During the Los Angeles Dodgers’ October rampage to the NL pennant, the defending World Series champions have actually been the dark eminence that many baseball people have long feared they would become.

The family of Kobe Bryant, widow Vanessa Bryant and daughters Bianka Bryant, Capri Bryant and Natalia Bryan, pose during the game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. / Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani propelled the Los Angeles Dodgers back to the World Series with a two-way performance for the ages.

In one of the greatest single-game performances in MLB history, the Japanese superstar did it all as the Dodgers swept the Brewers to return to the World Series.

Friday night at Dodger Stadium is a night no one who went to the game will forget. Diehard Los Angeles Dodgers fan Vanessa Bryant had a celebratory moment after the historic NLCS victory against the Milwaukee Brewers that sent the team back to the World Series with Freddie Freeman’s wife and one of her good friends Chelsea Freeman.

Andrew Friedman says the Dodgers were always confident their pitching would be in a good place by October and that's why they didn't make splashy moves at the trade deadline.

The Milwaukee Brewers try to stay alive against the LA Dodgers in Game 4 of the NLCS Friday at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani will take the mound opposite Milwaukee left-hander Jose Quintana as the Dodgers try to sweep the series on Friday night at Dodger Stadium.