RHP Shane Bieber (TOR) vs. RHP Shohei Ohtani (LAD)

Good lord. How do you follow that?

Last night — and well into this morning — the Dodgers and Blue Jays played one of the most ridiculous games in the history of the World Series. Nay, the history of baseball. Nay, the history of sports!

It was an absolutely absurd 18-inning marathon, a 6-hour, 39-minute game that featured 19 pitchers and 609 pitches thrown. Shohei Ohtani reached base in all nine of his plate appearances, including two homers, to the point that the Blue Jays just stopped pitching to him, issuing him four intentional walks and a non-intentional intentional walk for the rest of the game. There were TOOTBLANs all over the place with a slew of runners getting foolishly thrown out at every base. Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw

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