For the first six seasons of Shohei Ohtani’s major-league career, October was just about the only month we didn’t talk about him. Throughout the spring and summer, no matter where his team sat in the standings,

"Other than the obvious," Judge said with a smile. "I feel like everything's obvious. He hits for average, hits for power, the speed. Doing what he did this year with the 50 stolen bases ... It got talked about a lot but I don't think it got talked about enough."

Aaron Judge had nothing but high praise for his World Series opponent — and fellow soon-to-be 2024 league MVP — Shohei Ohtani.