From parrots to chemists, the world is captivated by baseball superstar Ohtani

TOKYO — “Ohtani. Home run. Awesome. Ohtani. Home run.”

Cocochan Hayakawa, a chatty parrot with nearly 48,000 followers on Instagram, is one of millions of admirers of Shohei Ohtani, the baseball superstar starring again for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series.

“He is the greatest,” said Hideyuki Kamimura, who heads a dental clinic in a town north of Tokyo and goes to Los Angeles every year to watch a Dodgers game.

Although the Dodgers are trailing Toronto 3-2 in the World Series, Kamimura still believes Ohtani and the Dodgers will prevail.

He adores Ohtani so much that he has an Ohtani memorabilia collection including three of the player’s helmets.

“Ohtani has always delivered dramatic victorious endings from totally critical situations,” Kamimura said.

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