After six years of playoff-free baseball, all it took was a quick trip down Interstate 5 for Shohei Ohtani to win the World Series.

Already hungry for more.

Ohtani who left the Angels A record 10-year, $700 million contract He closed his first season in Los Angeles with the Dodgers with a championship. playing with a partially dislocated shoulder He plans to play out the final three games and every year for the remainder of his contract.

“Nine more, nine more!” Ohtani yelled at Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman as he sprayed champagne in his face Wednesday night after the Dodgers defeated the Yankees in five games. According to the Los Angeles Times.

“He won a championship his first year,” Friedman said later. Athletic. “He said, ‘This is easy. We’re going to do this again nine more times.’”

Yankees fans would have to settle for one, as their World Series drought now stretched to 15 years after a disastrous Game 5 loss in the Bronx in which the Bombers took a 5-0 lead. a shameful display of defense.

Defense is something Ohtani doesn’t have to worry about in 2024 as he was just the DH while recovering from elbow surgery and will return to pitching next season.

But after starting his first year in the Dodger Blue surprise announcement that you got married wife Mamiko TanakaHe made history by becoming the first player to post a 50-50 season record; He set career highs with 54 home runs, 59 steals, 130 RBI, 134 runs batted in, 197 hits, a .310 average, and 411 total bases.

He has a chance to win his third MVP award in five years.

The 30-year-old pitched well in the first two rounds of the playoffs against the Padres and Mets, hitting .286 with three home runs and 10 RBIs.

Ohtani was just 2-for-19 with zero RBIs in the World Series and went 1-for-11 after injuring his shoulder in Game 2.

But he’s 1 to 1 with the Dodgers when it comes to a championship.