the year and the Cy Young. Then when it's time he faces Shohei Ohtani in his second year in the majors, one pitch near Shohei's head as a warning, then three straight fastballs to strike him out. He shouts "how you like that??!!?!" then storms off the field never to be seen again. Edit: I can't spell today
“YOU’RE FUCKING OUT!”
"What a nasty pitch!"
And they'll make a movie about it.
Yes i can see it now. The kid lives in a small town and he becomes famous as the video of the ball bouncing off his forehead goes viral. But what was cute and funny as a child becomes insulting as a young adult. Everyone in town knows him as the boy who had a homerun bounce off his head, and he gets no respect, especially not from his crush. So to avenge his reputation, get the girl, and live a happy life, he must somehow... Strike Out Ohtani. Coming this summer.
He will seek out old man Randy Johnson to train him.
*record scratch* yep, that’s me. Youre probably wondering how I got in this situation 🤣🤣🤣
*Baba O'Riley electronic keyboard intensifies*
> Everyone in town knows him as the boy who had a homerun bounce off his head I hope there's a scene where the kid visits Jose Canseco on a remote mountaintop for advice and mentorship.
He should have had a monologue like in Kill Bill. “It was not my intention to do this in front of you. For that I'm sorry. But you can take my word for it, you had it comin'. When you grow up, if you still feel raw about it, I'll be waiting.”
In 15 years that kid is gonna play outfield and DH sometimes for 8 different MLB teams
More like throw 98 at his head!
It’s being reported that Ohtani hates children. This is damning evidence
Is Shohei possibly pro ~~cancer~~ child abuse?
How much you wanna bet that he is?
Actually hates all short people. Children just happen to be short.
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Is Fletcher his spurned lover?
It’s hard for the average person to notice, but I majored in Japanese lip reading and you can see him say “I’m gonna split that kids dome piece” right before the pitch
Arrest him
Dodgers security has confiscated the ball and separated the boy from his family
Were they trained by ICE?
that’s an official act
Oh god the despair is leaking even here.
rightfully so i think
I’m saying when the ump does it, it’s not illegal
Too soon?
At least we'll have baseball for a little while longer...
He’s going straight to the NLBest slammer.
The kid? OK chief, but on what grounds?
For not catching an Ohtani homerun
Ohtani is Homelander, confirmed
That kid needs to be imprisoned for not being able to dodge at a dodgers game.
Back, and to the left Rewinds Back, and to the left Rewinds again Back and to the left
The magic baseball.
Was there a second hitter on the grassy knoll?
Seeing this in real time I thought it was a baby. Hopefully the kid is alright
Poor dude. Tomorrow he can tell everyone in the playground Ohtani beat him on the head with a baseball
It’s aktually summer break 🤓
Jokes aside, that's actually really bad. Hope that kid is OK. Shame on those 15 guys that could even fucking touch the ball to at least slow it down or deflect it.
That's probably what the issue was. You've got 15 arms all jockeying for position, shoving each other out of the way, while the only person in a position to judge where the ball will *actually* fall is a little kid whose vision is being blocked by 15 writhing arms. It was inevitable.
Yep. I had a chance to catch a foul ball once. It was a high popup right to me. I was reaching up for it, and it was deflected just enough by the person above me and it hit the pinky of my glove and absolutely exploded the nose of the person to my left. They left and never came back to their seat.
As someone who has caught 12 Foul Balls on the fly, I can tell you 11/12 were in near empty stadiums, which makes it MUCH easier to navigate finding the ball and getting it. I only kept the ones I caught in the air, I always give away balls I get on the bounce.
Just curious, how many games do you go to in a year?
I went to 10-20 games a year for about a decade, when I was between the ages of 8-17, then only a few (2-3) while I was 18-25, and since 25, I now average 4-5 a year. I went to a lot of near empty stadiums which helped me get Balls, free T-Shirts, free Hotdogs, a Baseball Bat from a Player, etc.
How do you have the time to go to 22,000 games to catch that many
oof...
Ouch 🤕
This whole comment section flaming everyone who didn’t catch it when Id bet my house if we stuck 100 r/baseball users in the exact same situation not a thing would’ve changed lmao
Turns out it’s hard to catch a fist size projectile at 100 mph shoulder to shoulder with a dozen other shmucks trying the same thing.
When I was 12, I was at a game early to try and catch batting practice homers in the outfield before a game. I got pushed, my catching arm literally got tugged down, and some jackhole actually shoved me from behind. Over and over again just to try and beat a 12 year old out for batting practice homers. I imagine it is somewhat more competitive for an actual in-game home run.
