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Shohei Ohtani has two World Sequence rings in his first two seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers, to not point out he’s prone to win back-to-back NL MVP Awards.
However the two-way Japanese celebrity is already fascinated with the following time his squad will elevate the World Sequence trophy.
Ohtani was having fun with his time along with his teammates, coaches and all of Dodgers Nation on Monday in Los Angeles, because the World Sequence champions celebrated their Sport 7 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. It was an extra-inning thriller that ended with the Dodgers retaining their title after defeating the New York Yankees in 2024.
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Los Angeles Dodgers two-way participant Shohei Ohtani (17) and pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (18) in the course of the World Sequence championship parade and celebration on Nov. 3, 2025. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Photographs)
Ohtani was interviewed on one of many Dodgers parade buses, the place he was requested if that is the “new norm” after profitable all of it in his first two journeys to the postseason.
“I’m already fascinated with the third time we’re going to do that,” he stated by way of an interpreter.
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One of many largest storylines for MLB subsequent season will likely be whether or not the Dodgers can develop into World Sequence champions for the third straight yr, which might be the primary time the franchise has executed so.
The final group to do it was the Yankees from 1998-2000, which was the third time in franchise historical past the feat had been achieved (1936-38 and 1949-53). The Oakland Athletics additionally did so from 1972-74.
Ohtani and the Dodgers wouldn’t be speaking about this if it weren’t for extra postseason heroics within the dugout, particularly from Miguel Rojas and Will Smith. Los Angeles was two outs away from shedding the World Sequence at Rogers Centre on Saturday when Rojas belted a game-tying solo residence run off Jeff Hoffman to drive further innings. He additionally had a vital force-out at residence plate with the bases loaded and one out within the backside of the ninth inning that stored the sport tied at 4 apiece.
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani in the course of the Dodgers World Championship Parade and Celebration Monday, Nov. 3, 2025 in Los Angeles. (Eric Thayer/Los Angeles Occasions)
Then, within the prime of the eleventh inning, Smith launched the eventual game-winning residence run off Shane Bieber.
In the meantime, Ohtani had the Dodgers in a rut early within the sport after Bo Bichette hit a towering three-run residence run off him within the backside of the third inning to ship the house crowd right into a frenzy. The Dodgers would battle again and choose up their star, who hit .333 (9-for-27) with three homers, three doubles and 5 RBI by means of the seven-game sequence.
Ohtani’s greatest efficiency was Sport 3, the place he hit two homers and went 4-for-4 with two doubles as properly in an 18-inning sport for the ages, which ended with a Freddie Freeman walk-off residence run.
Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates after hitting a house run in the course of the seventh inning towards the Toronto Blue Jays in sport three of the 2025 World Sequence at Dodger Stadium on Oct. 27, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Sean M. Haffey/Getty Photographs)
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After Mookie Betts’ game-sealing double play on an Alejandro Kirk floor ball within the backside of the eleventh inning in Sport 7, the Dodgers have been celebrating as soon as once more.
Ohtani believes that feeling will likely be felt subsequent October as properly.
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