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Better than the Big Unit? Johnson says Sale is better

CHICAGO -- Chicago White Sox ace Chris Sale watched him on TV every chance he could.

He studied all his mannerisms.

He wore his uniform number.

Goodness, he even bore a physical resemblance with his 6-foot-6, 180-pound frame.

Now, Sale hopes there will be a day when he meets the man he idolized growing up in Florida.

"Randy Johnson was my man,'' Sale told USA TODAY Sports. "I watched everything he did. That's the guy who I wanted to be.''

Well, as Johnson is working on his speech for his induction next month into Baseball's Hall of Fame, Sale is honoring him the best way possible by impersonating one of the greatest left-handers in baseball history.