Shohei Ohtani, the Japanese baseball phenom, has etched his name further into Dodgers' lore, becoming only the third player in franchise history to obliterate 20 home runs within the season's initial 55-game crucible – a rarefied echelon previously tenanted by Gil Hodges and Cody Bellinger. This prodigious feat, a testament to Ohtani's preternatural power, marks only the 64th instance of such ballistic dominance across Major League Baseball, echoing Pete Alonso's analogous display for the New York Mets in the preceding annum. Ohtani, a three-time MVP and current long ball sovereign, punctuated his dominance with a two-run dinger against the Cleveland Guardians, showcasing his increasingly habitual opposite-field puissance – now manifested on four separate occasions this season. Indeed, such is Ohtani's otherworldly strength that even compromised contact frequently transcends the outfield fence, underscoring his capacity to transmute miscues into momentous round-trippers. Demonstrating metronomic consistency, Ohtani has twice punctuated this season with home runs in three consecutive games. This four-time All-Star has manifested his prodigious power with at least a dozen home runs in a single month three times since acceding to the Dodgers' roster, further solidifying his position as a diamond deity.