WATCH: Shohei Ohtani comes face-to-face with Babe Ruth in incredible new commercial for Dunlop

The more that one watches Shohei Ohtani, the harder it becomes to not acknowledge him as one of the greatest ever. Recently, the Dodgers star had the unique opportunity to share experiences with another baseball icon.

Although Babe Ruth's passing came nearly 50 years before Ohtani's 1994 birth, the 30-year-old Japanese star got a chance to sit beside a Ruth impersonator for a recent Dunlop Tyre ad. The video sequence features Ohtani and Ruth sitting on a bench watching some youngsters play and exchanging notes on their own baseball experiences.

"Shohei Ohtani recently filmed a commercial to depict what it would’ve been like if he was side-by-side next to Babe Ruth. Can you imagine if these two were playing in their primes at the same time? (H/T DUNLOP, @shoheisaveus)" - Dodgers Nation

In the snippet, the famed New York Yankees star asks Shohei Ohtani about his two-way abilities, something that they shared. When pressed on whether he prefers pitching or hitting, Ohtani admits that hitting is his favorite and that he prefers hitting a home run over logging a strikeout.

Born in Baltimore in 1895, Ruth got his start in 1914, when he began playing for the Boston Red Sox as a pitcher. In 1916, Ruth went 23-12, posting a league-best 1.75 ERA.

However, Ruth would largely abandon pitching in favor of hitting by 1919 and remains the all-time MLB leader in slugging percentage and OPS, two categories in which Ohtani leads the AL this season.

"Shohei Ohtani has 120 hits and 30 home runs in his 97 games with the @Dodgers. Ohtani is the first left-handed hitter to reach those marks within 100 career games for a team since Babe Ruth did so in his first 94 games as a Yankee in 1920." - OptaSTATS

Shohei Ohtani already warrants comparisons to the great Babe Ruth

If Babe Ruth were still alive, there is a good chance that he would be marveling at Shohei Ohtani. Earlier this season, Ohtani's Dodgers teammate Freddie Freeman made a similar claim, telling Dodgers onsider:

"Just like we talked about Babe Ruth, we’re going to be talking about Shohei. It’s just an exciting time for the Dodgers, for us. Yes, it’s not [about] winning the offseason. We’ve got to go out there and play and we know that.”

While Ohtani may still have some space between his stats and those of Babe Ruth, there is nothing to suggest that he will not, or cannot, get there as well.