Dodgers star Ohtani 'honored' by maiden World Series win

Not surprising he enjoyed it. This team was freaking tough and well through all kind of obstacles and trials. Half of their pitchers were on the injury list and couldn't take part, Freddie Freeman was batting with a injured leg, Mookie manage to recover in time from a wrist injury and Yamamoto missed most of the season due to injury and somehow had to perform at peak form at the playoffs immediately to keep them alive. And finally Ohtani got the shoulder subluxation injury which is ridiculous painful just moving the arm a little and he still played through the series. This was one heck of a year. The Dodgers deserved it. They were very united and rarely makes mistakes with explosive offense and great defenses. Everyone said they couldn't make it due their lack of pitchers, but they fought through all teams to win it.

He was not MVP

Congrats to Ohtani and I do like him a lot but he played horribly during most of the playoffs and especially during the World Series w/ a 105 batting avg.

Ohtani should be very proud - he had an excellent season, and will be even better next year without any doubt. Having the shoulder injury towards the end was not ideal.

He was not MVP

And?

The Dodgers for the most part dominated the Yankees. If all of the games had been like the first game, it would have been more exciting. Anyway, the Dodgers deserved to win because the Yankees just didn't bring it.

The Dodgers definitely deserved it and played team baseball as a whole. The Yankees, on the other hand, seemed so discombobulated. They didn't play good fundamental baseball and the disparity in the skill department showed. Pure talent does not win you baseball games. Hard work and attention to the details does. Also, hats off to Dave Roberts and the whole coaching staff. They were obviously prepared and coached their butts off. Well done!

As a side note, I really wish charges will be issued against those two knucklehead New York Yankees fans that tried to rip the ball out of Mookie Betts glove. In any situation, that would be constituted as assault and a crime. He could've gotten seriously hurt.

I am a bandwagon Ohtani fan but was surprised to see Ohtani play on with this bad shoulder… I wonder if it is worth keeping an injured guy playing when presumably you might be able to sub in a decent replacement DH?

In the end they won so great, but if this had been the difference between winning and losing… I’ve never played baseball to know though…

I am a bandwagon Ohtani fan but was surprised to see Ohtani play on with this bad shoulder… I wonder if it is worth keeping an injured guy playing when presumably you might be able to sub in a decent replacement DH?

Good point. I'm sure someone else may have done a better job at that moment. Yet, I heard he won the respect of his teammates by playing through his injury. And just the threat of him at the top of the lineup is something that should be taken into account.