Dodgers top prospect Dalton Rushing took an at-bat against Shohei Ohtani and went down on strikes. This week, he was behind the plate, where the young backstop was able to appreciate just how special it is to see Ohtani in competition mode on the mound.

Lionsgate TV chairman Kevin Beggs spoke about the previously announced series focused on the scandal surrounding Ohtani's former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara.

It's hard, you know, raising the bar when the bar is as high as Shohei Ohtani's. And yet, we're more than a quarter of the way through the 2025 season and the Los Angeles Dodgers' superstar has done just that at the plate.

How else would you begin a Hollywood rematch of last year’s World Series? Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani made history in Friday's 8-5 Dodgers victory, becoming the first reigning Most Valuable Players