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Otani’s night drew parallels with baseball legends across generations, like Babe Ruth and Bob Gibson. Ruth, for instance, did it once, while Gibson famously struck out ten in a World Series but never hit multiple home runs in the same game. Otani’s achievement of doing both in the postseason is so rare it almost seems surreal. As players from earlier eras are reminded of these records, modern fans are fortunate to witness such wonders firsthand, with the crowd’s energy and stadium shaking evident that this was a moment for the ages.