LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani said there's one place he doesn't want to hear the “We don't need you!” chant — at home from his family.

A day before the World Series resumes with Game 3 at Dodger Stadium, the two-way Los Angeles superstar smiled and laughed about the derisive chant directed at him late in Toronto's opening win Friday. Blue Jays fans remain stung he signed with the Dodgers in December 2023 rather than their team.

“It was a really great chant, and my wife really appreciated it,” he said Sunday through a translator following the Dodgers' workout.

Ohtani is hitting .224 in 12 postseason games with six homers, 11 RBIs and one stolen base and is 2 for 8 with a two-run homer and a single in the Series. He is 2-0 with a 2.25 ERA in his pair of mound starts, striking out 19 an

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