Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow said the team knew right away that Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, was into “shady” dealings. Mizuhara has been accused of stealing $16 million from Ohtani’s accounts to pay off illegal gambling debts. The story first emerged when the Dodgers were opening their season against the Padres in Seoul, South … Read more
LOS ANGELES — Paul Goldschmidt drove in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning with a groundout after Mookie Betts homered again to help Los Angeles tie it in the ninth, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Dodgers 6-5 on Saturday night after Shohei Ohtani popped up with the bases loaded for the final … Read more
Nothing in baseball is a sure thing. Just ask the 2019 Los Angeles Dodgers, who won a hundred and six games but lost in the National League Division Series. Or ask the 2021 Dodgers, who won a hundred and six games but lost in the National League Championship Series. Or the 2022 Dodgers, who won … Read more
Los Angeles rarely unites around a collective obsession; the city is too large and diffuse for conversation to center on a single topic. But there are occasional exceptions, such as 1) if it’s raining and 2) Shohei Ohtani. On Thursday afternoon, the day of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ home opener at Dodger Stadium, it was … Read more
ANAHEIM, Calif. — For the Los Angeles Dodgers, or anyone, the order of operations was simple. If you were looking to deal with Shohei Ohtani, odds are that interaction was going to have to involve his longtime interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara. After all, it was difficult to see Ohtani anywhere without Mizuhara as his shadow, from … Read more
It’s been a rough week for the Big East as a whole. The NCAA Tournament committee invited just three of the 11 teams to the Dance, an absurd display of disrespect that was as stunning as it was galling. If that was supposed to be some kind of subliminal message that the Big East isn’t … Read more
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Sure, Mike Hazen was thinking about it. How could he not? The Diamondbacks general manager described Shohei Ohtani as “the superstar of all superstars.” “And I don’t think you want the teams in your division to land the superstar of all superstars,” Hazen said. But then he acknowledged reality. The Dodgers weren’t … Read more
This is a digital version of The Windup newsletter. Sign up here to receive this content directly in your inbox every morning. With a slow free-agent market, the trades have intensified. But that hasn’t stopped the Dodgers from piling on to the biggest offseason spending spree in history. Plus, we check in on all 30 … Read more
The Mets failed, but not through a lack of effort. They tried, through their actions and their money, to lure Yoshinobu Yamamoto to Queens. Team owner Steve Cohen and president of baseball operations David Stearns flew to Japan before the winter meetings for an in-person sit-down with the pitcher and his family, getting a head … Read more
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani opened his first news conference with the Los Angeles Dodgers by dodging questions about whether he had a second Tommy John surgery. “At the time of the announcement, we didn’t know which way we were going to go. That’s why I never said what type of procedure was going … Read more
