Shohei Ohtani will start Game 7 of the 2025 World Series for the Dodgers against the Blue Jays, utilizing a special MLB rule to allow him to pitch and remain in the lineup as designated hitter. This strategic decision ensures Ohtani's bat remains active,

When MLB made the 'Ohtani rule,' World Series Game 7 would've seemed the apex, and here it is originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Major League Baseball made a two-way player batting lineup rule in 2022.

Tony Vitello fully recognizes he is a most unconventional call-up to Major League Baseball, making the leap from the college coaching ranks at Tennessee to the San Francisco Giants while bypassing the minor league farm system.

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This World Series absolutely deserved a Game 7, which might be the only explanation for what transpired in the bottom of the ninth inning last night. Six innings of one-run baseball from Yoshinobu Yamamoto and a clutch two-RBI single from Mookie Betts had set up the Dodgers with a 3-1 lead heading into the final frame of Game 6.