Shohei Ohtani and Ippei Mizuhara were practically connected at the hip for 6 ½ years, the bond between the world’s most famous baseball player and his interpreter so tight that the Dodgers two-way star was rarely, if ever, seen in public without Mizuhara in tow. Me and my shadow, they were. Two peas in a pod.
Not anymore. Mizuhara, 39, was abruptly fired by the Dodgers on Wednesday after representatives of Ohtani accused the interpreter of “massive theft” of the player’s funds — reportedly $4.5-million — to place bets with an allegedly illegal Orange County bookmaker who is the target of a federal investigation.