Dodgers announcer says Shohei Ohtani's 50/50 game may be 'the greatest individual day in baseball history'

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Joe Davis had one of the best seats in the house for what may just be the greatest offensive performance in the history of baseball.

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani became the first MLB player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in the same season on Thursday — and he did it with a 6-for-6 performance in which he had three homers, two doubles, two stolen bases and 10 RBI.

Davis, the primary play-by-play announcer for the Dodgers, was on the call, but with his busy schedule, he knew there was a decent chance that he actually might miss out on history. Ohtani entered Thursday's game with 48 homers and 49 swiped bags. 

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Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani watches his two-run home run during the seventh inning of the game against the Miami Marlins at LoanDepot Park in Miami on Thursday. (Sam Navarro-Imagn Images)

"Selfishly, I was like, ‘he has to do it today.’ I was leaving after the game for NFL… My only chance is he leaves here with 48, they pitch around him this weekend, and I'm back next Tuesday," Davis told "The Rich Eisen Show" on Friday.

However, once Ohtani stole a base in the first inning, Davis knew it was either Thursday or nothing.

But then, Ohtani had what Davis labeled as perhaps "the greatest individual day in baseball history."

"Just unreal. As fun of a day as I've had in my career," he said. "I mean, that’s the thing, we talked about this on the broadcast. He could’ve had this day in mid-May, and it still would’ve been one you could argue is the greatest individual day in baseball history. But he did it to get 50/50, and to punch his first