Shohei Ohtani is the fastest 40-40 man in baseball. The Japanese superstar blasted a two-out grand slam in the ninth inning. Today we will discuss about Shohei Ohtani contract: 40-40 club career home run,walk-off grand slam.
Shohei Ohtani contract: 40-40 club career home run,walk-off grand slam
$700 million
In December, the Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to sign All-Star baseball player Shohei Ohtani, nicknamed “Showtime”, to a historic $700 million, 10-year contract, the largest given by any professional sports team in American sports history. It’s a big salary.
40-40 club career home run
Friday night was Troy Buento’s first time at Dodger Stadium.
He, his son, and his father-in-law – the latter two were also new to Dodger Stadium – traveled from Bakersfield to Chavez Ravine to watch the Dodgers take on the Tampa Bay Rays, and all three were “turned around twice” upon reaching the stadium grounds. But.
Eventually they reached their seats and found that the journey had been worthwhile.
“When we got there, it was amazing,” Buenteo told KTLA on Saturday afternoon. “The climate and atmosphere were good and we had a really good time.”
He said the entire stadium was buzzing at the thought of Shohei Ohtani becoming the fastest player in MLB history to reach the 40/40 club – which means 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in a season. In fact, it almost seemed as if the record was bound to be broken that night.
“It was lightning…you could feel it running through the air,” he recalled. “It felt as if [breaking Ohtani’s record] was almost inevitable.”
Los Angeles, California August 23, 2024 – The Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani celebrates his grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning to win the game against the Devil Rays at Dodger Stadium on Friday.
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According to Buentio, he, his son, and father-in-law watched the ball come toward Ohtani, crushing him, in the stands. He believed someone in front of him missed his chance to catch the ball on his first try, causing Rays outfielder Jose Siri to throw it back.
The crowd, already celebrating wildly due to missing out on the Grand Slam, became even more chaotic after the ball was thrown back.
“Everyone was in hysterics and it got worse when the ball was thrown back to where we were,” Buenteo said. “It was complete mayhem, madness and stampede for about four to five seconds.”
He said, Buentio actually caught the ball thrown by Siri, but it got lost in the “moss pit”, which did not allow him to even take his glove off.
walk-off grand slam
History surprised Shohei Ohtani with two outs in the bottom of the ninth Friday. When Tampa Bay pitcher Colin Poche fired a first pitch slider, the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar blasted the ball into orbit for a walk-off grand slam, giving the Dodgers a 7–3 victory.
It was his 40th home run of the season. Earlier in the game, Ohtani stole his 40th base.
He broke the record of Alfonso Soriano, who reached the mark in 148 games for the Washington Nationals in 2006. Ohtani accomplished the feat in his 129th game for the Dodgers.
The Japanese superstar came out of the dugout and waved to the 45,556 fans who gave him a standing ovation. His teammates showered water on Ohtani on the field.
Will Smith was homered by Manuel Rodriguez (2-3) to lead off the ninth and Tommy Edman drove in a run. Smith and Edman advanced on a sacrifice fly by Miguel Rojas. Colin Poche came in and walked Muncy to set up Ohtani’s 389-foot slam to center.
Tied 3-3, the Rays got a chance to take the lead in the ninth. A ball by Johnny DeLuca hit the heel of reliever Michael Kopech’s glove on an error. DeLuca was caught stealing before Jose Siri ended the inning on a 101-mph pitch from winning pitcher Kopech (4-8).
In the eighth, the Rays had a potential run to advance to third. Brandon Lowe doubled into the left field corner and advanced to third on Junior Caminero’s groundout before Evan Phillips struck out Christopher Morrell to end the inning.
Tampa Bay took a 3–0 lead on a pair of two-out homers from Bobby Miller. Caminero hit a 417-foot solo shot to center with the first of two strikes. Six of the Rays’ first seven hits came with two outs.
Morrell added a two-run homer in the third, for his 21st homer and third since coming to the Rays from the Chicago Cubs last month.
Kiké Hernandez’s three-run shot in the fifth chased by Tyler Alexander tied the game at 3–3. Edman singled and scored to set up Lux Hernandez’s eighth homer.
