At 4-0, the Los Angeles Dodgers are off to the best start by a defending World Series champion since the Detroit Tigers won their first six games in 1985. The Dodgers have done that without having Shohei Ohtani the pitcher.

2018 — Three days after starting at DH on Opening Day in his major league debut, Japanese phenom Shohei Ohtani makes his debut on the mound, pitching 6 innings in leading the Angels to a 7 - 4 win over the Athletics.

Speaking with Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register and other reporters yesterday, Roberts was still non-committal, saying “it’s going to be awhile” before Ohtani makes his pitching debut in a Dodgers uniform.

Shohei Ohtani flipped a game-ending home run to left-center field in the ninth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers kept their season-opening win streak alive by rallying from an early five-run deficit to earn a 6-5 victory over the visiting Atlanta Braves on Wednesday.

Shohei Ohtani continues to amaze in more ways than anyone can ever imagine – including with a walk-off home run on his own bobblehead night at Dodger Stadium.

No defending World Series champion has ever had a better start to the season than the 2025 Los Angeles Dodgers. Wednesday night, the Dodgers improved to a perfect 8-0 thanks to Shohei Ohtani's ninth inning walk-off home run against the Atlanta Braves (LA 6,

The Japanese superstar hit a tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning on his bobblehead night, as Dodgers remained unbeaten by rallying from 5-0 down to keep Atlanta winless.

"If we’re talking about does he run fast, does he jump high and stuff, Shohei would win that. But, as far as like, pure coordination skills, I don’t think it’s remotely clos

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