More than a year after one of baseball’s most shocking scandals rocked Major League Baseball, newly released audio is shedding fresh light on the deception that nearly tarnished the reputation of global superstar Shohei Ohtani.
The latest revelations come from ESPN’s six-part 30 for 30 Podcasts series, “The Betrayal of Shohei Ohtani”, which includes previously unheard audio from former Dodgers interpreter Ippei Mizuhara’s first interview with ESPN investigative reporter Tisha Thompson. The recordings provide a chilling look at how Mizuhara initially attempted to explain away millions of dollars in gambling debt before ultimately changing his story less than 24 hours later.
In the original interview, Mizuhara claimed Ohtani…