Shohei Ohtani is the best professional athlete on Earth alive, and it’s not really that close.

If you follow baseball, you probably agree. And if you don’t follow baseball, you may want to pose a counterargument.

Let us pre-emptively interrupt you and explain what Ohtani did last week, when he had arguably the greatest performance in the history of professional sport.

In game four of the National League Championship Series (NLCS), the Los Angeles Dodgers were trying to complete a sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers - who had the most wins this season. (We wouldn’t say they were the best team, but that’s a much nerdier argument for another time.)

Ohtani pitched, which is unusual, because he also batted. And players don’t do that in Major League Baseball - it’s just too damn hard to specialis

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