Shohei Ohtani Came So Close to Getting Hit in the Head and MLB Fans Were Furious at the Pitcher

This was way too close.

What Shohei Ohtani has done for Major League Baseball so far in just his brief career has been nothing short of astounding. 

He hits mind-boggling home runs. He throws ridiculously cool pitches. He even runs really well along the base paths. 

The man can simply do it all. 

What fans don’t need is for Ohtani to have a pitcher hit him in the head with a pitch. That almost happened in Monday night’s Angels-A’s game in Anaheim but thankfully he was able to get out of the way of a fastball at the very last moment. 

Check out this very scary moment: 

Shohei Ohtani yelled after he almost got hit by a pitch by Ken Waldichuk 🗣️pic.twitter.com/C1TmUzYgoz

— The Rickey Henderson of Blogs (@RickeyBlog) April 25, 2023

That scream! 

Here's another look at it: 

Shohei Ohtani is also elite at avoiding taking baseballs to the head. pic.twitter.com/m0iCLOyh0I

— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) April 25, 2023

That was waaaaaaaaaaay too close. 

MLB fans were not happy with A’s pitcher Ken Waldichuk: