Ohtani has tested the bounds of the ballpark before, hitting one through the ceiling of the building dubbed “The Big Egg” back in 2016.

Years from now, people who weren’t here will claim they were. The people who actually were here won’t be complaining about the outrageous ticket prices.

The crowds at Tokyo Dome go silent for Ohtani’s at-bats then erupt in cheers for anything he does, but he seems largely unaffected by a level of attention that might be matched by only a handful