Shohei Ohtani just had one of the coolest weeks in baseball history
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I feel like we’re not talking about Shohei Ohtani enough.
It’s easy to do, I get it. He plays for the Angels, who are slumping yet again, and the AL West team often gets lost in the shuffle.
But what he did this past week was pretty darn incredible and is something we should all be texting our friends about.
If you missed it…
On Tuesday he hit two 3-run home runs against the Royals and finished with 8 RBIs, which was a career high and a new MLB record for a Japanese-born player.
The next night he took the mound and struck out 13 Royals while giving up just two hits in 8 innings of work for his third straight win on the bump. Oh, he also got a hit and two walks while batting second in the lineup in that game.
Then on Saturday night he hit the hardest hit home run of his career, which he sent flying way up into the right field stands at the Big A. Look at this thing.
Incredible.
What Ohtani has been doing on the mound and the plate during his time with the Angels has been so cool. He’s made it all look so easy, too, which might make it easier for us to just skip over and not lose our minds about it.
But a week like the one he just had deserves a little extra attention because man, he’s just unreal.
Quick hits: Colorado wins the Stanley Cup and then dents the Cup… Bad umping leads to huge brawl… Bryce Harper’s classy reaction… And more.
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– The Colorado Avalanche won the Stanley Cup last night in Tampa and it didn’t take them long to dent the legendary trophy.
– Speaking of the Angels – some terrible umping led to a huge brawl in yesterday’s Mariners-Angels game.
– MLB fans loved Bryce Harper’s classy reaction after being hit by a pitch that broke his thumb.
– A pro golfer dropped two perfect F-bombs to explain how hard golf is after winning a DP World Tour tournament yesterday in Germany.
– A Mariners fan did a sweet thing yesterday after Jesse Winkler got ejected – she ordered him a pizza.