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Mathew Bowyer, a Southern California bookmaker, has admitted to operating an illegal gambling business, handling thousands of sports bets placed by former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani. Bowyer, 49, pleaded guilty in federal court in Santa Ana on Friday to charges of operating an illegal gambling business. He also admitted […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Shohei Ohtani knowing he wouldn’t pitch in his first year the team. He’s proven he can do plenty of damage with just his bat. But as Ohtani continues out his 10-year pact with Los Angeles, the Dodgers are hopeful he returns to the mound sooner rather than later. The two-way […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are continuing the push towards October, as the team is in prime position for the top spot in the National League. Some good news is never a bad thing, and the Dodgers certainly received a positive injury-related update. According to the The Athletic’s Fabian Ardaya, rookie starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw […]

Dodgers fans close your eyes, we’re about to make the case for Shohei Ohtani to become a full-time hitter. It’d be a difficult pill to swallow after paying him $700 million to be their ace and their best hitter. However, who knows how much Ohtani could grow as a hitter if he put all his […]

By now, everyone knows that Shohei Ohtani is arguably the best player in the MLB currently. And yet, on a seemingly nightly basis, he just goes out and continues to rewrite the record books with the Los Angeles Dodgers. His latest feat in the Dodgers 10-0 win over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday night saw […]

The New York Yankees are getting hot at the right time, winning six of their last seven games. And a scorching-hot Aaron Judge is a big reason why the team is holding its own against the Baltimore Orioles in the AL East. Judge is having an all-time great power-hitting season and over the last seven […]

There’s a new twist to the saga regarding Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara. Mizuhara, who pleaded guilty to bank fraud after stealing nearly $17 million from Ohtani’s accounts to use in illegal sports gambling, is not the only one facing legal trouble. Matthew Bowyer, the illegal bookmaker who Mizuhara used […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers traded two minor leaguers for former Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Jack Flaherty and now the question is whether or not he will start for Manager Dave Roberts’ team soon. Roberts’ team has announced that Flaherty is set to make his Dodgers debut this weekend, good news to the ears of fans […]

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani has added yet another achievement to his ever-expanding baseball resume. With a stolen base during Tuesday night’s 6-5 road loss at the hands of the San Diego Padres, Ohtani became just the second player in the history of the big leagues to have at least 32 home runs and […]

Shohei Ohtani has been a tremendous success since arriving in Major League Baseball. He has won the Rookie of the Year, two MVP awards, signed the richest contract in league history, and made four All-Star games. The Los Angeles Dodgers star has taken the league by storm. However, when he was with the Los Angeles […]

Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter, was involved in a gambling scandal that shocked the MLB world before the 2024 season. Ohtani was hoping to focus on baseball after signing a historic contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers but was instead forced to deal with off-the-field distractions. Everyone around the MLB world wondered how Ohtani […]

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani hit his 30th home run of the 2024 MLB season in grand fashion. The two-time American League Most Valuable Player launched an incredible home run in the fifth inning of Sunday’s series finale at home versus the Boston Red Sox and got everyone astonished and excited at the same […]

Shohei Ohtani smashed a 473-foot home run with a 116.7 mph exit velocity, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 9-6 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday. In his four months with the Dodgers, Ohtani has hit plenty of stunning home runs. However, he saved his most remarkable one for his 30th of […]

Another day, another ball was wrecked by Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, who sent one deep during LA’s 9-6 win at home over the visiting Boston Red Sox on Sunday. Ohtani left baseball fans astonished after he hit a towering solo home run off of Red Sox starter Kutter Crawford in the fifth inning […]

Several Los Angeles Angels people suggested they believe that superstar Shohei Ohtani would have stayed an Angel had the team agreed to the $700 million, 97 percent deferred offer he suggested to the four finalists he considered signing with, per Jon Heyman of The New York Post: “The Dodgers, plus the Giants and Blue Jays, […]

Shohei Ohtani is going home. So are Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shota Imanaga and Seiya Suzuki. Four of the brightest Japanese stars in Major League Baseball will play in Tokyo next March when the Los Angeles Dodgers face the Chicago Cubs in two games to begin the 2025 MLB season. MLB released the entire 2025 schedule Thursday, […]

Paul Skenes and Shohei Ohtani on the same team? Unless the Pittsburgh Pirates cheap out and allow the Los Angeles Dodgers to steal him away, they’ll only be teaming up together in the All-Star game. Skenes made his first appearance in the All-Star game, making the start for the National League. He sat down three […]

Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper and the brightest stars in baseball today converged at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas on Tuesday night for the 2024 edition of the MLB All-Star Game. Harper and the National League fell prey to the American League by a final score of 5-3, but everyone can still appreciate the […]

Baseball fans are used to Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani making history and setting records that no one ever thought could be achieved. In Tuesday night’s MLB All-Star game, Ohtani hit a historic home run in more ways than one. Ohtani’s second-inning home run made him the first player in All-Star Game history to […]

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani got the National League off to a great start with a no-doubt-about-it 40o foot home run to right field in the top of the third inning: Shohei Ohtani’s homer looks even better with fireworks coming off of it, trust us 🎇💣😅 #AllStarGame pic.twitter.com/aSb0fLh5uG — FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) July […]

