{"id":319734,"date":"2025-04-04T03:20:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T08:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/shohei-ohtani-is-better-athlete-than-messi-jokic-mahomes-ex-w-s-champ-says"},"modified":"2025-04-04T03:20:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T08:20:54","slug":"shohei-ohtani-is-better-athlete-than-messi-jokic-mahomes-ex-w-s-champ-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/shohei-ohtani-is-better-athlete-than-messi-jokic-mahomes-ex-w-s-champ-says","title":{"rendered":"Shohei Ohtani Is Higher Athlete Than Messi, Jokic &amp; Mahomes, Ex-W.S. Champ Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Jerry Hairston Jr.<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Ohtani&#8217;s &#8216;Best Athlete On The Planet&#8217;<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-titlecase h2\">&#8230; Better Than Messi &amp; Mahomes!!!<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n            Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-04-04T00:30:49-07:00\">April 4, 2025 12:30 AM PDT<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"43.7298772169\">\n<section id=\"cb-acd070f5b164d441c434ecffcc2dcc3c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-d11088ac-d2bf-4392-9c4e-6c9e822a3d90-924219746-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-d11088ac-d2bf-4392-9c4e-6c9e822a3d90-924219746-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"athlete\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/db\/16by9\/2025\/04\/03\/dbb53bbf3c0b4a60b6090f3d40d25eed_md.jpg\" alt=\"040325_jerry_hairston_jr_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-acd070f5b164d441c434ecffcc2dcc3c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d5f55687f33ee967bc17dcdaa3b0b878\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"26.7477876106\">\n<p>Los Angeles fans ain&#8217;t just getting a glimpse at the best player in baseball in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/shohei-ohtani\/\"><strong>Shohei Ohtani<\/strong><\/a>, they&#8217;re looking at the best athlete on the planet &#8230; at least, that&#8217;s according to former World Series champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jerry-hairston\/\"><strong>Jerry Hairston Jr.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d5f55687f33ee967bc17dcdaa3b0b878--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fadabe51da403a0ec7eb4b9e20850ba6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>The longtime Big Leaguer sat down with <strong>TMZ Sports<\/strong> a day after the Dodgers&#8217; designated hitter beat the Braves with a walk-off home run &#8230; and he proclaimed the superstar is now officially the top sportsman on the globe.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-fadabe51da403a0ec7eb4b9e20850ba6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-23617ec9f03569cff9a07362d6ca6919\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block--default \">\n<div id=\"cb-23617ec9f03569cff9a07362d6ca6919-2075508286-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\" readability=\"20.5039370079\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"3.30708661417\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BALLGAME.<\/p>\n<p>Shohei Ohtani sends everyone home &#8230; with his bobblehead! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Js8h2qVaLw\">pic.twitter.com\/Js8h2qVaLw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB (@MLB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/1907635277809496344?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\">April 3, 2025<\/a><br \/>\n       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@MLB<\/a>\n     <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-23617ec9f03569cff9a07362d6ca6919--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5dbc153228f64a758e004cf2f543aea6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>&#8220;No disrespect to [Lionel] Messi,&#8221; he said. &#8220;No disrespect to Patrick Mahomes, [Nikola] Jokic &#8212; who&#8217;s having an incredible season again with the Nuggets. But I think right now, the best athlete on the planet is Shohei Ohtani.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5dbc153228f64a758e004cf2f543aea6--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4399ab61ab88140c19154f99108fa5ba\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>There won&#8217;t be many in L.A. who will disagree &#8230; particularly after Ohtani&#8217;s monster Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium against Atlanta.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4399ab61ab88140c19154f99108fa5ba--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c0af8ec1cf92de629084daa48969a739\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c0af8ec1cf92de629084daa48969a739--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-52bbacb6c4a6e7ea62a4054d0ff976a4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>In addition to the blast that won the tilt, he also had two other hits &#8230; raising his season batting average to a whopping .333. At some point, too, he&#8217;s going to take the pitching mound for L.A. &#8230; something not lost on Hairston Jr.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-52bbacb6c4a6e7ea62a4054d0ff976a4--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-be22e510028bf891e3aa92c2317ccd9e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>&#8220;He does so many things well,&#8221; the ex-Dodger said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-be22e510028bf891e3aa92c2317ccd9e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b319222984cf7928712b78a6ba9bfd9f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default canvas-image-block--aside \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"media-link image-block__link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/movies\/100038830\/tmz-presents-the-downfall-of-diddy-his-defense\"><br \/>\n             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/1c\/16by9\/2025\/03\/21\/1cbb65842c70444cb9f1c446895c6f5a_md.jpg\" alt=\"Diddy-His-Defense-INLINE-PROMO-watch free\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-16by9\"\/><br \/>\n                 <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b319222984cf7928712b78a6ba9bfd9f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-88f3932d84a46e731dd488e380e559d3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>The team is now a perfect 8-0 &#8230; and for those griping that L.A.&#8217;s essentially bought this super team &#8212; check out our interview with Hairston Jr., he&#8217;s got quite the message for the haters!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-88f3932d84a46e731dd488e380e559d3--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/04\/04\/shohei-ohtani-best-athlete-says-jerry-hairston-jr\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jerry Hairston Jr. Ohtani&#8217;s &#8216;Best Athlete On The Planet&#8217; &#8230; Better Than Messi &amp; Mahomes!!! 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