LOS ANGELES -- Shohei Ohtani 's entrance song, "Feeling Good" by Michael Bublé, played at Dodger Stadium in an otherwise quiet moment Wednesday afternoon. Ohtani then emerged from the dugout for a rare session of on-field batting practice, drawing a sarcastic round of applause from his teammates. The Los Angeles Dodgers ' two-way phenomenon proceeded to uncork prodigious home runs, one of which clanked off the roof that sits beyond the right-field bleachers.

That Ohtani put himself in that situation, taking batting practice at Dodger Stadium for the first time since joining the team two years ago, might have spoken to the urgency of the situation.

The Dodgers have continued to roll through these playoffs, but Ohtani's hitting slump has merely prolonged. Since the wild-card round, he

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