At 4-0, the Los Angeles Dodgers are off to the best start by a defending World Series champion since the Detroit Tigers won their first six games in 1985. The Dodgers have done that without having Shohei Ohtani the pitcher.

I have seen an image of Shohei Ohtani, wearing jeans and a white T-shirt, gazing out from a vending machine while standing in a field of green tea leaves, a bottle of Ito En iced tea in his left hand,

Ohtani hasn't pitched since the 2023 campaign after undergoing surgery, but he was still able to play at designated hitter for the Dodgers in his first season with them last year. Ohtani ended up posting a .310 batting average with 54 home runs and 130 runs batted in, winning his third MVP Award, so it's safe to say things went quite well.