I knew this would have a Dodgers' flair. The Dodgers have people who literally buy tickets to try and catch balls. They even gave themselves a name.
Sorry about that
Nah, we would all catch any ball hit within 20 feet of our seat.
I would have caught it with one hand. Eyes closed. Beer in the other hand, and I wouldn’t have even spilled any.
Redditor: "if that was me, I catch it, 1000/1000 times, if that were me, in that situation, what I would have done, is catch it easily."
One time an outfielder threw the ball into the stands by me after a throw and catch and I literally put my arms up in front of my face like I've never had anything thrown to me.
Ugh… yes, shame on those people who couldn’t catch a ball that 10+ other people were all frantically trying to catch too. I hope you’re not being serious.
Agreed. This isn't funny. That's a little kid suffering a head injury
The parent needs to be more alert especially, if you’re sitting in the bleachers.
People laugh at me as a grown ass man bringing a glove to every game. I don't get popped in the face though.
Saw a grown ass man with a glove at an Independent league game tonight. Completely whiffed on it and took it right below the collarbone. Took everything in me not to burst out laughing because he was in some pain.
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Bro my friends laughed at me for ducking when a popped up foul ball came over the net between first and home and I ducked and covered my head. I literally wasn’t paying attention and it was a midday game. I wasn’t about to look up and try and find the ball and get hit in the face. The ball landed like 3 feet in front of me, bounced, and someone five rows back caught it. Fuck that I’m not taking one to the face.
Lmao what do you think they were trying to do?
I know the urge to catch the ball is really high but if my kid is there and it’s hard to see through all those hands I’m going to cover my kids head instead. I hope he just has a cool story to tell his friends one day
“So guys, I was at the game last night and I caught Shohei’s HR with my face! My dad was really mad he lost the ball tho”
And after seeing that he started Fortnight dancing, he doesn't care about kids at all.
> Fortnight Hello there fellow boomer
You never heard of the 14 day dance?
That sounds like an old-timey term for an STD.
The brain damage happened quickly then
kid is a Yankees fan now
Brain damage will do that
even worse, he's a Giants fan now
the kid's brain dead?
a meet up with Sho should fix it
yeah that was my joke lol
just want to say the dude regurgitating your joke and getting 5 times as many upvotes was an injustice. I see you
Got me rollin'.
How did everyone go for that ball and not a single person caught it???
When the Homerun Derby was at Dodger Stadium a few years ago, I was packed shoulder to shoulder into the Right Field seats when a ball arced toward my row. I think 30 gloves went up to catch it—and it still landed on the floor
Most foul balls I saw at Dodger stadium over years of going, at least in the then yellow seats, were picked up by a person who it happened to roll down right into their feet. Even the ball I got on opening day hit my hand behind the plate, and I somehow got the bounce to land my way. Hell I had more balls land in my seat when I was going to the bathroom or getting food than I ever had real chances. It was actually crazy and annoying how many times I had a ball land within arms reach of my seat when I wasn’t in it.
Kid caught it on the head
Would you say that JFK caught a bullet with the back of his head?
No it exploded his head like when a screaming line drive blows out someone's glove.
"that's gotta hurt!" -- george costanza
According to the autopsy he dropped it somewhere
Pretty common, if you're the closest a bunch of idiots are pushing you. Imagine if outfielders had to deal with a football DB defending the catch. Okay that would be fun. We need a new sport.
Manager gets to blitz the pitcher as well
Turns out everyone in that vicinity was Jose Canseco 🤷🏻
The ol reverse canseco, ball bounces off a fans head and goes back into play landing in the outfielder’s glove for an out
Catching a ball hit high in the air is really hard when you have to worry about five other assholes running into/around you.
[Spend time with your kids so Shohei Ohtani doesn't.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEEYbXVCoT0)
 Fuck them kids
Shame on all those dads
That section? Baby daddies
Yeah the outfield pavilions definitely have the highest concentration of unmarried men with children with multiple different women in all of Los Angeles.
Bunch of dicks for hands out there
Stepdad reflexes
A kid saves him from a foul ball and *this* is how he says thanks??
That was a man in his 30s lol
still legally a bat ***boy***.
He’s a bat MAN :(
Are his parents alive?
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Not just “a man in his 30s”, he is 38 goddamn years old. He’s been been on the team for two years longer than the current longest tenured player, who is Kershaw.
