SportsTHE HOT SEAT

Dodgers return Ohtani to leadoff spot for must-win Game 4

Manager Dave Roberts made the move with Los Angeles down three games to none in the best-of-seven series against Milwaukee; a loss tonight ends the season.

On air: Rex "Two-Point" Gridley and Kenji Moonfield on BBN Tonight
Published 9:10 PM ET, Thursday, October 15, 2026

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First reported by ESPN: “Dodgers return Ohtani to leadoff spot for must-win Game 4”.
Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 9:10 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Rex "Two-Point" Gridley and Kenji Moonfield.
Topics: Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers.
BBN covered this story before: The latest: Ohtani, OpenAI suit, Hyundai recall (October 15).

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ESPNDodgers return Ohtani to leadoff spot for must-win Game 4

What BBN said about it

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorTonight the Hot Seat goes to Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, who trails the Brewers three games to none and has put Shohei Ohtani back in the leadoff spot for Game 4, according to ESPN.
Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorHeat level: surface of the sun. Lose tonight and the season is over, and every lineup decision gets read aloud at the funeral.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFan question, bro: if the best hitter on earth is the fix, why was he not leading off already?
Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThat is the question, Kenji, and it is sitting on a laminated card in a dugout. Three games, and the card just got an edit.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThree games of paperwork.
Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorTo cool the seat, Ohtani gets on base, the pitching holds, and the card gets to stay in the drawer. Right now the Dodgers lead four to nothing in the bottom of the third.
Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThe chair is cooling fast, and that lineup card just became a masterstroke.
Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorBrock, is there any weather hot enough to burn a lineup card?

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