Shohei Ohtani’s 2025 National League Championship Series MVP trophy sat quietly in the center of the Dodgers ’ clubhouse this week — a gleaming reminder of Ohtani’s otherworldly performance in Game 4 of the the NLCS against the Brewers.

But if you looked closer, the nameplate that read “Most Valuable Player” had been covered by a simple note: “Team Effort.”

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That’s Ohtani in a nutshell. A man who can hit baseballs into orbit, strike out ten in six scoreless innings, and still point the spotlight away from himself.

Sources told NBC LA that Ohtani had asked one of the Dodgers clubhouse attendants to place the “Team Effort” note over the placard of the trophy and display it in the center of the Dodgers’ clubhouse

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