It’s at all times enjoyable to see athletes compelled to play out of place, however there was nothing fairly like seeing A’s catcher Jhonny Pereda take the mound to pitch to Shohei Ohtani. Arguably the best participant in baseball merely had no solutions to to Pereda’s stuff in one of the crucial staggeringly bizarre at bats of the 12 months.
Scorching the gun with pitches within the 60s, Pereda’s weird mechanics arrange Ohtani completely to chunk on an 89 mph fastball excessive to strike out. The gang was laughing at the entire thing, even contemplating they have been taking part in in Los Angeles — however that’s to be anticipated if you’re killing an opponent just like the Dodgers have been.
By the point Pereda took the mound the house staff was already successful 17-2, which turned the MLB sport right into a glorified Savannah Bananas affair. Not solely was Pereda’s pitching each hilarious and efficient, however I really like his little backwards trot off the mound on each pitch, as if he’s terrified that Shoehei goes to line drive it again at his face. That’s simply self preservation.
The one one that didn’t have enjoyable with this was Ohtani, ever the competitor, who simply appeared enraged about the entire thing, even after hitting two dwelling runs within the sport.
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The Dodgers went on to win 19-2, however we’ll at all times have this sequence as a reminiscence.
