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The three-time MVP just finished celebrating back-to-back World Series wins, but turned his attention to his daughter afterward.
SCP will also auction off two Dodgers home run balls from Los Angeles’ Game 7 World Series win over the Toronto Blue Jays, according to Cllct. Blue Jays fans John and Matthew Bains, father and son, hauled in Miguel Rojas’ ninth-inning homer and Will Smith’s 11th-inning shot in the left-field stands at Rogers Centre.
While Yoshinobu Yamamoto won World Series MVP, plenty of other players stepped up for the Dodgers, including Shohei Ohtani. The reigning National League MVP had a .282 batting average this season while crushing 55 home runs and 102 RBIs. He also made 14 starts on the mound with 62 strikeouts, nine walks and a 2.87 ERA.
We also had some serious home runs throughout the entire postseason. Here are the 10 longest, including FOUR by Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani.
Up until Freddie Freeman squeezed Mookie Betts' throw to end Game 7 of the World Series, the Dodgers’ chances for a repeat were a source of enormous suspense. There was no such sense of doubt before t
Going back-to-back was difficult enough for L.A. The team needed a game-tying home run from Miguel Rojas in the ninth inning in Game 7, and Isiah Kiner-Falefa was inches away from scoring the winning run for the Toronto Blue Jays a half-inning later.
Daniel Baghdasarian, director of marketing at the family owned business, said the buzz in the business since Saturday’s win was all about World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto and perennial favorite Otani. “I feel like a lot of people have felt that about Ohtani for years,” Baghdasarian said of the history-making Dodgers hitter and pitcher.
The Dodgers have already secured the hardware they were fighting for all season -- another World Series trophy \-\- but a couple of them are in the running for individual honors as well. Shohei Ohtani
The ball thrown by Shohei Ohtani to catch Vladimir Guerrero Jr. swinging for his first World Series pitching strikeout sold Tuesday night for $175,010 at MLB Auctions.