Tag: Los Angeles Dodgers

Shohei Ohtani Proclaimed His Innocence In A Statement On The Betting Scandal Involving His Ex-Interpreter

Shohei Ohtani has made headlines over the last week for something other than his once-in-a-lifetime abilities on the baseball field. A recent piece by ESPN indicated that the Los Angeles Dodgers fired Ohtani’s longtime interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, after it was discovered that at least $4.5 million made its way from Ohtani’s bank account to a […]

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Shohei Ohtani Situation Shows Leagues Have Many Gambling Risks to Watch

Sports leagues of all shapes and sizes have barreled headfirst into gambling in the six years since the Supreme Court struck down a law that limited wagering on games to Nevada. Casting aside decades of resistance, professional leagues have taken millions of dollars from casinos and sports books that are spending heavily to lure new […]

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The M.L.B. Season Opens in South Korea. Here’s What to Know.

In the United States, many Major League Baseball games feature long periods of calm, punctuated by cheering when there’s action on the field or the stadium organ plays a catchy tune. But in South Korea, a baseball game is a sustained sensory overload. Each player has a fight song, and cheering squads — including drummers […]

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Ohtani Makes South Korean Fans Forget Rivalry With Japan

Shohei Ohtani is a soft-spoken, 6-foot-4 powerhouse. He is a unicorn: one of baseball’s best hitters and pitchers, the first to dominate both in nearly a century. He might one day be considered the greatest ever to play the game. He’s also from Japan, the former colonizer of South Korea. The nations’ relationship is still […]

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Ohtani Makes South Korean Fans Forget Rivalry With Japan

Shohei Ohtani is a soft-spoken, 6-foot-4 powerhouse. He is a unicorn: one of baseball’s best hitters and pitchers, the first to dominate both in nearly a century. He might one day be considered the greatest ever to play the game. He’s also from Japan, the former colonizer of South Korea. The nations’ relationship is still […]

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Shohei Ohtani Drives Huge Ticket Demand Across MLB

It has already been a sweet life for Fumihide Oda, chief executive of Rokkatei, one of the oldest confectionary shops in Hokkaido, Japan, and the birthplace of the popular Marusei butter sandwich cookies. This summer, Mr. Oda anticipates life becoming even sweeter. He and his wife, along with two other couples — including his sister […]

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A Video Kobe Bryant Filmed In 2017 Helped The Dodgers Land Shohei Ohtani

When word broke that Shohei Ohtani was signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers on a record 10-year, $700 million contract — that features an insane $680 million in deferred money — there was plenty of wonder as to what exactly drew the two-way superstar across town from the Angels to the Dodgers. The chance to […]

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In a Land Full of Stars, Los Angeles Can’t Stop Talking About Ohtani

On Monday, a flawless day for baseball in Los Angeles if it weren’t December, Sean Teng stood in the top deck of Dodger Stadium after a tour and nodded toward the Hollywood sign off in the distance. Down below stood the right field stands where Shohei Ohtani, who has been called the modern incarnation of […]

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Shohei Ohtani’s Deal To Defer Money With The Dodgers Will Put Bobby Bonilla To Shame

Every year on July 1, folks across baseball celebrate Bobby Bonilla day, where the Mets pay the former outfielder who retired in 2001 just under $1.2 million because of one of the great business deals in sports history, as he deferred the money owed on his $5.9 million contract in 1999 for eight percent interest […]

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Ohtani’s Contract Goes Beyond Dollars and Sense

Ohtani, though, is beating the Americans on their own terms. “He can hit a home run 500 feet and throw a ball 100 miles per hours, and he’s bigger and stronger than most Americans,” said Robert Whiting, who has written several books on baseball in Japan, including “You Gotta Have Wa.” Ohtani’s Ruthian contract might […]

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Frank Howard, Towering Slugger Whose Homers Were, Too, Dies at 87

Frank Howard, the Bunyanesque slugger who struck some of baseball’s more awesome home runs for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Washington Senators while rolling up a prodigious strikeout total as well, unable to conquer his penchant for chasing bad balls, died on Monday in Aldie, Va. He was 87. His death, at a hospital, […]

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