Count Deion Sanders as impressed with the spectacular show that Shohei Ohtani staged in Game 4 of the NL Championship Series. “Can they just hand him the MVP during the game?” the Colorado Buffaloes coach said Tuesday at his weekly news conference.

No fewer than five reporters soon tweeted that Ohtani was not headed to Canada and remained in Southern California, including USA Today's Bob Nightengale, The Athletic's Jim Bowden, Nicholson-Smith, the New York Post's Jon Heyman and the Orange County Register's Jeff Fletcher.

The Los Angeles Angels had a disappointing 2025 season, and fans have almost given up. After the team failed to bring in Albert Pujols as their manager, the club’s owner and businessman, Arte Moreno, turned to Kurt Suzuki.

Facing either the Blue Jays or the Mariners in the World Series, keeping Ohtani rolling will be key to the Dodgers clinching their second straight title.

The Angels' managerial opening drew interest from former players Albert Pujols and Torii Hunter but the team turned them down.

Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani are the two best players in baseball. They also face the same flaw of underwhelming Octobers.