“It’s unbelievable. I’ve watched baseball my whole life, but what Ohtani did tonight… it’s not human,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts exclaimed during a press conference amid a storm of excitement in Los Angeles.
Dodger Stadium just witnessed one of the most surreal performances in MLB history. Shohei Ohtani – the “two-way knight” of the Los Angeles Dodgers – threw 6 innings without a run, struck out 10 batters, and then immediately after… hit 3 home runs in the same game. The crowd of 56,000 spectators exploded. The ESPN commentator only had time to say: “If this were a video game, I would turn it off because I couldn’t beat this character.”
People have called him a superhero, a monster, a miracle… but tonight, social media exploded with a new nickname: “The Baseball Robot.”
Ohtani took the field with his usual cold face, his eyes as if programmed. For the first six innings, he completely overwhelmed the San Francisco Giants lineup. His ball reached 100 mph, with a slider that spun so fast that no one could touch it. When the sixth inning ended, the stat sheet read: 10 strikeouts, 0 walks, ERA unchanged at 2.01.
Then the unthinkable happened. In his second at-bat, Ohtani hit his first home run into the right field. His second in the fifth inning – breaking his personal record. By the third, Dodger Stadium erupted, thousands chanting: “MVP! MVP! MVP!”
“He wasn’t breathing hard, he wasn’t sweating, he wasn’t emotional… like a robot programmed to win,” the MLB Network reporter described.
After the game, Ohtani remained humble, but his words silenced the press room:
“I’m not trying to do anything extraordinary. I just think: if I can do better today than yesterday, that’s enough. But sometimes… the body goes further than what the mind plans.”
The whole baseball world is talking about him. Twitter is flooded with the hashtags #OhtaniRobot and #ShoTimeMode, with more than 20 million mentions in just 2 hours. One popular account wrote: “If Ohtani is from the future, I wouldn’t be surprised. He’s a cross between Babe Ruth and an AI invented by NASA.”
Statisticians had to update their data because no player in MLB history has ever thrown 10 strikeouts and hit 3 home runs in the same game. This goes beyond sports logic – and turns Ohtani into a living legend in real time.
Coach Roberts added:
“We don’t know how else to describe him. Every time he thinks ‘this is the pinnacle,’ he breaks another limit. Maybe Shohei doesn’t play baseball – he’s redefining it.”
After the game, Ohtani, still smiling slightly, walked off the field to thunderous cheers. He stopped to sign an autograph for a small boy holding a sign that read: “Ohtani – Are You Even Human?”
He just smiled, put his hand on the boy’s shoulder and whispered:
“Humans can do more than we think. Just don’t give up.”
One night, one game, three home runs and ten strikeouts. How many more limits are there to break? Perhaps no one knows. But for Shohei Ohtani – the “perfect robot” of modern baseball – things are just getting started.
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