Shohei Ohtani Had One Thing On His Mind After Starring In Dodgers' Epic Marathon Win

Shohei Ohtani continues to defy each logic and explanation, creating a history that sounds for illustration folklore successful nan adjacent day's newspaper. And conscionable erstwhile you deliberation you've seen it all, he does thing other that nary 1 successful nan history of nan athletics has ever accomplished—or moreover considered accomplishing. But astatine nan extremity of nan day, contempt really it seems, he is mortal and needs to occasionally recharge his batteries pinch a bully night's slumber for illustration immoderate different human.

So aft homering doubly and doubling doubly successful nan Dodgers' epic Game 3 triumph over nan Blue Jays connected Monday night/Tuesday morning, Ohtani couldn't hold to get immoderate shuteye.

Asked by Tom Verducci successful an on-field question and reply really he was emotion arsenic his Game 4 commencement connected nan mound crept person by nan moment, Ohtani kept it real

"I want to spell to slumber arsenic soon arsenic imaginable truthful I tin get ready, " nan dual-threat prima said done an interpreter.

Game 3 was an instant classical connected par pinch immoderate World Series title ever played successful position of play and surely longevity. From first transportation to past pitch, 6 hours and 39 minutes elapsed. The tv broadcast had to commencement recycling promos.

The astir insane point of each is that Game 4's starting pitcher reached guidelines 9 times. And was intentionally walked 4 times. Or possibly nan astir insane point is that complete nan people of 7 at-bats astatine Dodger Stadium Ohtani deed 5 homers and had 2 doubles.

You commencement listing each nan worldly he does and it gets dizzying.

But he's sleeping correct now. And will beryllium sleeping for a while.

Well deserved.

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