2025 NLCS: Third time a charm for champs returning to Fall ClassicRoki Sasaki celebrates with catcher Will Smith after the Dodgers swept the Milwaukee Brewers with a 5–1 victory in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium. (Gary Vasquez/Los Angeles Dodgers)by Mark LangillThe rarity of a Dodgers’ defending World Series championship team returning to … [Read more...] about 2025 NLCS: Dodgers return to Fall Classic
2025 NLCS: In the words of Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani’s singular night
Shohei Ohtani hit three home runs and pitched six scoreless innings in Game 4 of the NLCS on Friday. (Jon SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers)by Cary OsborneDumbfounded.Awestruck.In disbelief.Those are three ways to describe the faces of Dodger players standing along the railing in the dugout after Shohei Ohtani’s second home run of Game 4 of the National League Championship Series on … [Read more...] about 2025 NLCS: In the words of Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani’s singular night
2025 Postseason: Dodger power heroes three of a kind
Kiké Hernández hit three home runs in Game 5 of the 2017 National League Championship Series at Chicago’s Wrigley Field during a pennant-clinching 11–1 victory over the Cubs. (Jon SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers)by Mark LangillWhen Shohei Ohtani joined the exclusive list of 12 players to hit three home runs in a postseason game in Major League history, he also became the third … [Read more...] about 2025 Postseason: Dodger power heroes three of a kind
2025 NLCS: Ohtani, the pitcher, has an opportunity unlike any other in his MLB career
Shohei Ohtani allowed three runs over six innings in Game 1 of the NL Division Series against Philadelphia. (Jon SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers)by Cary OsborneIn a perfect world, things would line up for Shohei Ohtani — in his return season as a pitcher — to start on the mound in a potential clinch game that could send the Dodgers to the World Series.Whether it’s one of his … [Read more...] about 2025 NLCS: Ohtani, the pitcher, has an opportunity unlike any other in his MLB career
2025 NLCS: Ohtani’s greatest performance ever launches the Dodgers back into the World Series
Shohei Ohtani is the 2025 NLCS MVP. (Jon SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers)by Cary OsborneThe earlier views from home plate to beyond the Right Field Pavilion at Dodger Stadium on Friday evening were of purple mountains majesty. The setting sun kissing the San Gabriel Mountains in the background produced an extraordinary scene.And as Game 4 of the National League Championship Series … [Read more...] about 2025 NLCS: Ohtani’s greatest performance ever launches the Dodgers back into the World Series