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Who is Shohei Ohtani's new interpreter with Dodgers? They call him 'Will the Thrill.'

LOS ANGELES — Dodgers manager Dave Roberts wore a grim expression while talking to reporters in Seoul last Wednesday. The team had just fired interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, who had been accused by representatives of Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani of engaging in a "massive theft" of the Dodgers two-way player's funds to allegedly pay off at least $4.5 million in debt to an illegal Orange County ...
Shohei Ohtani #17 and Will Ireton of the Los Angeles Dodgers are seen in the dugout during the 2024 Seoul Series game between San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers at Gocheok Sky Dome on March 21, 2024, in Seoul, South Korea.

LOS ANGELES — Dodgers manager Dave Roberts wore a grim expression while talking to reporters in Seoul last Wednesday.

The team had just fired interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, who had been accused by representatives of Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani of engaging in a "massive theft" of the Dodgers two-way player's funds to allegedly pay off at least $4.5 million in debt to an illegal Orange County bookmaker.

After politely declining to answer several questions around the circumstances of the firing and then responding to one about Ohtani's state of mind, Roberts was asked who would be taking over as

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