Shohei Ohtani and his interpreter together have become a common image in Major League Baseball since 2018.
The game’s biggest star and his interpreter have largely been inseparable, with Ippei Mizuhara following Ohtani everywhere, including sitting next to him in the dugout during all games.
Their relationship is now in the spotlight again, but for the wrong reasons. Mizuhara was fired on Wednesday after bombshell reports from The Los Angeles Times and ESPN found he had millions of dollars in gambling debt with a bookmaker currently under federal investigation. Additionally, Ohtani was initially said to have helped to pay off his debts by Mizuhara.
However, not long after Ohtani’s camp set up Mizuhara for interviews,…
