WELCOME TO THE SHO All eyes in Angel Stadium were on Shohei Ohtani It was his first home game in the big leagues Ohtani had been a star in Japan and was used to attention But this was a new challenge This was Major League Baseball MLB Fans of the Los Angeles Angels hoped to see Ohtani hit home runs He didn’t waste any time Ohtani launches a home run during his first game at Angel Stadium 5 CHAPTER 1
On April 3 2018 Ohtani and the Angels were hosting the Cleveland Indians Ohtani showed what he could do in the first inning When he stepped up to the plate the bases were loaded The Angels and Indians were tied 2 2 A wild pitch allowed a runner to score from third base That made the score 3 2 Los Angeles Two Angels teammates were still on base Then Ohtani got a pitch he could drive He crushed it over the center field wall for a 6 2 Angels lead The crowd went wild But when Ohtani got back to the dugout his teammates were silent Nobody paid attention to him They were playing a prank on their new 6
Ohtani’s teammates dump a bucket of ice water on him to celebrate his big game against the Indians teammate A few seconds later they broke into smiles They surrounded Ohtani and congratulated him on his first major league home run Los Angeles played Cleveland again the next day Ohtani struck out in his first at-bat But he was ready the next time 7
