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Feds say Shohei Ohtani's ex-interpreter Ippei Mizuhara stole $16M — The former interpreter for Shohei Ohtani stole more than $16 million over two years from the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar to pay off gambling debts to an illegal sportsbook, according to an affidavit filed by federal authorities Thursday.
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Jack Harris / Los Angeles Times:
Shohei Ohtani grateful for investigation into ex-interpreter: ‘Id like to focus on baseball’ — Just hours after Shohei Ohtanis ex-interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, surrendered to authorities Friday on charges that he stole more than $16 million from the Dodgers' two-way star …
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Ohtani's Former Interpreter Is Said to Be Negotiating a Guilty Plea — Ippei Mizuhara stands accused of covering his gambling debts by stealing millions of dollars from Shohei Ohtani's bank account. — Ippei Mizuhara, the former translator for Shohei Ohtani who was fired late …
US Department of Justice:
Japanese-Language Translator Charged in Complaint with Illegally Transferring More Than $16 Million from Baseball Player's Account — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California — LOS ANGELES - A Japanese-language translator was charged today via …
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Sources: Bad Bunny-led agency faces MLBPA sanctions — William Arroyo, the main baseball agent for the Bad Bunny-led agency Rimas Sports, had his Major League Baseball Players Association certification revoked after a union investigation into complaints from other agents about improper benefits provided …
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Michael Blinn / New York Post:
Ex-Yankee Fritz Peterson, who swapped wives with teammate Mike Kekich, dead at 82 — Ex-Yankees pitcher Fritz Peterson, a winner of 109 games for the Bronx Bombers and a 1970 All-Star, has died. — He was 82 years old. — Peterson, who overcame prostate cancer and revealed to The Post …
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Anthony Franco / MLB Trade Rumors:
Fritz Peterson Passes Away — Former All-Star pitcher Fritz Peterson has passed away at age 82. The Yankees announced the news this evening and offered their condolences to Peterson's family. … A Chicago native, Peterson attended Northern Illinois before signing with the Yankees.
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Mets stop Royals' 7-game winning streak with 6-1 victory behind Severino, Baty and Alonso — NEW YORK — Pete Alonso homered and Luis Severino earned his first win for the New York Mets, who snapped Kansas City's seven-game winning streak Friday night with a 6-1 victory over the Royals.
Rob Longley / Toronto Sun:
‘ANGEL ON HIS SHOULDER’: How Blue Jays' Davis Schneider got his family to smile again — It is indeed the day the Schneider family started to smile again and it was so much more than a long-shot son and a brother making a Major League Baseball debut for the ages. — STORY CONTINUES BELOW
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Kiley McDaniel / ESPN:
Sources: Diamondbacks' Jordan Montgomery drops Scott Boras — Jordan Montgomery, who was signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks in late March amid a soft free agent market, has fired Scott Boras as his agent and signed with Wasserman's Joel Wolfe and Nick Chanock, sources told ESPN on Thursday.
Tim Keown / ESPN:
Inside the meetings that officially moved the A's from Oakland to Sacramento — THIS WAS John Fisher's moment. It was a cold and rainy morning at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, with the microphone glitching whenever Kings owner Vivek Ranadive tried to heap praise upon the Oakland Athletics owner …
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Maren Angus-Coombs / Sports Illustrated:
Padres Top Prospect Agrees With Team's Decision to Send Him Down to Triple-A — The first demotion of Graham Pauley's young career shouldn't be taken harshly. It's more of an affirmation that the San Diego Padres believe that with some everyday reps in Triple-A El Paso, he will be back.
