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Andy Nesbitt

Shohei Ohtani Crushed a HR That Left Yankee Stadium So Quickly

Shohei Ohtani and the Angels are in New York taking on the Yankees this week, and it didn’t take long for the coolest player in baseball to make his presence felt in the Bronx as he crushed a home run in his first at-bat of the series Tuesday night. 

Ohtani, who won’t be pitching in this series after taking the mound Monday against the Red Sox, jumped on a 2–0 pitch by Clarke Schmidt and drove it over the wall in right-center for a two-run home run. 

The 116.7-mph exit velocity on the blast was pretty darn impressive: 

Here's another angle of it: 

Too good. 

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