“I’m very saddened and shocked that someone who I trusted has done this,” Shohei Ohtani said — through a translator, of course; Ohtani’s lack of comfort speaking English is increasingly becoming a plot point in this ongoing story — at a press conference on Monday. It was his first response to a potentially massive scandal involving $4.5 million in gambling debts that were paid off in Ohtani’s name by his former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara. “I never bet on baseball or any other sports. I have never asked someone to do that on my behalf. I have never gone through a bookmaker to bet on sports. Up until a couple of days ago, I didn’t know that this was happening. Ippei has been stealing money from my account and has told lies.” This is the most interesting thing Shohei Ohtani has said in his entire career. Which may be part of the problem.
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