Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
What a night. Shohei Ohtani became the third player in the last 45 seasons to pitch and hit for himself with the designated hitter position available against the White Sox on Sunday.
It didn’t take long for Ohtani to make headlines after the start of the game. In the top of the first inning, Ohtani threw threw the fastest pitch clocked in the majors this season (101 MPH). In the bottom of that same inning, the two-way phenom hit a home run with the hardest exit velocity (115 MPH) in the league.