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Shohei Ohtani Absolutely Crushed A Home Run That Left Yankee Stadium So Quickly

Ohtani did it again.

Andy Nesbitt

Shohei Ohtani Absolutely Crushed A Home Run That Left Yankee Stadium So Quickly
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Shohei Ohtani and the Angels are in New York taking on the Yankees this week, and it didn’t take long for the coolest player in baseball to make his presence felt in the Bronx as he crushed a home run in his first at-bat of the series Tuesday night. 

Ohtani, who won’t be pitching in this series after taking the mound Monday against the Red Sox, jumped on a 2–0 pitch by Clarke Schmidt and drove it over the wall in right-center for a two-run home run. 

The 116.7-mph exit velocity on the blast was pretty darn impressive: 

Here's another angle of it: 

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ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.

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