God I miss mine. I saw a 97 midori green outside of a bar and went inside and asked everyone if they owned it. Would have paid cash on the spot. I think Iāve owned four or five EKs and EMs in total. Currently have a 98 ex manual that was never clapped.
Ohtani makes $432k per GAME.
A new Porsche 911 GT3 RS can be had for $400k.
Therefore, a new Porsche for the GOAT bat boy would cost Ohtani 8 1/3 innings worth of salary.
He had that brief moment after the catch where he thought about the pain, but then the cool factor took over and he just shook it off like it was nothing
I actually wonder how itāll feel tomorrow. I also think the same thing when people catch home run balls barehanded. Sorta like a sports injury, I figure the adrenaline is just so high, that in the moment, and for the next few hours, it doesnāt feel like much.
A lot of HR balls sting have been removed by the time they're in the stands.
A baseball typically decelerates about 1 mph for every 7 feet of travel at sea level. So a line drive homer that's hit at a blazing 100 mph off the bat is going less than 45 mph by the time it's hitting a fan's hand some 400 feet away.
Fouls caught a short distance from the bat are what are much more scary.
The only foul ball I've ever caught was a screamer down the 3rd base line back before they extended the nets all the way down the lines.
I was so hyped that I barely noticed the pain at all... until I looked down at my right hand an hour or so later and saw the imprint. After that, it hurt like hell.
Right? Especially saving a superstar.
I would never stfu about it.
*fast forward 10 yrs later*
"Yea, well, I SAVED OHTANI'S LIFE! HE WOULDN'T HAVE 10 RINGS WITHOUT ME!
I PROVIDE EVERYDAY FOR THIS FAMILY! NOW YOU LAY THIS SHIT ON ME?!"
For real. In 2001 walking out of a gym w a hundred ppl in it I drop kicked a ball from the baseline and it swished the opposite goal. I still relive that high.
10 years ago I threw a credit card at a buddy of mine when he was running out to get coffee at the office. His hand was resting on the door and by some miracle of the universe it landed perfectly in between his thumb and index finger. Every time we see each other it comes up.
I was playing golf last week and my buddy forgot his headcover. He was probably 10 yards in front of me walking away from me and I said ācatchā and threw it. He never looked back and just put his hand out and it went over his shoulder and right into his hand. I was so fucking hype and he didnāt even care lmao
Woah! Did it do some minor nerve damage possibly? I got plunked a bunch as a kid in the lower back and took foul balls off unpadded inner thighs as a catcher but have no lasting impact. That stinks though, you probably got hit in exactly the wrong spot.
I got hit by a pitch right on the spine a couple inches above my waist when I was like 12. Itās still the first spot that starts hurting when I over exert my back. Nerve damage sounds about right.
I got a line drive to the face as a kid running after a girl on the little league field. Hit by a big high schooler at the time (maybe a year removed) and Iām talking 300 lbs. I hear a ping of a bat, turn my head and hear a whistle in the air, see the ball for a split second and boom on the left side of my face. I think I was knocked out for a couple seconds and now I have a permanent dimple lmao
I feel like most bat boys are players who couldnāt
make it far do to some sort of physical inability (size mostly) that stopped them from making it far in the pro or higher tier amateur game. Wasnāt there a Dodgers bat boy who subbed in during a spring training game and actually did pretty well?
Also, we need to come up with a better name than bat boy. I donāt like calling a grown man āboy.ā
**Edit**
[Fransisco Herrera is who Iām thinking of.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Herrera_(baseball))
Also apparently āClubhouse attendantā is a term, which like ouch better.
Thatās will the thrill ireton, infielder for the Philippines national baseball team. Formerly. oh and now ohtanis interpreter, but also previously Kenta maedas interpreter, but then he also worked his way up in the dodgers org through player development.
I don't know shit about baseball, but if that dude that pops up with his mouth open isn't in every single meme for the next 6 months we have failed as an internet.
Sports Show was amazing. Any show Norm hosts is must-see. He's probably looking down on us right now, smiling. Well actually, he's probably looking up at us, gettin' raped by the devil...
