#shohei-ohtani

#shohei-ohtani

Baseball, perhaps more than any other sport, competes with its own deep mythology. So many of its highlights are in black and white, and so many of its GOATs are ghosts, that the former national pastime is easily dismissed as past its prime. It isn't. The 2025 postseason, which ended when the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays in the 11th inning of the seventh game of an ulcer-inducing World Series, stands with any in baseball history.

Shohei Ohtani is slated to start Game 7 on the mound tonight. The two-way star will be pitching on three days' rest after tossing six innings in Game 4 on Tuesday. Manager Dave Roberts told reporters, including Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register, that he's " not sure" how long Ohtani will pitch. Roberts added that he wants to " withhold expectations and kind of read and react."

There are plenty of people speculating how one of the most popular baby names for those born this year and in 2026 in the United States and Japan will be Shohei after what Shohei Ohtani accomplished in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series, hitting three home runs and striking out 10 in the Dodgers' clinching win over the Milwaukee Brewers.

The 2023 free agency period centered around Shohei Ohtani. Perhaps the most gifted player in the history of the sport was a free agent, and that gave a host of franchises the opportunity to showcase why the iconic athlete should sign with them.

This is a brutal October for the Angels, and not just because they are defendants before a jury that must determine whether the team is guilty of negligence or ignorance that contributed to the death of one of its players. On the field, baseball's longest postseason drought extended to 11 years. They just hired their fourth manager in five years and gave him a one-year contract, which makes him a lame duck before he ever manages a game.

On Friday night, Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers put on an athletic performance beyond anything I have ever seen, and I covered sports full-time for six years, and continue to do so now and again. He did something that nobody alive ever had seen before because only Babe Ruth, while in the employ of the Boston Red Sox, ever came close to anything like it. He pitched six innings and struck out 10 Milwaukee Brewers. And he also hit three home runs

The MLB Players Association (MLBPA) announced finalists for the 2025 Players Choice Awards, which are chosen through a vote of their peers. The Los Angeles Dodgers had Shohei Ohtani place among the top three for Player of the Year and the National League Outstanding Player Award. Ohtani won the NL Outstanding Player Award last year. Clayton Kershaw is also one of the finalists for the NL Comeback Player Award.