'In his words, he's ready to go': Can Shohei Ohtani break his slump before it's too late?

LOS ANGELES -- Shohei Ohtani prefers to do his work indoors, where the environment is controlled and the public is prohibited. Over his first nine seasons in the majors, the sight of him taking batting practice outside has been rare -- reserved almost exclusively for times of prolonged failure, when desperation sets in. Ohtani took batting practice on the field at Dodger Stadium late Tuesday afternoon, an off day in a National League Championship Series that has his Los Angeles Dodgers in a 2-0 hole to the hungry, feisty Milwaukee Brewers .