LOS ANGELES -- Even rare air doesn't cover it. It doesn't do him justice. It can't define what the universe has watched from Shohei Ohtani on the grandest stage in one of the grandest markets. His presence is imposing. Willful. Games tilt on his power alone. Gravity is a force no man can overcome. But Ohtani makes it feel optional.

It's impossible to forget. Not when the stature keeps rising. Not when the stakes go up and the player does, too. All his at-bats in a thrilling and ridiculous World Series Game 3 against the Blue Jays were a reminder of what his stage demands. Freddie Freeman launched the walk-off homer in the 18th inning. But it was Ohtani's show in Monday's 6-5 win at Dodger Stadium, a 399-minute affair that was the second longest World Series game of all time.

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