Bill Plaschke: Ippei Mizuhara's surrender inspires Shohei Ohtani to soar for Dodgers
LOS ANGELES — Ippei Mizuhara entered a courtroom in shackles. Shohei Ohtani flew around Chavez Ravine on wings. On the most sobering, sensational of Fridays, one man's arrest became another man's freedom, a simple ballgame serving as a striking example of brilliance unburdened. Just down the street from Dodger Stadium, Ohtani's longtime interpreter and close colleague Mizuhara surrendered to ...
LOS ANGELES — Ippei Mizuhara entered a courtroom in shackles.
Shohei Ohtani flew around Chavez Ravine on wings.
On the most sobering, sensational of Fridays, one man's arrest became another man's freedom, a simple ballgame serving as a striking example of brilliance unburdened.
Just down the street from Dodger Stadium, Ohtani's longtime interpreter and close colleague Mizuhara surrendered to authorities on charges of stealing more than $16 million from Ohtani to supply his gambling addiction.
Hours later, Ohtani did not give an inch to the San Diego Padres, clobbering a first-inning home run and adding two scorching doubles in an eventual 8-7, 11-inning defeat.
The two events felt related. The divergence of the two
