Shohei Ohtani has basically moved into Coors Field. He hit two more home runs Monday night as the Dodgers blew past the Rockies 11-5, and Barstool's baseball guys were watching it happen live.
Ohtani 4-5 w/ 2 bombs. Would he hit 70 if he played for Rockies in Coors?!?!
The joke about Ohtani hitting 70 bombs if he played his home games in Colorado is funny because it's not that far off. Ohtani has now hit safely in 21 straight games at Coors Field, and over that stretch he's hitting.413 with 9 home runs and 24 RBIs. Whatever it is about that thin air and that short porch, he's figured it out.
The Rockies, meanwhile, are the Rockies. Colorado has been a punching bag for basically the entire league this year, and getting run over by the Dodgers on their own turf is just another Monday. Big Cat summed up the vibe in one line.
*Shohei Ohtani 2 homers at Coors Field against a dog water Rockies team in a blowout
Amid the blowout, Barstool's baseball account tried to rip Kyle Tucker for dropping a pop fly, but the video attached to the tweet doesn't actually show Tucker at all. It's Dodgers outfielders — including Freddie Freeman — chasing a fly ball with the scoreboard showing LAD up 10-1 in the 7th, which was this exact Rockies game, not whatever play the tweet was trying to reference.
Dodgers outfielders, including Freddie Freeman, converge on a fly ball with L.A. up big on the scoreboard against Colorado — not footage of Kyle Tucker.
Mismatched clip aside, the actual story is Ohtani continuing to feast on Rockies pitching and Coors Field in general, while the Dodgers used the blowout to snap out of an offensive funk they'd been stuck in. For a team that's supposed to be gearing up for another deep October run, nights like this — where the lineup just clicks all at once at altitude — are exactly what they needed.