After Shohei Ohtani’s Game 4 performance in the 2025 National League Championship Series, in which he was named MVP after a historic and unprecedented showing at the plate and on the mound, many analysts have chimed in to crown the Japanese phenom as the greatest player the game has ever seen.

No fewer than five reporters soon tweeted that Ohtani was not headed to Canada and remained in Southern California, including USA Today's Bob Nightengale, The Athletic's Jim Bowden, Nicholson-Smith, the New York Post's Jon Heyman and the Orange County Register's Jeff Fletcher.

Dodgers superstar defies description with historic three-homer, 10-strikeout playoff performance that has observers questioning if we'll ever see anyone like him again.

Count Deion Sanders as impressed with Shohei Ohtani's incredible performance in Game 4 of the NL Championship Series.

The documentary "Diamond Diplomacy" traces Japanese and American history through the lens of baseball. Shohei Ohtani is among the film's stars.

The Toronto Blue Jays are back in the World Series for the first time since 1993 and the Los Angeles Dodgers will try to to become the first repeat winner in a quarter century.

In a closeout opportunity for the defending champions, Shohei Ohtani took the mound for LA and punched out 10 batters across six-plus scoreless innings of work. At the plate, Ohtani went 3-for-3 with three home runs, one of which left Dodger Stadium and traveled 469 feet according to Statcast.

If you don’t want to spring for the pricey Limited Shohei jersey, pick up a replica jersey from Nike, MLBShop.com, or Dick’s Sporting Goods. The official jerseys are high-quality all around, with details like heat-applied badging and clear, bold colors.

And if you're curious, one pitcher in history has ever had a three-homer game in the regular season. It was Jim Tobin of the 1942 Braves. He went 3 for 4 with three homers and four RBI. He threw a complete game, too. He also allowed five runs (three earned), though.