The debate over who is the greatest baseball player of all time ended Friday, Oct. 17.
Sorry for those of you still arguing in favor of Babe Ruth, but it’s Shohei Ohtani. Hands down. However, after Ohtani hit three home runs and pitched six scoreless innings in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 5-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 4 of the NLCS, there is a new debate: Did Ohtani deliver the greatest single-game performance in sports history?
Keep in mind, he homered in three tims, belted one out of Dodger Stadium and had 10 strikeouts while giving up only two hits to propel the Dodgers into the World Series. About the only thing Ohtani failed to do was go Roy Hobbs and smash a home run into the stadium lights.
But in ranking the greatest-single game performances, Ohtani does not top the list.
With the Dodgers up 3-0 going into Game 4 of the NLCS, the Brewers presented Ohtani a test of skill. But the situation did not test his ability to come through in the clutch.
