Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Shohei Ohtani Jim Cowsert-USA TODAY Sports

Watch: Shohei Ohtani flips bat, wears cowboy hat after big home runs

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports | By Larry Brown | Last updated 4/15/22

Shohei Ohtani on Friday finally got on the board with his first home run of the 2022 season, and he decided to add a second for good measure.

Ohtani smacked the first pitch of the game between his Los Angeles Angels and the Texas Rangers deep to right-center for his first home run of the season.

First pitch of the game first HR of the season for Shohei Ohtani! #GoHalos pic.twitter.com/lIFyT2BPFy

— Los Angeles Angels (@Angels) April 16, 2022

That put the Angels up 1-0.

Ohtani also got his first opportunity to wear the cowboy hat, which is what Angels players wear after hitting home runs.

YALL….ITS BACK! Ohtani quickly makes it 1-0! pic.twitter.com/uHVSH1kFSn

— Erica Weston (@EricaLWeston) April 16, 2022

Then in the fifth, Ohtani absolutely destroyed a ball for a two-run homer to make it 6-5 Texas.

Shohei again!

And this one was CRUSHED. pic.twitter.com/FtOiZ3dmfY

— MLB (@MLB) April 16, 2022

Ohtani knew that one was gone and pimped his home run with a bat flip.

OHTANI BAT FLIP pic.twitter.com/DFADw5mDiD

— MLB (@MLB) April 16, 2022

That must have felt great for Ohtani, who got off to a slow start over the Angels’ first seven games. Things were so bad for him that he even administered CPR on his bat recently.