"Even Shohei Ohtani's teammates struggle to find the right adjectives to describe him; ones that express how good he is while emphasizing how unlikely his existence is in the first place. After Monday's Game 3, when Ohtani became the first player in postseason history to reach base nine times in a World Series game, Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman opted for unicorn, one of the more common Ohtani descriptors. Starting pitcher Blake Snell, meanwhile, put things simple and plain."
"Game 4 of the World Series, though, proved that even a spectacular unicorn can be fallible. On Tuesday, Ohtani allowed more than three runs in a start for the first time since August and didn't record a hit in the Dodgers' 6-2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays to tie the series at two games apiece. That a pedestrian performance like this can surprise is further evidence of how Ohtani has completely reset the standards of what a professional baseball player can achieve."
Teammates struggle to find adequate adjectives for Shohei Ohtani, often calling him a unicorn because of his rare combination of skills. Ohtani set a postseason record by reaching base nine times in a World Series game and earlier produced four extra-base hits, a feat not seen in 119 years. He can still be fallible: he allowed more than three runs for the first time since August and went hitless in a 6-2 loss that tied the series. His six strikeouts raised his total to 25 in his first three postseason starts, and his induced whiff rate reached 42% in the 2025 postseason.
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