LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani sat behind a small table and waited.
Across the center field plaza at Dodger Stadium, a horde of media listened for the signal. Once it came, the stampede was on. Reporters and photographers ran, ignoring security’s commands to walk, in a beeline to reach Ohtani first.
Minus any screaming, it could have been the Beatles playing Dodger Stadium in 1966.
“That’s what I do whenever he shows up in the clubhouse,” Dodgers reliever Brent Honeywell joked.
Thursday’s chaos was likely just the start as the Dodgers and New York Yankees prepared for Friday night’s World Series opener.
“It just feels like it has finally arrived,” Ohtani said through an interpreter.
He may well have been talking about himself.
“I have been watching the World Series every year and watching in the sense of disappointment because I couldn’t play in one,” Ohtani said, referring to his six losing seasons with the Los Angeles…
