Japanese Baseball Player Hits Ball Onto Roof

Japan won sunday s game 12 10 to improve to 3 1 in the four game series that included two games against mexico and is a tune up for next year s world baseball classic.

Japanese baseball player hits ball onto roof.

He went 10 4 with a 1 86 era and 174 strikeouts in 140 innings in 2016 and also broke his own record for the fastest pitch in japanese baseball history several times. In the years i ve played here and coached here i haven t seen any ball hit that far williams said afterward. Shohei otani is his name and he blasted a ball into what appears to be an open spot in the roof. When he called it quits at 37 he had just 441 hits in 1 812 at bats with only six home runs and 206 runs batted in.

Fabled japanese young gun shohei otani is widely touted as the most prolific player since the legendary babe ruth. 14 1942 the. The ball hit the roof of the stand about 105 metres horizontal distance from the bat and could easily. Ok so long story short this baseball was hit really hard.

So when the 22 year old slugged a baseball through the roof of the tokyo dome. On may 4 1984. Tatis blast set the table for a frantic finish to game 1 of thursday s doubleheader a 10 7 walk off win. Otani also hit 322 416.

Other claims like a 128 metre hit by kieron pollard have only weak video evidence there are however some giant hits that are more credible. After the game billy williams a coach with the cubs at the time told the chicago tribune it was the longest ball he d ever seen hit. Tatis is only the second player on record to homer onto the roof joining former teammate hunter renfroe who did so twice. Sammy sosa has hit the building but nobody had hit it onto the roof.

A baseball player in japan did something that old school twins fans can relate to when he hit a ball into the roof of the tokyo dome.