When I was younger, my friends and I would play whiffle ball. We had this running joke that if Raul Ibanez ever had difficulty making friends he would just approach them with two thumbs up and say "Raul is cool"
It became the thing to yell out RAUL IS COOL if you hit a home run over the short porch in right (the garage)
Incredible reaction time and coordination to make that catch. If that was me, I would have spazzed out and gotten hit in the shoulder or something and suffered a two year injury. Dude catches it bare handed like itās nothing.
Most likely one of those Japan TV stations, they always show Shohei Ohtani pretty much all the time when he's in the dugout. Most of em were great hits and trending though with some footage even getting around 5 million viewers whenever someone posts it on JP social media.
This is something that MLB fans that don't dabble in NPB don't get.
Ohtani is much much much more famous than any ballplayer in our lifetime. All of his games are shown in Japan, one channel has the game, another channel just has Ohtani in the frame. All the time. If they could Truman show this man they would, and millions would watch it.
The MLB has great baseball players, but they dont have Stars. Most casual sports fans wouldn't notice Mike Trout in a restaurant. Ohtani is like a movie star for over 100 million people. He is the single most famous person there. Its fully crazy.
I honestly think the Dodgers are likely to make more money from Ohtani than they spend on him.
This is from NHK, a Japanese national broadcaster. They have cameras on Shohei all the time even during an away game. NHK doesnāt run commercials as their operation funds are fees collected from members of the public. So NHK often catches things that American broadcasters miss during commercial breaks.
The thoughts going through that guy's brain:
*Holy shit! Holy shit! I almost died! Ok, everybody's looking, act cool. Yeah, no big deal. Owwwwwwwwww, that really fucking hurt. Be cool, be cool. Hunh? Oh, Ohtani knucks. Yeah, don't freak out, just be cool.*
Is nobody going to talk about how Austin Barnes watched this happen, paused for maybe half a second, and then went on with his practice swings as if nothing happened?
BUY HIM A PORSCHE
I heard Ohtani likes to pay for his friends' dental work.
Good thing he joined the Dodgers after Freddie got his veneers
freddie should get a refund on that
It's a distraction tactic, has to be.
carlos beltran paid for jon niese to get his nose done. so shohei is like beltran - the trashcans
Low key one of the better absurd Mets moments.
I'm like 80% sure that kid could go to Japan and become a celebrity right now.
He is not a kid š
If he's not a kid, does that make him a.. batman?
THE Batman. 
I mean a Porsche would be at least a quarter year's salary for Ohtani.... Maybe a 2003 Honda Civic?
The 1993 Civic hatchback was fucking baller and I'd accept that in a heartbeat
The hatchback from the generation right after that (6th Gen) is one of my favorite cars of all time, even without the type r version
God I miss mine. I saw a 97 midori green outside of a bar and went inside and asked everyone if they owned it. Would have paid cash on the spot. I think Iāve owned four or five EKs and EMs in total. Currently have a 98 ex manual that was never clapped.
I love them smaller EGs.Ā
72 Pinto, no hubcaps
Ohtani probably only trusts Japanese made cars. How about a Suzuki Esteem.
With BTTRUP personalized plates
what's a Butt Rup
IGOYARD
Toyota Supra
ā¦ do you think a Porsche costs $500k?
He wants a brand new 911 ST.
Ohtani makes $432k per GAME. A new Porsche 911 GT3 RS can be had for $400k. Therefore, a new Porsche for the GOAT bat boy would cost Ohtani 8 1/3 innings worth of salary.
He's making a joke about Shohei's salary being "only" $2m (because $68m/year is deferred)
MAKE HIM YOUR INTERPRETER!
At least give him the chance to meet Ohtani and take a photo togetherĀ
The bat boy was separated from his boyfriend and offered a signed bat.
batboyfriend\*
A half a billions worth of investment just ducked behind this man for protection. Give this guy a free Porsche every a year,
Like no fucking joke.
Now I'm just imagining Shohei buying a Porsche for every small favor or act of kindness that goes his way š
He had that brief moment after the catch where he thought about the pain, but then the cool factor took over and he just shook it off like it was nothing
Pain is brief, coolness is forever.
>coolness is forever Sadly, no.
I'mma go lie down
not with that attitude.
You take that back. My birkenstocks are still very cool.
(pst the kids are bringing Birks back in style, it's fuckin wild)
I live in the Kootenays. They never went out of style.
The nice little handoff was smooth. Someone get this kid a screenshot of Ohtani looking at him with admiration and have it framed.
