Shohei Ohtani just proved – if there was any doubt – that he’s the best baseball player in the world. He hit three home runs in the Dodgers’ win over the Brewers (LA 5 – MIL 1) and threw six scoreless innings while striking out 10 batters.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts seemed stunned after the game and could only praise Ohtani’s performance: “That was probably the greatest postseason performance of all time. There’s been a lot of postseason games, and there’s a reason why he’s the greatest player on the planet.”
Afterwards, he added: “What he did on the mound, what he did at the bat, he created a lot of memories for a lot of people. To do it in a game clinching game at home, wins the NLCS MVP, pretty special. I’m just happy to be able to go along for the ride.”
Meanwhile, third baseman Max Muncy knew he was witnessing a historic performance from a baseball great.
“I can’t wait for when I’m a little bit older and my kids are asking about, ‘What’s the greatest thing you’ve ever seen in baseball?’ I can’t wait to pull up this game today. That’s the single best performance in the history of baseball. I don’t care what anyone says. Obviously, I don’t know what happened a hundred years ago, but that’s the single best performance I’ve ever seen in my life,” Muncy said.
Ohtani’s “rare batting practice”
Ohtani entered this game with fans and analysts wondering what was wrong with him because he had struggled at the plate this postseason.
But as greats do, he talked on the field and shut everyone’s mouth.
After Ohtani’s impressive game, MLB revealed how he worked and shrugged off that bad streak in the postseason: “Shohei Ohtani took rare on-field BP before NLCS Game 3 amid struggles at the plate. The work paid off in Game 4 in a THREE-HOMER game!”
As the video shows, practice makes perfect, and Ohtani hit the same homer in his “rare on-filed batting practice” as he did against the Brewers.
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