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Yesterday in Los Angeles, Shohei Ohtani issued his first public comments since last week’s explosive news that the Dodgers had fired the Japanese superstar’s longtime interpreter after some investigative reporters asked why $4.5 million US had been wired from Ohtani’s bank account to an illicit bookmaking operation.
The interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, initially explained that he’d asked Ohtani to pay off his gambling debts for him. But Ohtani’s lawyers denied that, claiming Ohtani was instead “the victim of
