The Dodger’s Shohei Ohtani just played the greatest MLB game. Is he better than Babe Ruth?

Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani warms up during batting practice ahead of the 2025 World Series against the Blue Jays.

On Oct. 17, Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers played the greatest game in Major League Baseball history. Facing the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 4 of the NLCS at Dodger Stadium, the Japanese colossus not only tossed a two-hit, 10-strikeout gem over six shutout innings, he also clouted three homers, including one moon shot that cleared the ballpark completely.

In the classic baseball film The Natural , Robert Redford plays Roy Hobbs, an extraordinary pitcher/hitter whose supernatural bat shatters at a key moment. Yet he prevails, smacking an astonishing blast with a substitute bat to win the game. It is as if Ohtani had watched the movie before Game 4 and told his teammate