Ohtani hit the scoreboard in BP

[Make Angels Great Again]

Bonds, eat your heart out.

 

[goldenGlove]

Love this guy

[AngelsLakersFan]

Wait is that real?

It looks like it lands in the seats above the tunnels... but on my second play back it looks like it changes direction at the scoreboard.

No one even came close to that during the homerun derby... I mean I have not heard of anyone hitting it onto the concourse, let alone half way up off the video board. Distance wise that has to be the equivalent of hitting it literally out of the stadium to left field.

[Waybackman]

How will they not score?

[Make Angels Great Again]

4 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

Wait is that real?

 It looks like it lands in the seats above the tunnels... but on my second play back it looks like it changes direction at the scoreboard.

No one even came close to that during the homerun derby... I mean I have not heard of anyone hitting it onto the concourse, let alone half way up off the video board. Distance wise that has to be the equivalent of hitting it literally out of the stadium to left field.

 

I couldn't believe it either. It legit looks like it hits the video screen.

[Make Angels Great Again]

You can see the ball change direction a fraction before the 10 second mark. 

Estimate is apparently 520 something feet, which seems low.

[AngelsLakersFan]

24 minutes ago, Make Angels Great Again said:

You can see the ball change direction a fraction before the 10 second mark. 

Estimate is apparently 520 something feet, which seems low.

520 might be a reasonable estimate for the seats beyond the tunnels.

[Blarg]

I've shown a few people at the 66ers game this video. The collective responseis, Wow!

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[Billy_Ball]

He’s winning the HR Derby this year.  I can’t wait!

[Blarg]

Just showed Bernie the mascot. "Oh, my Lord." He's not supposed to step out of character. That's the power of Ohtani.

[Docwaukee]

that has to be more than 525 ft if it's real.  

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 minute ago, Dochalo said:

that has to be more than 525 ft if it's real.  

I'd think it'd have to be around 700 feet. 450ft gets you well up into the right field seats.

[Docwaukee]

13 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

I'd think it'd have to be around 700 feet. 450ft gets you well up into the right field seats.

yeah.  I'd guess 600+ for sure.  

[Dick B Back]

Batting practice is fun and all, but how did he do in the game?

Oops, never mind, forgot he doesn’t have a hall pass for Saturdays.

[Make Angels Great Again]

The OC register apparently reported on it, and the angels measured it as 513 feet. They're saying it actually hit the scoreboard.

No way its 513 though.

www.ocregister.com/2018/05/19/shohei-ohtanis-batting-practice-blast-at-angel-stadium-/amp/

[KevinJ14]

It was real, I saw it. I'm an Usher at the stadium lol

[Lou]

16 minutes ago, KevinJ14 said:

It was real, I saw it. I'm an Usher at the stadium lol

Did it bounce off the scoreboard and hit you? 

[AngelsLakersFan]

For reference, Trout's ball that statcast strangely (and surely incorrectly) called a 520 foot shot landed about 10 rows behind the tunnel in left field. Shots onto the rock pile and the batters eye routinely register greater than 430 feet. The longest homerun hit in this stadium was hit by Nelson Cruz - it was just shy of 500 feet I believe and landed among the flag poles in left center.

The 513 feet could only be correct if they are measuring the distance on the ground from home plate to the scoreboard, with no consideration for the ball's progress being stopped 100 feet above the ground by said scoreboard (the scoreboard itself is 49 feet tall).

[yk9001]

10 hours ago, Blarg said:

Just showed Bernie the mascot. "Oh, my Lord." He's not supposed to step out of character. That's the power of Ohtani.

 

What did the ticket scanner say?

[Lhalo]

There is 0% chance that video is real. 

[Blarg]

55 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

 

What did the ticket scanner say?

You're still banned from entry. 

[Docwaukee]

https://www.mlb.com/news/rangers-joey-gallo-hits-490-foot-home-run/c-254785816

this is the video from Gallo's hr to RCF.  It's 3/4th the way up the batters eye and estimated at 490.  

Hitting midway off the scoreboard would totally be over 600 feet.  

Video has to be a fake.  

[hangin n wangin]

That video just looks like a crock.