This column takes a highly critical stance toward Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers' leadership. It may well offend or anger not only Ohtani and the Dodgers' front office but also some of their fans. Some might even feel the urge to shout at me, "Who do you think you are—an amateur spouting off like that!" I am fully aware of these risks, yet there is something I feel compelled to say—speaking both as a devoted Major League Baseball fan of 71 years and as a medical do

I have two CDs by the American rock band "The Mendoza Line." The only reason I bought them was because the band's name was derived from a...