Eamonn Sweeney: This week offers an ideal opportunity to watch the world’s greatest athlete in action

Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani launches his third home run of the game against the Milwaukee Brewers. Photo: Gina Ferazzi / Getty

Nine days ago, Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers gave the greatest performance in baseball history. It may have been the greatest all-round performance in any sport.

Hitting three home runs in game four of the National League championship match against the Milwaukee Brewers was noteworthy enough. This was just the 12th such hat-trick in over a century of post-season play. It set the Dodgers up for a best of seven World Series joust with the Toronto Blue Jays which began on Friday night.