For a few days last week, the Dodgers almost couldn’t believe what they were seeing. Because, for the first time in his three years with the team, Shohei Ohtani looked like a mere mortal at the plate.

When the Chicago Cubs came to Dodger Stadium to face the Los Angeles Dodgers over the weekend, the series became as much of a battle off the field as it was on it for the visitors.

Craig Counsell called the MLB two-way player rule "bizarre," saying it gives the Los Angeles Dodgers and Shohei Ohtani special consideration over other teams.

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers face each other this weekend at Wrigley Field, but a year from now they'll likely be doing the same in Japan to open the 2025 season. MLB has yet to make that official, but Nippon Professional Baseball ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers get Shohei Ohtani and exceptions to MLB rules that only they can benefit from. And other major league managers are not happy campers.

As a two-way player, Ohtani is listed as a position player, which allows the Dodgers to roster 13 other pitchers

Despite the dark clouds that loomed overhead throughout Saturday evening, a light and brief rainfall was the extent of the waterworks over Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers brought a deluge of their own, however: the type of offensive downpour that had eluded them all week long.