'Right place, right time': Dodgers fan snags Shohei Ohtani home run ball in Centerfield Plaza

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'Right place, right time': Dodgers fan snags Shohei Ohtani home run ball in Centerfield Plaza
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Lifelong Dodgers fan Jon Kramer was bummed he didn't get to see Shohei Ohtani's home run from his seat at Dodger Stadium ... until the ball landed next to him in Centerfield Plaza.

Jon Kramer couldn't believe his bad luck. The 28-year-old data analyst from Culver City and his friends were sitting in loge-level seats along the third-base line at the Boston Red Sox-Dodgers game Sunday. They decided to take a walk to Centerfield Plaza during the bottom of the fifth inning for some food and drinks. Walking past one of the large video monitors, Kramer noticed Shohei Ohtani was at the plate.

Instead, it appeared to somehow fly through the small space between the hanging 'Daiso' sign and the roof before landing in the plaza area. 'I’ve been going to baseball games my whole life and I’ve never even come close to getting a home run ball, let alone a ball that left Dodger Stadium,' Kramer said. 'So just right place, right time.

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