Bill Plaschke: Ohhhhtani! The newest Dodgers star has a gasping good debut.
PHOENIX — The crowd gasped. Was this really happening? A dull desert afternoon suddenly became a noisy celebration of dazzling disbelief. This was really happening! Shohei Ohtani, down to his last pitch in what had been a failure of a first game in a Dodgers uniform, clubbed that pitch high into the blue midday sky, the ball soaring over an Air National Guard advertisement before dropping into ...
by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times
Feb 27, 2024
3 minutes
PHOENIX — The crowd gasped.
Was this really happening?
A dull desert afternoon suddenly became a noisy celebration of dazzling disbelief.
This was really happening!
Shohei Ohtani, down to his last pitch in what had been a failure of a first game in a Dodgers uniform, clubbed that pitch high into the blue midday sky, the ball soaring over an Air National Guard advertisement before dropping into the grassy area beyond the left-field wall.
And for his first act, Babe Ruth was Babe Ruth.
It’s real. It’s him. And, goodness, it chills, Ohtani officially introducing himself to
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