Shohei Ohtani (Los Angeles Dodgers) has been labeled a “manga tearaway”. It means he has it all: great looks, great skills, and a great personality.
After all, he was human. In the opening game of the MLB World Tour Seoul Series against the San Diego Padres at Gocheok SkyDome on Tuesday, Ohtani showed his humanity by notching a multi-hit game, an RBI and a stolen base, but also being thrown out at the plate.
Batting second in the lineup, Ohtani went 2-for-5 with a double, a home run, an RBI and a stolen base in the 5-2 win. After going 0-for-5 in the two exhibition games against the Kiwoom Heroes on Sept. 17 and the Korean National Team on Sept. 18, Ohtani came into his own in the regular season opener.
After a disappointing grounder to shortstop in the first inning, Ohtani hit a single to right off San Diego starter Darvish Yu in the third inning and then stole second base. 카지노사이트 After grounding out to third base in the fifth, Ohtani lined a single to left field with runners on first and second in the eighth inning to make it 4-2, driving in pinch-hitter Gavin Lux.
Then, with runners on first and second,
Freddie Freeman hit a big fly ball to the outfield, but it was caught by right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. However, after stepping on second base on the hit, Ohtani panicked when he saw the ball being caught and went back to first base instead of stepping on second, resulting in the out.
It was a missed base reminiscent of Tae-in Chae’s “Columbus” in the past. Otani said after the game, “It was completely my mistake. I will reflect on it and play tomorrow’s game.”
May 3, 2011, resignation from the KBO against Samsung-Lotte. It was a day Chae will never forget. In the top of the second inning, Chae hit a grounder to the shortstop with nobody out and Ryan Gaco, who led off the inning, was thrown out at second base. Shin Myung-cheol hit a line drive to the right-center field fence, and after stepping on second base, Chae tried to run back to first, thinking it was a fly ball.
However, when the ball landed between center fielder Jeon Joon-woo and right fielder Son Ah-seob, Chae stopped running toward first base and quickly ran across the grass between the mound and second base to third base.
He didn’t even look at the second base.
Lotte second baseman Cho Sung-hwan took over the ball and tagged out Chae on the ball and appeal. Shin Myung-chul grounded out to right field. Since then, Chae Tae-in has been nicknamed “Columbus” and “Chadanpyeong. One day, when I asked him about his most regrettable moment in his career, he said, “My biggest regret is that I didn’t steal second base.”
When he heard that Ohtani was thrown out on a “nobody’s ball,” he said, “Baseball geniuses have a wacky side. 안전놀이터 Baseball geniuses are different,” he said.
“I don’t think he didn’t realize that he should have taken second base,” he said, adding, “If you’re in a hurry, you can do that. “I am honored to be talked about because of the world’s greatest sports star, Ohtani. As a fan of Ohtani, I will always support him.”