It was not even 10 o'clock on Sunday morning. The Angels would play the Oakland Athletics, but not for another three hours.
At that hour, the players usually speed right on into the parking lot. Not on this day.
"There's a carnival going on out there," one of the players said as he walked into the clubhouse.
The Angels sold out. They sold 44,742 tickets, more than for opening day, more than for any regular-season day game since they downsized their stadium 20 years ago.
What could be more dramatic than Ohtani hitting a home run in his first at-bat at Angel Stadium?