Jeff Passan revisits the Shohei Ohtani–Ippei Mizuhara gambling scandal and reveals how the story unfolded behind the scenes
“The first tip was, ‘Shohei Ohtani might have a gambling problem.’”
“My first thought was, ‘Oh God… the thing that’s too good to be true actually is.’”
“I reached out to ESPN investigative reporter Tisha Thompson because she had better sources than I did.”
“She had the conversation with Ippei Mizuhara that forced the Dodgers to address the situation in Japan.”
“We were preparing to publish when they reached out and said, ‘Actually, this is not what happened.’”
“There’s still a large segment of people who believe Shohei Ohtani was the one gambling.”
“I ask those people to read the 30-plus-page indictment and listen to the phone calls.”
“There’s just a lot of evidence.”
“If it actually is all a cover-up, it’s one of the greatest cover-ups in the history of the world.”
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