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Shohei Ohtani’s Interpretor Charged with Stealing Over $16M from Ohtani

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On Thursday, Shohei Ohtani’s translator, Ippei Mizuhara, was charged in connection with his theft of millions of dollars from Ohtani. And it’s much worse that was originally thought.

While in Korea for the international series against the San Diego Padres, Ohtani and the whole Los Angeles Dodgers team found out that Ippei had stolen around $4 million from Ohtani. Ippei was then fired from his duties as Ohtani’s translator.

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Dodgers Split Korean Series, Fly Home Under Cloud of Uncertainty

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The Los Angeles Dodgers went 3-1 in their Korea era, having won both of their exhibition games, and split their series with the San Diego Padres.

In Game 1 against the Padres, the offense was sluggish early, but eventually battled back from a 2-1 deficit to win the game 5-2. Tyler Glasnow was shaky, allowing two runs over his five innings of work. The bullpen buckled in, and held the Padres scoreless, allowing the Dodgers to capitalize on a four-run eighth inning.

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Julio Urías Charged with Domestic Abuse for Second Time

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Julio Urías has likely pitched his last game in a Los Angeles Dodgers uniform.

On Monday, news broke that Urías had been arrested and charged with felony domestic charges, while attending a Los Angeles Football Club game on Sunday evening. He was released early Monday morning on a $50,000 bond.

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Dodgers Designate Trevor Bauer for Assignment

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Trigger warning – sexual abuse content

A decision has finally been made in the Trevor Bauer case. On Friday afternoon, the Los Angeles Dodgers designated Bauer for assignment. They will now have seven days to trade him or release him from the organization. His time with the Dodgers organization has come to an end.

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MLB Celebrates Legacy of Roberto Clemente

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The 2022 MLB season marks the 21st year that the league has celebrated the legacy of Roberto Clemente, perhaps the greatest humanitarian and arguably one of the best outfielders the game has ever seen.

This year, the league recognized Thursday, September 15, as Roberto Clemente Day. It was highlighted by the Pirates — Clemente’s former team — playing the Mets in New York at Citi Field, with managers, coaches and players from both clubs all wearing Clemente’s No. 21.

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A Look at the Dodger Bullpen and the Closer Role

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The Los Angeles Dodgers are one week away from opening up the 2022 season in Denver against the Colorado Rockies. Before camp breaks, however, there are still a few unanswered questions.

The number of players still in camp as of Thursday afternoon was 41. The season will open with a 28-man roster so teams will have a little help in the pitching department because of the truncated spring training schedule.

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Owners and Players Finally Agree to Deal – Baseball is Back

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There will be baseball this year.

MLB and the MLB Players Union finally reached an agreement on their collective bargaining agreement Thursday afternoon.

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MLB and MLBPA Fail to Agree, Again; More Series Canceled

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It’s Deja Vu, all over again.

After another self-imposed deadline by the owners, albeit with more ramifications on the season, Major League Baseball and the Players Union again failed to make an agreement, and the full 162 game season in 2022 will not be.

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MLB and Players Union Do Not Reach Agreement – Season Will Not Start on Time

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Since the self imposed owner’s lockout began on December 1st, MLB and the Major League Baseball Players Association have sporadically been in talks about a wide range off meant to better or worsen the state of the players and the game, depending on which side you are on.

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Latest on MLB’s Lockout and Discussions

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Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association are three days in to a week of discussions to get a new collective bargaining agreement before there are games lost in the regular season.

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