Once Shohei Ohtani homered for the third time — shortly after wrapping up his six scoreless innings on the mound — the superlatives began in earnest.

Best baseball performance of all time?

Best sports performance, period?

Pinnacle of overall human achievement?

That last one is perhaps over the top, but the first two questions are worth exploring. In Game 4 of the NL Championship Series on Friday night , Ohtani became the third player ever to hit three homers in a game in which he was a starting pitcher. He also become the only person since at least 1906 to reach double digits in both total bases at the plate (12) and strikeouts on the mound (10).

To put his performance in more simplistic terms: There are three main components to baseball — pitching, hitting and fielding. Ohtani pitc

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