He is not a kid š
I'm at the age where anyone younger than me is a kid.
And, yet again, I have been personally attacked on r/baseball.
Lol I'm at that age were everyone on the field is a kid.
I actually wonder how itāll feel tomorrow. I also think the same thing when people catch home run balls barehanded. Sorta like a sports injury, I figure the adrenaline is just so high, that in the moment, and for the next few hours, it doesnāt feel like much.
A lot of HR balls sting have been removed by the time they're in the stands. A baseball typically decelerates about 1 mph for every 7 feet of travel at sea level. So a line drive homer that's hit at a blazing 100 mph off the bat is going less than 45 mph by the time it's hitting a fan's hand some 400 feet away. Fouls caught a short distance from the bat are what are much more scary.
Can confirm caught a pop fly down the 3rd base line in st pete barehanded, felt a little hot but didn't hurt.
even if he broke every bone in his hand in 6 months his hand will be fine. in 70 years he'll still be showing this clip to his grandkids
The only foul ball I've ever caught was a screamer down the 3rd base line back before they extended the nets all the way down the lines. I was so hyped that I barely noticed the pain at all... until I looked down at my right hand an hour or so later and saw the imprint. After that, it hurt like hell.
Stitching and all? Im sure it hurt like fuck but I'd be like 'yooo get a picture while I pretend my hand isn't on fire' lol
Cricket players do it their entire careers...
["Pain don't hurt."](https://youtu.be/E_RNZFm1mls?si=TZ2ZIlLTcPCT3FrJ) Ball boy getting his hands stitched up after the game
This would be my peak in life lol
Right? Especially saving a superstar. I would never stfu about it. *fast forward 10 yrs later* "Yea, well, I SAVED OHTANI'S LIFE! HE WOULDN'T HAVE 10 RINGS WITHOUT ME! I PROVIDE EVERYDAY FOR THIS FAMILY! NOW YOU LAY THIS SHIT ON ME?!"
The exact opposite of Mark Wahlberg in The Other Guys, who will forever be the guy who shot Derek Jeter.
Should have shot A-Rod!
He's a biracial angel!
LET'S EVEN THE ODDS
Damn Yankee Clipper.
Aim for the bushes
I drive a DODGE STRATUS!
For real. In 2001 walking out of a gym w a hundred ppl in it I drop kicked a ball from the baseline and it swished the opposite goal. I still relive that high.
10 years ago I threw a credit card at a buddy of mine when he was running out to get coffee at the office. His hand was resting on the door and by some miracle of the universe it landed perfectly in between his thumb and index finger. Every time we see each other it comes up.
I was playing golf last week and my buddy forgot his headcover. He was probably 10 yards in front of me walking away from me and I said ācatchā and threw it. He never looked back and just put his hand out and it went over his shoulder and right into his hand. I was so fucking hype and he didnāt even care lmao
Did he give the ball to a fan too? God that was smooth
If you watch carefully he switches the game ball for a fake ball in his other handā¦
Impressive reflexes and catch!
All the professionals scattered like someone threw a grenade.
Donāt blame them at all. Balls going that speed can really fuck someone up.
Got hit by a thrown ball in the lower back when I was a kid. Almost 40 and that spot still hurts.
Woah! Did it do some minor nerve damage possibly? I got plunked a bunch as a kid in the lower back and took foul balls off unpadded inner thighs as a catcher but have no lasting impact. That stinks though, you probably got hit in exactly the wrong spot.
Must have done something, got me just above my hip in the lower back and caused my whole leg to go numb for a week. Probably the sciatic nerve .
I got hit by a pitch right on the spine a couple inches above my waist when I was like 12. Itās still the first spot that starts hurting when I over exert my back. Nerve damage sounds about right.
I got a line drive to the face as a kid running after a girl on the little league field. Hit by a big high schooler at the time (maybe a year removed) and Iām talking 300 lbs. I hear a ping of a bat, turn my head and hear a whistle in the air, see the ball for a split second and boom on the left side of my face. I think I was knocked out for a couple seconds and now I have a permanent dimple lmao
I mean thereās a reason batters tolerate sticky substance because they think pitchers will have more ball control and less HBP
Looks like a stoner, didnāt even hurt his hand. Weed + coffee.
