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ARLINGTON, Texas — “Be Like Mike.”
Of all the songs to run in from the bullpen to, Cubs All-Star Shota Imanaga had the gumption — and the sense of humor — to pick that one Tuesday at Globe Life Field. Who knows? Gatorade might make an ad with the Japanese rookie someday, as it famously did with Michael Jordan in the “Be Like Mike” campaign of 1991.
Imanaga — who uses the name Mike with his neighborhood baristas just to simplify things — backed it up by retiring American Leaguers Vladimir Guerrero Jr.