The Lakers knew Shaquille O'Neal was a star of a different magnitude, and they treated him as such. The Dodgers must do the same with Shohei Ohtani.
A transcendent athlete joins a Los Angeles team at the height of his career. The city’s sports landscape rumbles with starry-eyed anticipation. Tickets disappear. Jerseys are everywhere. The entire Southland wants to share in the biggest sporting jewel to choose this city as home. Shohei Ohtani? No, Shaquille O’Neal.
“There were times I felt more confident. There were times I felt extremely low. It definitely took some time off my life. I don’t know how much time exactly, but it was some.” Twenty-seven years earlier, Lakers basketball boss Jerry West was describing eerily similar feelings after landing O’Neal. “Over the last number of days, I can’t tell you how many highs and lows that I’ve gone through. ...
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