Shohei Ohtani refused to take the mound until the opposing manager said hi to him

Murphy points back at him says, "Okay,

thank you. Here we go." Just a nice

respectful thing Otani does except uh

Schill. He's not managing anymore, but

that was reported, I believe, that he

was the only manager. He stopped doing

that. And yeah, what a nice little hero

shot of him walking in getting ready.

Super slow-mo.

Cool stuff. And then there's a lot of

shots of Otani just making faces.

[clears throat] He's very expressive.

Here he is in the batters box

contemplating the pitch. Like, okay,

that was a little nasty. That's fine.

Here we go. And then we got another one

of him just in thought. Just cute. Just

a cute guy in thought thinking about

stuff.

Yes. Yes. Yes. Okay. He confirms his

thought over there. Whoa. What do we got

going on over here? We've got quizzical.

Very quizzical,

huh?

Oh, nice bat. Look at this bat. Then

we've got a cute whistle while you work.

Just getting some music in your head.

Get a rhythm. You know, you got to have

music in your head to do stuff

successfully. Said someone somewhere.

Time out. [laughter]

Uh, time out, please. Time out. Now he's

on the mound. And I believe he's trying

to get the attention of the manager

again. He's like, uh, yes. Uh, nope. Can

you get him? Can you get Murf for me?

Uh, Murf, where are you? Hello. Where

are you?

Uh, yes. Hi. Hi. Good game to you. This

one cracked me up. On the mound, gets

the pitch call. He says, "Okay, I'll

throw it." Wait, what the [ __ ] that

pit? Wait, what? I have that pitch.

Well, here it goes.

Okay. All right. Not bad. What? What was

that? Huh? You want me to throw what?

This one, huh? I have that.

Of course I do. All four. Oh. Oh, it was

out. Okay. I agree. You're right. I

agree. I agree.

Ooh.