PHILADELPHIA — It’s time for Superman to put on his cape.
“I think everyone has been waiting for this moment – just like last year everyone was waiting for the moment for him to get his first postseason at-bat. It’s the same this year,” Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy said of the anticipation for Shohei Ohtani’s postseason pitching debut in Game 1 of the Dodgers’ National League Division Series against the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday.
“I keep saying – he keeps getting put in these spots where you’re expecting something incredible. And very, very rarely does he disappoint. This is a hard sport to do this kind of stuff. But very rarely are you, ‘Ah, that was a letdown.’”
The Dodgers can’t afford a letdown from Ohtani – or any of their starting pitchers. With the Phillies able to mat