TOKYO (AP) — “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.

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