Shohei Ohtani Had Such a Cool Reason For Swiping a Ball From an Unsuspecting Umpire

This guy is the best.

Angels star Shohei Ohtani had himself a day against the Mariners on Wednesday.

He made some unique pitch clock violation history by getting called for it on the mound and at the plate and got his first win of the season, giving up just one run (and had eight strikeouts) in six innings of work. 

He also had a fun little moment between innings when he was able to show off how thoughtful and nice he can be. Ohtani, his interpreter and his manager were talking to the home plate ump when he suddenly decided to swipe a baseball and toss it away. 

Why’d he do it? The opposing pitcher needed a ball to warm up with. 

Check this out: 

Shohei the Pickpocket. pic.twitter.com/LBR1IIvPLb

— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) April 5, 2023

What a gentleman! 

MLB fans loved it: 

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I love him so much hahahaha https://t.co/Jtu9eEzSy1

— Phil (FriarBreaks) (@GGsMaestro) April 6, 2023

I feel like shohei is just an all time good vibes guy https://t.co/nlk9xcIDUv

— Mac Ideson (@macdaddydiesell) April 6, 2023

This is great😂 https://t.co/wPx4t56xvR

— Amags (@amagspicks) April 6, 2023