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Then came this week’s news that Ohtani needed labrum surgery on his left shoulder, resulting from the dislocated shoulder he suffered in the World Series.

Limited by the left shoulder he partially dislocated just four days earlier, Ohtani was at this point more or less a decoy, which, coincidentally or not, is the name of his world-famous dog.

It was the third inning of Game 4 and Ohtani, who had partially dislocated his shoulder in Game 2, was standing at the plate.

To Betts’ point: Partially dislocated shoulder or not, Ohtani terrified Schmidt into walking him on four pitches to start the game.

That part was true, with manager Dave Roberts describing Ohtani’s injury as a shoulder subluxation — a partial dislocation less severe than if it had been completely dislocated.