With more than a decade as an international baseball star under his belt and his signature on a $700 million contract, being at the center of attention is nothing new for Shohei Ohtani.
But this time is different.
Just when it seemed like Ohtani couldn't possibly loom larger over Major League Baseball, suddenly he's a main character in a gambling scandal that already has a place among the most salacious in baseball history. Which is saying something, considering that said history covers everything from the 1919 Black Sox to the lifetime banishment of Pete Rose.