It's always been my childhood dream to be able to be in an important situation, to play in important games,” Ohtani said.

For six years, Shohei Ohtani was left on the outside looking in at Major League Baseball's postseason. Much, if not all, of that was due to the ineptitude of the Los Angeles Angels as an organization. The past few years, when Ohtani was clearly the best player in the sport, he was nowhere to be found during baseball's most-watched time of year.