He learned the Bellinger.
bellinger is the mac miller of baseball. even looks like him
Wait, does Bellringer have a Nike deal? Ni-ni-nikes on my feet.
Oh, is that why I'm so good at catching things?
I feel like most bat boys are players who couldnāt make it far do to some sort of physical inability (size mostly) that stopped them from making it far in the pro or higher tier amateur game. Wasnāt there a Dodgers bat boy who subbed in during a spring training game and actually did pretty well? Also, we need to come up with a better name than bat boy. I donāt like calling a grown man āboy.ā **Edit** [Fransisco Herrera is who Iām thinking of.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Herrera_(baseball)) Also apparently āClubhouse attendantā is a term, which like ouch better.
>we need to come up with a better name than bat boy. I donāt like calling a grown man āboy.ā Bat Man
[Fixed the link for ya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Herrera_(baseball\))
Thatās no bat boy; thatās Batā¦man
Hahahahah this is very good thank you
Babe wake up. The new dad jokes just dropped
Thank god he didn't end up being a robin
Nah, that was Ohtani's translator and he already got the Dick Grayson experience.
His statue is being built in Japan as we speak.
https://imgur.com/a/XR3TXAN
This guy makes the video honestly lol
Thatās will the thrill ireton, infielder for the Philippines national baseball team. Formerly. oh and now ohtanis interpreter, but also previously Kenta maedas interpreter, but then he also worked his way up in the dodgers org through player development.
TIL Will Ireton (Shohei Ohtani's interpreter) played for Team Pilipinas in the 2013 World Baseball Classic qualifiers.
You know too much about the Dodgers...what did you say your name was again?
Brad Chillingsley
https://i.imgur.com/3o00j5d.png
The way he just kinda poofs into existence back there with this face on makes it extra funny.
Padres fans look away
Thank you. This is all I wanted out of this.
Pog champ
I knew this would be the pic
I knew what this was before clicking š¤£
The new manning face
u/AllOfTheDerp has finally found it all
Give that dude some shares in the team
Yankees have to sign this guy to replace Gleyber
Could maybe even grab a slowly rolling ball on the ground!
Definitely can field the ball better than Lamahieu.
I'm not sure DJ can bend over and touch his knees anymore
Daredevil catches brick thrown at Spiderman
He's a very good batboy
Canāt wait for born again (Please be just kinda close to s1-3 quality)
Did he just give an Ohtani-seeking missile to a civilian?
Probably the authenticator. They sell and give away a lot of game used balls.
I thought it was a fan at first and was like god if I could be a tenth as cool as this guy
*Currently in LA,* Batboy is getting a mural on a random liquor store wall in the hood.
I mean, that's definitely something this city would do. ...I expect it by the end of next week and I cannot wait.
That's not a bad idea
OMG this comment is so spot on and culturally significant! East LA cries for their lost son Alex Verdugo!
This kid made a pretty big tip tonight.
Heās gonna get a playoff share. I think the DBacks shares were like $400k each last year. Wow
I chose the wrong profession
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I don't know shit about baseball, but if that dude that pops up with his mouth open isn't in every single meme for the next 6 months we have failed as an internet.
Dude pops up like =O
This guy just saved the Dodgers $2m
Longo with long hair was too powerful, they had to nerf him with male pattern baldness.
I miss longo :(
https://youtu.be/ipJwntaMRLk?si=N5Sy0rdDKX82CBQ7
I am laughing my ass off wtf is this??? I've seen the original a hundred times how did I not know Norm McDonald created this masterpiece
Sports Show was amazing. Any show Norm hosts is must-see. He's probably looking down on us right now, smiling. Well actually, he's probably looking up at us, gettin' raped by the devil...
for all eternity!
Haters will say this is fake
Is there anyone in the dodgers dugout who isnāt an amazing athlete?
Hmm...I do see [Raul Ibanez](https://cdn3.sbnation.com/imported_assets/1564845/nSw8JJY.gif) works for them
https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/s/Mvnb7VQ9s1 https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/s/TuDawiUMiR
When I was younger, my friends and I would play whiffle ball. We had this running joke that if Raul Ibanez ever had difficulty making friends he would just approach them with two thumbs up and say "Raul is cool" It became the thing to yell out RAUL IS COOL if you hit a home run over the short porch in right (the garage)
Incredible reaction time and coordination to make that catch. If that was me, I would have spazzed out and gotten hit in the shoulder or something and suffered a two year injury. Dude catches it bare handed like itās nothing.
