Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani spin is getting harder to swallow as disastrous ending to NLCS looms

Shohei Ohtani wants to play on Wednesday, so Shohei Ohtani will play . Anyone who was gullible enough to think Dodgers would actually bench Ohtani against the Milwaukee Brewers in the Game 3 of the National League Championship Series wasn’t paying attention, both to how they have treated their star player and the other options they have on their roster. About the only surprising element of the Dodgers’ choice to continue playing an obviously-compromised Ohtani were the preposterous stories that were told to justify the decision.