Is there anything to discuss today besides Shohei Ohtani? Talk about waking a sleeping giant. Ohtani almost makes this look easy, and it’s hard to remember that this incredible skill didn’t happen by chance—Ohtani built himself this way over years and years of single-minded dedication. Makes you wonder what you can do if you really commit to something (honestly, I’m just hoping I can commit to waking up on time every day, never mind break records on a weekly basis…).
Anyways, the answer to that initial question, shockingly, is yes.
As Rowan Kavner at Fox Sports reminds us, the Dodgers’ starting pitching absolutely showed up to play this series. Blake Snell faced the minimum over eight innings in his start, Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw a complete game (the first postseason pitcher to do so in