All posts tagged "MLB"
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/ 2 months agoInside the ‘very predatory’ world of illegal betting that lured Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter
In the story Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter Ippei Mizuhara initially told to ESPN, the two men logged into Ohtani’s bank account together on...
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/ 2 months agoMLB offseason grades 2.0 : Which teams passed — and which teams failed
The Athletic’s MLB offseason grades 1.0. By Tim Britton, Grant Brisbee and Aaron Gleeman According to a report by an economics professor at Yale...
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/ 2 months agoMLB begins investigation into gambling allegations surrounding Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter Ippei Mizuhara
MLB began a formal investigation Friday of gambling allegations surrounding Ippei Mizuhara, the longtime interpreter of Shohei Ohtani, who was fired...
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/ 2 months agoShohei Ohtani, Dodgers keep mum in aftermath of interpreter theft accusation
SEOUL — For years, it was nearly impossible to see Shohei Ohtani anywhere without his longtime interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, just a...
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/ 2 months agoYear of the splitter? Once a dark art, the pitch is primed to take over baseball
By Zack Meisel, Cody Stavenhagen and Stephen J. Nesbitt GOODYEAR, Ariz. — A decade ago, on a dusty baseball diamond in...
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/ 2 months agoAs the Dodgers enter their Shohei Ohtani Era, failure is not an option
PHOENIX — Flags only fly forever if you raise them. At Dodgertown, the ancestral home of the Los Angeles Dodgers in...
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/ 2 months agoThe Angels adjust to life after Shohei Ohtani: ‘Like being kicked out of the band’
TEMPE, Ariz. — Every morning for the past six years, no matter how early Angels players and staff got to Tempe...
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/ 2 months agoNepotism in sports broadcasting: ‘A tremendous advantage,’ but ‘what do you do with it?’
When Jac Collinsworth, at just 27 years old, debuted on the prestigious job as NBC’s play-by-play voice for Notre Dame football...
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/ 2 months ago2024 MLB ‘Wild-Card Era’ Franchise Rankings: Rangers break into top 10, Cubs fall out
As Jonah Heim squeezed the final strike of the 2023 postseason and Josh Sborz spiked his mitt on the mound to...
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/ 2 months agoProminent MLB team physician sounds alarm on pitching injuries
One of the game’s leading orthopedic surgeons is sounding an alarm on pitching injuries — and citing the advent of the...