Shohei Ohtani has been the talk of baseball since he arrived in Los Angeles in 2017 and Tuesday’s MLB All-Star Game is no different. On Tuesday night, Ohtani’s outfit was the talk of the social media town. The Dodger’s star rolled up in a suit honoring his dog Decoy. Shohei Ohtani's #AllStarGame suit has his […]

It’s time for the MLB All-Star Break. It gets started with the Home Run Derby on Monday and then the All-Star Game on Tuesday. Shohei Ohtani is the betting favorite to become the next All-Star Game MVP over Aaron Judge. Ohtani is the NL favorite, while Judge is the AL favorite. Ohtani has been great […]

Juan Soto has had a chance to do plenty in his career. He won a World Series with the Washington Nationals, won the 2022 Home Run Derby, been an All-Star four times, and won a batting title. But he’s never played with Shohei Ohtani, and if he had his way, that would change. Speaking at […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers lost in gut-wrenching fashion to the Detroit Tigers in the second game of a three-game series at Comerica Park Saturday. The Dodgers took a 9-4 lead into the ninth inning but couldn’t close things out as the Tigers came storming all the way back with five runs in the bottom of […]

Ryan Boyajian is a cast member on Bravo’s reality TV series “The Real Housewives of Orange County.” In the sports world, he may have a new identity and title as the man who who received money wired for Ippei Mizuhara’s gambling debts in the Shohei Ohtani gambling scandal. Multiple sources reported to ESPN that Boyajian […]

There is no sugarcoating Saturday’s 11-9 extra-innings loss to the Detroit Tigers. The Los Angeles Dodgers (56-40) absolutely imploded in Comerica Park, blowing a five-run lead in the final frame. Though, Shohei Ohtani still made sure to give fans a reason to celebrate, at least temporarily. The two-time American League MVP and National League MVP […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers feature a storied history with many memorable stars. One such former star recently took some time for an exclusive interview with ClutchPoints. Andre Ethier, who spent his entire MLB career (2006-2017) in LA, was a two-time All-Star and also won a Gold Glove and a Silver Slugger Award. Ethier and Hunter […]

Shohei Ohtani has done a lot of home-run hitting over his MLB career. He has a National League-leading 28 home runs and is bound to hit plenty more this season. With a chance to make a statement blast against the powerhouse Philadelphia Phillies, he floundered. It cost him a bit of individual history as well […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers have dealt with their fair share of injuries this season as the 2024 MLB All-Star Break draws near, and the most recent involves Tyler Glasnow, the Dodgers’ ace who represents one of their best hopes for capturing a World Series title this season. Glasnow has put up solid numbers this season […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani is accomplishing a feat rarely done in Major League Baseball. In fact, it has been done only twice before in more than a century. Ohtani registered a home run, triple, stolen base, two walks and was hit by a pitch in a game on Saturday, per ESPN. That’s […]

When it comes to free agent signings, none was bigger than Shohei Ohtani joining the Los Angeles Dodgers this winter. Ohtani was the most coveted free agent the league has seen in years. But it’s hard to ignore the impact that Teoscar Hernandez has had with the Dodgers this season. Ohtani, even though he’s set […]

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani participating in the 2024 Home Run Derby would certainly attract more eyes to the event. However, with the Dodgers holding sky-high aspirations, fans will need to wait at least another year before they can watch Ohtani send baseballs to the moon; at least in the Derby. Ohtani is not […]

It’s not everyday that a bat boy or a ball boy makes the headlines, but that’s exactly what happened with Javier Herrera. Herrara, one of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ bat boys, was hanging out near Shohei Ohtani during their game against the Chicago White Sox. All of a sudden, a line drive was headed toward Ohtani […]

As we near the fifth anniversary of former Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs’ death resulting from consuming fentanyl-laced oxycodone, the man convicted of providing the deadly pills is speaking out from prison for the first time. Most baseball fans remember the tragedy of Skaggs’ untimely death on July 1, 2019. Most likely, far fewer […]

Shohei Ohtani has shown interest in participating in this summer’s Home Run Derby. However, as he continues to rehabilitate from his second Tommy John surgery, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts remains cautious about Ohtani’s potential participation this season. “The one side of it, for him to be in the Home Run Derby, it’s great […]

Another chapter is being written in the saga of Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani as he breaks ground on another one of baseball’s first frontiers – the signature cleat game. Partnered with New Balance, Ohtani and the footwear brand will release the first signature cleat in the young MVP’s career. Check out our Sneakers news […]

Shohei Ohtani is unreal, man. The Los Angeles Dodgers star is one of the most feared batters in today’s game. Ohtani’s blend of power, contact, and speed makes him one of the greatest to ever play the game. In particular, that power shows up in spectacular ways. The Los Angeles Angels were once the benefactors […]

The Los Angeles Angels will battle the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Freeway Series, with Shohei Ohtani facing his old team for the first time at Chavez Ravine. We’re here to share our MLB odds series, make a Shohei Ohtani props prediction, and pick for the battle between Ohtani and the Angels. Ohtani is facing […]

If there is a team that can weather the absence of an injured superstar, it’s the Los Angeles Dodgers, who seem to be in the business not just of winning baseball games but collecting top-tier players. With Mookie Betts on the 10-day injured list and expected to miss several weeks because of a hand injury, […]