Shohei Ohtani’s ‘Willpower’ Sparks Dodgers’ Unstoppable Unity and World Series Triumph
The Dodgers defied most expectations to win the league championship! And to become the best in the world!
The Phillies were predicted to win the National League…
The Phillies, not the Dodgers, are the real contenders.
Kazuhiro Sasaki, the great god of baseball who played as a closer in the Majors, predicted the postseason on a TV program immediately after Shohei Ohtani (30) and his Dodgers team won the regional championship. Baseball commentator Tomoya Satozaki likewise predicted the Phillies to win the National League championship.
However… The Dodgers won the District Series and the National League Championship Series in succession, advanced to the World Series, and won the first three games in a row (as of October 29, Japan time).
The commentators were not blind to the Dodgers’ success. The more knowledgeable people in the Majors were saying that the Dodgers’ chances of winning the championship were slim. Even I, myself, in a past interview, said that the probability of the Dodgers making it to the World Series was less than 5%. ……”
Nachi Tomonari, a Major League Baseball pundit, explains the reason for his prediction.
Nachi Tomonari, a Major League Baseball pundit, explained the reason for his prediction: “In order to win the postseason, it is important to have good pitching. However, the Dodgers pitching staff is full of broken pitchers, and there are only three decent starting pitchers. Of those, Yoshinobu Yamamoto (26) is coming off a breakdown, and Walker Buehler (30) has a five-run defense.
Yes, the Dodgers’ batting lineup, which includes Otani, Mookie Betts (32), and Freddie Freeman (35), is among the best in the majors, but hitting is a tricky business. It’s pretty hard to continue to play baseball that hits.”
