Angels star Shohei Ohtani has a habit of wowing teammates whenever he takes batting practice. He has a knack for hitting balls out of Diablo Stadium.
Angels pitcher Tucker Davidson decided to add a slider to his repertoire of pitches after seeing how successful Shohei Ohtani is at deploying the pitch.From that lower field, there are the balls that fly into the top of the palm trees and behind some bushes to the left. The ones that found a spot on top of the clubhouse . And the ones that bounced into the top of the batter’s eye and the players’ parking lot in the center.
Actually, that day, the Orange Lutheran High baseball team was visiting Angels camp as special guests ofSo a number of high schoolers watched in awe from behind the protective cage, cellphones recording. As the ball bounced on top of the car, Ohtani’s hands went up in excitement, and the young players yelled in delight.He’s not the only one that’s planted a few balls in extraordinary places during batting practices, though he is a regular home run hitter during the sessions.
In the big stadium, their hits travel in similar directions, many of Ohtani and Trout’s fly balls landing in the trees and on the lawn beyond the left field fence. In years past, players have even placed trash cans on that lawn for everyone at batting practice to use as targets, to add to the fun of it all.
In the Angels’ Cactus League home opener Sunday, Ohtani found that similar path toward the scoreboard, swinging at the first pitch to him. The ball popped up high, then came down and hit the wall for a triple in the first inning.Why are the Angels wearing jersey patches with ‘FBM’ on them?
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