[Otani Shohei Local News October 23rd]Shocking 5th floor seat estimated 150m bullet! Crossed 14 fences during final adjustments in enemy territory

Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani (31) attended media day at Rogers Center in Toronto on the 23rd (24th Japan time), the day before the start of the World Series against the Blue Jays. After the press conference, he pitched in the bullpen, and during free batting on the ground, he showed good condition, hitting 14 out of 33 swings over the fence. For free batting, he uses a special practice bat with half of the tip of a black bat painted silver in order to maintain the correct swing trajectory. In the first set, one of the seven swings went over the fence. He easily carried the ball to the back screen. In the second set, 3 of the 8 swings were over the fence. In the third set, he went over three fences out of seven swings, and on the third swing he fired a 140-meter bullet that hit directly under the back screen LCD. The fourth set was 5 swings over 3 fences. On the fifth swing, he fired a bullet estimated at a distance of 150 meters, hitting the fence in front of the fifth floor seats. Furthermore, in the fifth set, he hit four over the fence in six swings. Over 14 fences with a total of 33 swings. His expression was bright, and there were scenes where he talked with T. Hernandez about the bat, and even showed a fist pump after hitting a ball. Sponichi Annex delivering the latest news https://www.sponichi.co.jp/ Sponichi Photo and Video Department’s X (old Twitter) https://x.com/Sponichi_Photo Sponichi Photo and Video Department’s Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sponichiphoto_official?igsh=MWVyZmZzcGpvNmsycA== Sponichi’s X (former Twitter) https://twitter.com/sponichiannex #Shohei Otani