
On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Chris “Mad Dog” Russo and Tim Kurkjian discuss if the Los Angeles Dodgers will force a Game 5 against the San Diego Padres in their division series and Shohei Ohtani’s performance thus far.
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Love Ohtani
But he is the 700 million dollars man
No padres love…?!!! We’re use to it! We’re taking game 4 at home tonight!!!
When Ohtani is carrying the team, leading the league, stimulating the entire MLB and expanding its global fan base, these guys say it’s not enough. When the team lost 2 out of 3, these guys say as if it’s all Ohtani’s fault even though he virtually saved the precious only win… beyond unfair, almost hatred if not discrimination.
SAS is so full of “she-ite”…
Did anyone even answer the question? Will dodgers force a game 5. What a joke of a segment. I think SAS is just yelling about Ohtani so he doesn’t have to answer the question.
The formula to beat the Dodgers is to blunt the impact Shohei can do to you (let him hit Solo HRs, get after him with empty bases) and try to make the rest of the Dodger lineup try to beat you. The rest of that Dodgers lineup is not doing well. On the opposite side – the Padres lineup is proving to be too much for the Dodgers. You need to get Arraez out, otherwise you get a guy on in front of Tatis – and Tatis is just different when it comes to Big Games. Tatis is THAT guy when the Big Stage Lights are on and the pressure mounts – it was obvious vs the Phillies in 2022 they were missing him. I think if you are the Dodgers, you need to do something to get Ohtani in situations where he can do damage – because right now the Padres are beautifully countering every attempt at that since Game 2.
Dear ESPN, please do not let guys like Stephen A who don’t know much about baseball and don’t pay much attention to MLB all year comment anything about postseason. You can’t judge a batter by one game. This dude has been the best player all season long and he’s not even pitching and you are gonna slam him from one hitless game? You just can’t use the same measurement to judge baseball like you do with basketball or football. Please stop this idiotic segment.
SAS doesn’t know baseball
SAS is a xenophobic turd particularly against Asians, nothing new. Mad Dog is another turd who loves to criticize Ohtani whilst glazing Judge who is Mr. Irrelevant during post season.