‘Baseball Genius’ Shohei Ohtani (29, LA Angels) was caught bowing politely to senior player Ichiro Suzuki (50) before the game, which is a hot topic among fans.
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Ohtani found Ichiro Suzuki warming up on the playground the day before the 2023 MLB (US Professional Baseball) away game against the Seattle Mariners held at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, USA on the 4th. Ichiro is currently acting as a special assistant to the Mariners club president and frequently appears at the Mariners home stadium스포츠토토.
Ichiro, who was warming up in the left corner of the stadium at the time, looked somewhere and threw his glove and continued running. He found Ichiro running on the field and chased after him. He eventually ran to the other end of the field, approached Ichiro, took off his hat, and greeted him politely.
In the video captured on camera, Ohtani bowed his head 3 times in just 5 seconds, and Ichiro smiled, removed his gloves and shook hands in a friendly way. The two warmed up together and chatted for a while with bright faces.
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. In 2004, he set the record for most hits in a single season with 262 hits, a true Japanese baseball legend.
Could it be that he received good energy from such a senior? Ohtani played as the designated hitter in the game the next day and hit a large two-run home run over the center fence against Mariners starter George Kirby at the top of the 5th inning with no out and 1st base against 2-2. It was his second home run of the season. Ohtani’s current batting performance for the season is currently 5 hits in 17 at-bats, with a batting average of .294, 2 homers and 5 RBIs.
#Otani, two baseball heroes whose friendly greetings were a hot topic in the past,
were captured in May 2018, when they were new to the Azels, with Ichiro, who was active at the time. Ohtani found Ichiro inside the stadium and went behind him to say hello, but Ichiro suddenly ran away.
Ichiro, who ran away for a while, greeted Ohtani, who was embarrassed, saying, “I played a joke on the reflection of another player’s sunglasses.