At what point do we run out of superlatives for Shohei Ohtani?

Because what he did on the mound was absurd, even by his impossible standards.

Six innings. Zero hits. Seven strikeouts. And oh yeah - he led off the game with a home run as the designated hitter before taking the mound.

Let me repeat that: Ohtani homered, then threw a no-hitter through six innings. This is stuff that shouldn't be possible in modern baseball.

His final line: 6.0 IP, 0 H, 1 R/ER, 4 BB, 1 HBP, 7 Ks. That one run scored because of walks and a hit-by-pitch - not because anyone actually squared up his pitches. And his 0.82 ERA leads all of baseball.

Let that sink in. The same guy who can hit 450-foot bombs is also the best pitcher in the league. Babe Ruth comparisons don't do it justice because Ruth never faced this level of competition doing both.

This wasn't even Ohtani's sharpest command - four walks show he was working around the zone. But when your stuff is that good, when you're that locked in, hitters just can't catch up. Zero hits through six innings speaks for itself.

Here's what gets me: we keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. For the workload to catch up to him. For Father Time to tap him on the shoulder. Instead, he just keeps redefining excellence.

He's not just the best two-way player in baseball - he might be the best player in baseball, period. When you're dominating as both a hitter and pitcher at the highest level, what else is there to say?

Every Ohtani start is must-see TV. Every at-bat is an event. This is generational talent we're watching, and we need to appreciate it while it's here.

That's what sports is all about, folks.