SEE: Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani steals home

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The 2021 season for Angels superstar and MVP frontman Shohei Ohtani has basically been an emphatic “no” to the question, “is there anything on a baseball field he can not do?” We can add another feat to the list after seeing what he pulled at the bottom of the fifth inning Tuesday against the Yankees.

Ohtani stole home.

Now, as can be seen in the video images, it is not a direct theft of the home, but instead a first and third game that is being tried every single time there are runners on first and third in the Little League. The higher level we go, the harder it is to pull from the runner at third base. It’s incredibly impressive for Ohtani to score on a game like this in the majors.

Just running back through everything he does this year is also worth it, so we’re not starting to take for granted how crazy it is.

It was Ohtani’s 21st stolen base this season. He leads the majors in home runs with 42 and goes AL in swallowing percentage. He is also 8-1 with a 3.00 ERA on the mound, where he has beaten 127 hits in 105 innings. It has seemed impossible for a player to do all this in one season for up to 100 years and he does. Just try this phrase for size: The best power hitter in baseball, which is also an All-Star caliber pitcher, stole straight home.

Great, right?

It’s a shame the angels are not in the playoffs. Partly thanks to major injuries to Mike Trout and Anthony Rendon, they are stuck in mediocrity. Thanks to Ohtani, however, they are one of the funniest teams in baseball to watch. See Appendix ZZZ above for the latest evidence.