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,

It’s been a remarkable year for Shohei Ohtani, who signed a $700 million deal with the Dodgers last December. But the most remarkable part is that it began with a career-threatening controversy.