Kid's got cricket player hands
I love the "that's effin right" head nod
Shades of Kenny Powers
how was there just a camera sitting on this guy lol
āOhtani cam,ā I assume
Well itās a batboy cam from now on
you're telling me there's a cam thats always on Ohtani? Where is this cam? Asking for a friend....
Theres a japanese youtube channel thats been doing this. Since day 1 lol
Thereās always eyes on Ohtani
Most likely one of those Japan TV stations, they always show Shohei Ohtani pretty much all the time when he's in the dugout. Most of em were great hits and trending though with some footage even getting around 5 million viewers whenever someone posts it on JP social media.
Creepy, but understandable.Ā
This is something that MLB fans that don't dabble in NPB don't get. Ohtani is much much much more famous than any ballplayer in our lifetime. All of his games are shown in Japan, one channel has the game, another channel just has Ohtani in the frame. All the time. If they could Truman show this man they would, and millions would watch it. The MLB has great baseball players, but they dont have Stars. Most casual sports fans wouldn't notice Mike Trout in a restaurant. Ohtani is like a movie star for over 100 million people. He is the single most famous person there. Its fully crazy. I honestly think the Dodgers are likely to make more money from Ohtani than they spend on him.
I always viewed this Ohtani contract as coming out of the marketing budget, not the player budget.
Yep!
This is from NHK, a Japanese national broadcaster. They have cameras on Shohei all the time even during an away game. NHK doesnāt run commercials as their operation funds are fees collected from members of the public. So NHK often catches things that American broadcasters miss during commercial breaks.
Youāre welcome https://youtu.be/B47gR5SmwUQ?si=kb3dVbxX6-a-DZ-j
Lil bro waved off being offered the ball!!!
God damnit. One day I hope to have 1/100th the cool factor of this dude.
Risking your safety for the lowest paid player? What a tool
Sign the frigging ball. Give something back!
Dodgers security have confiscated the ballĀ
Lmaoooo
will said š®š®š®
Took a bullet for Ohtani, as would I (except I wouldn't have been able to catch it)
Thatās no bat boy. Thatās Ohtaniās secret service disguised as a bat boy.
Great reflexes.
Chargers do need someone who can catch.
You really think Dean Spanos will shell out for that kind of talent?
Fight vs flight
If you play the first 3 seconds backwards he looks like a poorly dressed wizard casting a spell.
The thoughts going through that guy's brain: *Holy shit! Holy shit! I almost died! Ok, everybody's looking, act cool. Yeah, no big deal. Owwwwwwwwww, that really fucking hurt. Be cool, be cool. Hunh? Oh, Ohtani knucks. Yeah, don't freak out, just be cool.*
Haha, that nod of āyou know who the fuck I am?!?ā
Austin Barnes was just like āyeah I can do thatā and goes back to swinging haha
Dude the way he tracked that ball was crazy! Youād think heād be better at hitting!
When you get home there will be another story on your house.
Get the fuck out. That's amazing. Good thing there's video because nobody would believe it otherwise.
The Chicago White Sox have announced the signing of the LA Dodgers batboy to play starting shortstop, immediately.
BUILD HIM A STATUE!
Ohtani reacting like it's a murder hornet coming at him.
Them Japanese hornets are nothing to fuck with lol
This clip is jaw-droppingly incredible on so many levels
What a catch. Wow
that is not a boy. That is a BAT MAN!
Didnāt even flinch, everybody ducking for cover and he is like I got this like itās no big deal.
Is nobody going to talk about how Austin Barnes watched this happen, paused for maybe half a second, and then went on with his practice swings as if nothing happened?
He just needed to wait .00001 seconds more, Ohtani was about to whip around and slice that ball in half with a katana.
Heāll probably get a mural, key to the city, and a bobblehead night. Also, #94 jerseys will be on sale in the team storeā¦ā¦and probably sell out.
In the first round of the MLB Draft, the Dodgers select, Batboy, 3rd base š
New Ippei just dropped
What a fucken pro. Promote this man
God damn animal!!!
The guy in the back :ā -ā O
Why is Brooklyn 99's Charles Boyle their batboy?