Los Angeles – Shohei ohtaniThe “Dad Force” is starting to kick like the Dodgers Slugger has reached his first home since his daughter’s birth to start the 15-2 Victoria on the Marlins on Tuesday night.
“It was a good race at home to go back to the board for this game,” said Ohtani through a performer. “I didn’t get to a father, so it’s very good to be able to do it.”
Whether it is the myth or statistically proven fact, Dodgers’s director Dave Roberts is a firm believer in “Dad’s strength”, the theory that some players gain physical strength and resistance when entering paternity. The research department of MLB.com has found that among the more than 200 blows instances that returned to the action of the paternity list from 2011 to 2024, 28 reached a home in their first game back.
“Now that he is a father,” said Roberts last week, “we could see some 120 km per hour output speeds outside the bat.”
Ohtani, the 2024 National League MVP, reached .125 (2 by 16) with zero RBIS and six strikes in its first four games back for paternity leave.
But in its last four games, Ohtani is fighting .467 (7 by 15) with a Homer, three doubles, one triple and two rbis and the house you hit on Tuesday night Sandy AlcantaraThe first launch of the game left the bat at 114 km / he traveled 394 feet.
“That was a great set of tone,” Roberts said about the 14th leadership of Ohtani’s race. “I think we feed on Shohei, certainly at the top of the order. To make it a 1-1 game after the first launch, their boot throws, surely get some life in our offense, and we only take it from there. When you go, you can see our offense suit.”
Ohtani’s Homer provoked a first three -races entry and the Dodgers have accumulated 18 hits, including four by Teoscar Hernandezwhich he directed in four races to become the leader of the Major League with 31 Rbis, and three by Andy pages Highlights for an eight starters’ race.
The game was a blow, the Dodgers scoring three in the third, four in the sixth and three in the eighth, which both teams ended with position players on the hill: Outfielder Javier Sanoja For the man of Marlins and utility Kiké Hernandez for the dodgers.
Ohtani continues to try to fit the paternity since his daughter’s birth on April 19, especially the interruption of his sleep schedule. Ohtani likes to get at least 10 hours of sleep per night and take long tracks before the games.
“A small change in the routine in terms of, for example, I went to the hospital today and I came directly to the field,” Ohtani told Japanese writers that it is common for some Japanese women to spend a week or two at the hospital after giving rise to. “Just being here at home is good to be able to spend a time, but on the road, it will be a challenge as I won’t be here.
“… but I’m just grateful for the safe delivery. I am happy that even though I couldn’t sleep as much as I wanted, it’s a good kind of situation not asleep.”