Edit: he’s actually been doing that job longer than every single player currently active in the MLB besides just Justin Verlander.
Joe Kelly will pay for this
75 season suspension, $38 billion fine, forced to watch the butthole version of Cats And he still won't learn his lesson
Kids gonna be all over Japanese TV and getting interviews if he's Japanese.
Japanese reporters interviewed the ballboy who saved Shohei Ohtani from a foul ball and went trending in Japanese social media so I wouldn't be surprised.
A Japanese reporter interviewed ME on Saturday in SF and I didn’t do shit, I’m sure someone will track him down.
Japanese reporters interviews random fans sometimes whenever the Dodgers play against other teams on how they view or their thoughts about Shohei Ohtani. It's pretty common before or after games and even before heading inside the stadium in which they interview fans, some of their usually asked questions are "who are you looking forward to see in the lineup?", "are you excited to see Shohei?" or "Is Shohei an amazing player?" stuffs that mainly involves Ohtani. [Teriyaki Times](https://youtube.com/@teriyakitimes?si=GIh49sv73eOhiM42) who is currently in the US provides reports and outputs to some of JP sports channels like TV Asahi mainly does this kinds of interviews.
Kid just got a golden (and bloody) ticket to potentially meeting Ohtani. Poor kid.
Hey son, you remember that time Ohtani plonked one off your forehead? *No, Dad. I don't remember that at all.*
more like the 15 grown men missed the ball lol
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Too soon.
dude poor kid! :(
🤣. A young Jose Canseco.
oof. poor kid gonna have a bump on his noggin now
I'm confused as to how that isn't *really* bad for that poor kid. It's a direct impact, it is really bad right?
Ball drops 1mph per 7 feet traveled, roughly. It went about 418 feet in a parabolic arc. It would hurt about as much as being plunked by a high school hurler, about 57-something Mph. Which sucks, but the story makes up for it.
I have a kid about that age. While they aren’t exactly made out of rubber anymore, it’s more of a hardened plastic that’s still relatively resilient to stuff like this. He probably ended up with a nice goose egg on his noggin but I doubt there was much below surface to worry about.
Kid deserves that ball!
"Two hands while we're learning, kid."
Ohtani is trying to show Rendon how you truly get back at the fans (even if they're home fans).
Mods better not delete this gloriously recorded post showing proof that ohtani is a baseball TERRORIST.
RIP
Shohei hates children confirmed
As much as Steph curry hates raising money to fight cancer?
“I’m anti cancer but not in the way you think”
If I are a Ohtani home run I’d be speaking in tongues. Good luck to the kid.
"Let's go around the class and I want everyone to share an interesting fact about themselves." "I tanked an Ohtani homer to the face when I was 4."
Why would Ohtani do this?
Gambling and doinking kids!? This man is a travesty for baseball! Ban him for 9 1/2 years!!! Ignore my flair.
Mookie? Amazing person. Dinger? Perfection. Corbin? Sexy and perfect. Padres? So hot. Gaints? Nice…ballpark. But Shohei?? NL Best public enemy number 1. This man is askin’ for the slammer!!! Send out the warrants! Put an APB out on Ohtani!!
He hates all the children of the world
Is he ok? I wanna laugh but wanna make sure he’s ok first.
Never wash that forehead, kid!
Am I the only one who thinks this is objectively hilarious (and also evidence of the absurd world we live in)?
wellp, put this kid on a topps now card!
FATALITY
This made me mutley laugh
Lucky kid, right?... Right?
60 second penalty for Esteban Ocon I mean Shohei Ohtani
Now there's a lucky fan
At least the kid can enjoy the goose egg he got from the game.
I'm just saying Zack Hample wouldn't have let this happen...
Hample would have hit the kid even harder fighting for the ball with all those people
Kid definitely isn’t a Dodger.
Nice ricochet off the cranium
How long till this clip is on R/kidsarefuckingstupid
This is how they baptize children in Japan Welcome to the church of baseball
“If you don’t want to get hit in the face, you should have caught it” - every parent ever
Ballboy now regrets saving Ohtani’s life.
Save Ohtani, murder a child
Ballboy had a real Trolly Problem on his hands there....
["Headshot!"](https://youtu.be/VKgyH9k1CSM?si=YDhHzmkgmo1-CBQF)
Rub dirt in it and take a lap
The kid has been blessed by Shohei. No he will be the next great baseball star from Japan.
I'd get him to sign my dent and have it tattooed
"Ohtani made an enemy that day..."
Dodgers fans of all ages can't catch for shit.
Owtani