Wbsc global jpn mex ned series 2016 at the tokyo dome shohei ohtani otani.
Japanese baseball player hits thru roof.
Japanese baseball player hit a ball so hard it got stuck in the roof.
Of these players nine are currently on mlb rosters the first instance of a japanese player playing in mlb occurred in 1964 when the nankai hawks a nippon professional baseball npb team sent three exchange prospects to the united states to gain experience in mlb s minor league system.
While deadspin has given otani the title of world s coolest baseball player.
Fabled japanese young gun shohei otani is widely touted as the most prolific player since the legendary babe ruth.
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The ball went through the stadium roof.
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A baseball player in japan did something that old school twins fans can relate to when he hit a ball into the roof of the tokyo dome.
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He s japanese babe.
Otani also hit 322 416.
But shohei otani who plays baseball for the hokkaido nippon ham fighters in japan managed to blast a ball right through the.
This may be the weirdest double ever hit in baseball.
So when the 22 year old slugged a baseball through the roof of the tokyo dome.
An out of the park hit is a feat few ballplayers ever achieve.
A total of 61 japanese born players have played in at least one major league baseball mlb game.
Shohei otani is the best baseball player currently working in japan a 6 foot 4 slugger who s just 22 years old and who also happens to be able to throw a baseball 101 mph.