Shohei Ohtani takes the field for the first inning of Game 6 at Rogers Centre on Friday.

Shohei Ohtani, the US$700-million-dollar man, will earn his salary tonight. The Dodgers superstar gets the start on the mound in Game 7 of the World Series .

It’s not Ohtani’s normal turn in the starting rotation. But after Tyler Glasnow, the towering right-hander, was called into action to bail the Dodgers out of a jam late in Game 6, Ohtani gets the ball.

It’s a fitting storyline for the World Series finale: The biggest name in baseball pitching in the biggest game of his career. Of anybody’s career, really.

What’s known in baseball as the “Ohtani rule” most likely necessitated his use as a starter today. The provision allows a two-way player to hit for the entire game, even if he is removed as

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