Don't try and sneak fastballs past Shohei Ohtani

Kyle Madson

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Ronel Blanco learned an important lesson about Shohei Ohtani. Don't try and sneak fastballs by him. 

Ohtani was ahead in the count 2-1 vs. Blanco in the top of the third inning Saturday night in Houston. Blanco, after missing with a couple off-speed pitches, tried a 92 MPH fastball on the inner half to the Dodgers designated hitter.

It did not work.

Ohtani's 32nd home run of the year had an exit velocity of 118.7 MPH and an estimated distance of 443 feet to put the Dodgers ahead 2-0. 

Kyle Madson

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Kyle Madson neither likes writing about himself nor writing in the third person. Nevertheless, he persists. While Kyle has spent most of his writing career covering the NFL’s Tennessee Titans and San Francisco 49ers, he’s never lost the love of baseball that has resided in the deepest recesses of his soul since he began playing T-ball at 4 years old (no matter how hard John Fisher has tried). Aside from writing, Kyle also hosts a radio show, the Insiders, with James Ham on ESPN 1320 in Sacramento. When he’s not being a sports dork, Kyle loves being a normal dork and traveling, visiting museums, diving further into K-Pop fandom (#SKZ) and hanging out with his wife and cats. Don’t follow him on Twitter or Instagram at @KyleAMadson.