Three Homers, Six Shutout Innings, 10 Strikeouts - Shohei Ohtani Decided To Mess Around And Put On The Best Single Game Postseason Performance In Baseball History

Last week I wrote about how comical it was that MLB forced a Shohei flyout as a twitter post to the masses. They acted like no one was capable of replicating a fly ball to the wall. It was stupid. Well, tonight they were free to post whatever the fuck they wanted. There weren't enough tweets to send out about this freak. We've never seen this before from anyone. There's quite literally no one else on the planet who can do this. He is that much better at this game than everyone else. When it's all working you just gotta sit back and laugh. Generational talent doesn't even describe it. It's human history. A true one of one. 

Ohtani got the ball in Game 4 of the NLCS and struck out the side to get things going. 

Leading off for the Dodgers in the bottom half of the inning he connected for a solo homer to send Dodger Stadium into a frenzy. Stupid good. Amazingly, he wasn't close to done with his antics. 

A few innings later he sent this one nearly out of Dodger Stadium for his second big fly of the night. Not sure how this was anything under 500 feet. If I'm the Brewers I call the police while that sucker was in the air. What's even the point? 

And while all that was happening he tossed six shutout innings with ten strikeouts. Pure dominance on the mound. The delicate rehab they prescribed his surgically repaired elbow all season? All worth it now that this is the result. 

When his night on the mound was done after 6+, the bat kept going. How about a third bomb? 

I don't need Klemmer to tell me about the 1910s to say this is the greatest single game performance in baseball postseason history. I don't want to disrespect Larsen's perfect game in the World Series, but this beats that, no? It feels like we're watching the best to ever play the sport and it's because we are. 

It's amazing to hand out a $700M contract to someone and have it be a complete bargain. 2 years as a Dodger, 2 MVPs, 2 NL pennants. You also have an entire separate country watching your games, buying tickets, merch, etc. Dude is worth billions and it's not an exaggeration. Also truly special incompetence that the Angels had this man for six seasons and NEVER made the postseason. I know he's just one guy, but he's really not. 

P.S. The Dodgers celebration for sweeping the NLCS and going to the World Series was hilarious. Just another day at the office. None of these teams hold a candle to them and that celly represents that.