Shohei Ohtani provides his own run support with historic home run (Video)

It’s Showtime for the Los Angeles Angels, as Shohei Ohtani went deep in his first at-bat of the game against the Chicago White Sox.

Shohei Ohtani is making all kinds of history on Sunday Night Baseball. He’s the third American League pitcher to pitch and hit for himself since 1976, and only the second to hit as high in the lineup as second since the turn of the century — the 20th century, that is.

Ohtani is setting a new standard for the two-way player, one we frankly didn’t know existed until he made his way to the Major Leagues. While he’s dealt with injury issues for quite some time, Ohtani is now fully healthy and ready to take a crack at whatever Joe Maddon thinks he can be at his best.

Shohei Ohtani makes history with first inning home run

That is a major flex by Ohtani, with an exit velocity above 115 MPH. Not to mention, he threw a pitch 1010 MPH in the first inning.

That was Ohtani’s 49th home run of his career, breaking a tie with Kenji Johjima for third among Japanese-born MLB players. Hideki Matsui and Ichiro Suzuki remain in his sights.

This guy really can do it all.