The National League Division Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies begins Saturday afternoon in the City of the Brotherly Shove. It is truly a must-watch event for all baseball fans.
The series features teams with storied histories and a litany of current day stars. The biggest of those luminaries is Shohei Ohtani who will start Game 1 on the mound for Los Angeles. In doing so, the right hander will become the first player in the history of the playoffs to start one game on the bump and another as a non-pitcher in the same postseason. Shohei enjoyed a 50-50 season with over 50 home runs and over 50 strikeouts. One of Ohtani’s 14 starts this season was against the Phillies back on September 16. The Dodgers’ all-everything threw five hitless innings that day.