While growing up in Japan, Shohei Ohtani followed the careers of Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods.
“I would see their accolades and how they were successful in the United States,” he told the Associated Press through a translator.
Ohtani is like Mike now — and one step closer to Tiger — after being named the AP’s male athlete of the year for the third time in the last four years.
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The Dodgers superstar tied Jordan with his third AP award, only trailing Woods, who is a four-time winner, along with LeBron James and Lance Armstrong.