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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB's very bad week: Shohei Ohtani gambling scandal, union civil war before Opening Day — TEMPE, Ariz. — This is the time we're supposed to be counting down the days - even the hours - to the pageantry and thrill of Opening Day. — It's the time we overreact to everything that transpires …
Sam Blum / The Athletic:
Ohtani's former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, had inaccuracies in public biography — As a brewing gambling scandal has ensnared Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, questions have arisen about the reliability of the tale's primary narrator thus far: Ohtani's now former interpreter and best friend, Ippei Mizuhara.
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Tisha Thompson / ESPN:
Shohei Ohtani, his interpreter and wire transfers: A timeline — The sports world was rocked this week by news that Shohei Ohtani's longtime interpreter and friend, Ippei Mizuhara, had been fired by the Los Angeles Dodgers. — But Mizuhara's termination was only the latest sharp turn in a zigzagging …
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T.J. Quinn / ESPN:
MLB opens investigation into Shohei Ohtani, former interpreter — Major League Baseball has opened a formal investigation into the matter surrounding Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani and his former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, the league announced Friday.
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ESPN:
Longtime Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos dies at 94 — BALTIMORE — Peter Angelos, owner of a Baltimore Orioles team that endured long losing stretches and a shrewd proprietor of a law firm who won high-profile cases against industry titans, died Saturday. He was 94.
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Mark Polishuk / MLB Trade Rumors:
Orioles Owner Peter Angelos Passes Away — Peter Angelos passed away today at age 94, as per an official statement from the Orioles and the Angelos family. Angelos had been battling illness for the last few years and had left the public eye, and his son John took over as the Orioles' chairman …
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Jordan McPherson / Miami Herald:
Marlins observations: Max Meyer to round out rotation, team's message to Dane Myers — The final spot in the Miami Marlins' rotation to begin the season is set. — Marlins manager Skip Schumaker informed right-handed pitcher Max Meyer, the club's No. 3 prospect according to MLB Pipeline …
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Elizabeth Wolfe / CNN:
Numbers drawn for $977 million Mega Millions jackpot Friday — The Mega Millions jackpot has inched just short of $1 billion, offering an estimated $977 million top prize in Friday night's drawing. — Friday's winning numbers are 3, 8, 31, 35, 44 and the Mega Ball is 16.
Adam Himmelsbach / The Boston Globe:
Jrue Holiday is nursing a ‘dead arm,’ but the Celtics have no need to rush him back — DETROIT — The Celtics emerged from Friday night's 129-102 deconstruction of the Pistons with an 11-game lead over the second-place Bucks in the Eastern Conference with 12 games remaining.
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ESPN:
Orioles send No. 1 prospect Jackson Holliday to minors — SARASOTA, Fla. — Jackson Holliday's major league debut with the Baltimore Orioles will have to wait. — The Orioles announced Friday they had reassigned Holliday to their minor league camp, meaning the No. 1 overall pick …
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Melanie Martinez-Lopez / MLB.com:
Munguia earns Giants' Nugent Award with standout spring — SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Ismael Munguia continues to have the Spring Training of his dreams. — His hard work and dedication were recognized Thursday when he was named the recipient of the 2024 Barney Nugent Award prior to the Giants' 7-6 win against the Brewers.
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Joel Sherman / New York Post:
J.D. Martinez's Mets season will begin with minor league at-bats — TAMPA - J.D. Martinez will not begin the season with the Mets and instead will build up with minor league at-bats initially, The Post has learned. — Martinez still had to undergo his physical before his heavily deferred one-year, $12 million contract is complete.
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