Shohei Ohtani is the best player in Major League Baseball, full stop. That’s true even when he doesn’t go 50-50 (over 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases, in case you didn’t know), because he’s a pretty darn good pitcher when he takes the mound.

The key to the 2024 World Series might lie in Shohei Ohtani’s smile.

The race was on to reach Shohei Ohtani first. The Los Angeles Dodgers superstar waited calmly as a horde of media rushed toward him on the eve of his first World Series.