Roki Sasaki nearly lost his head
What Happened
In the video, a baseball player named Roki Sasaki narrowly avoided being hit in the head by a ground rule double. The transcript describes how the ball bounced up towards Roki's face, and he ducked just in time to avoid being struck. The players on the field acknowledged how close the call was and celebrated by doing a dance before throwing the ball to the crowd.
Who / What Is Involved
Players: Roki Sasaki.
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentDid you know Roki almost got his head
taken off by a ground rule double? I
didn't know that until I watched this
camera shot of this ground rule double.
We got it smoked. It's in the gap. It's
going to land on dirt. Bounce up. Oh, he
ducked just in the nick of time.
Everyone is there. First, let's do our
dance. Okay. And then let's all point
out that almost hit you in the face,
dude. You ducked. He's like, "Yeah, I
ducked that way." They're like, "Yeah,
that ball was coming. It went right over
your head. That was close." And then
they throw it to someone in the crowd
because they've been nice. Watch it
again.
And there's his face. And whoa.
I like how they did the dance first.
They point out his head. They're like,
"Dude, that almost hit you. Hold up.
Acknowledge the batter. Okay, we're
dancing." Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. No. But
for real, that almost hit you, dude. Oh.