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The Dodgers had a 1-0 lead when Ohtani faced Scherzer in the third inning. Ohtani took a ball, swung at two strikes and then fouled off two more pitches before he hit his first home run of the night. He celebrated with an epic bat flip while Justin Bieber gave him a thumbs down.

MLB free agency begins a day after the World Series concludes. Teams are free to negotiate with players right away, but players are not permitted to sign a contract with a new team until five days after the World Series concludes.

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It's not often that a day of playoff baseball starts with the potential for four teams to be sent packing and the postseason field to be slashed in half, but that was the scenario entering play on Wednesday.