"Ohtani and Japan's WBC Triumph: A Boost for Soft Power and Player Pay"
Joe Davis, the voice of the World Series and Los Angeles Dodgers play-by-play announcer, reflects on calling the World Baseball Classic final between Japan and the United States. Davis describes the moment when Shohei Ohtani struck out Mike Trout in the top of the ninth inning as "one of the coolest things I've ever witnessed." He also suggests an idea for future World Baseball Classics, proposing to play the group stage at this time and then take a week off around the All-Star Break and play the knockout round.