[Ardaya] Dave Roberts described Ippei Mizuhara’s absence as the removal of a “buffer” between the organization and Shohei Ohtani. Said it was “difficult” at times having to communicate with Mizuhara as the middle man, and is hoping this leads to more direct communication.
March 26, 2024
[Ardaya] Dave Roberts described Ippei Mizuhara’s absence as the removal of a “buffer” between the organization and Shohei Ohtani. Said it was “difficult” at times having to communicate with Mizuhara as the middle man, and is hoping this leads to more direct communication.
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Dude was a real life Wormtongue.
tbh i wonder if this story would have been as bad if ohtani stayed with the angels
Will the Thrill 🔛🔝
Deferred?! I said I wanted the money up front!!
I still can’t figure out how CAA didn’t sniff out this guy before now. I mean, some intern with a few days on a PC could figure out that his backstory was crap. I hold them partly resposible for *whatever* happened with Ohtani.
Or am I wrong?
lol even doc shading Ippei now
There will always be a buffer unless Roberts starts speaking Japanese.
I thought things were calming down after the press conference but nope.
Baseball subreddit comment section for this tweet shows the conspiracy nuts are still out in full force. In fact, they came back with a vengeance in the comment section.
I know this is hindsight, but I felt like Ippei was a Yoko Ono figure and he wanted to be by Shohei’s side in everything that he did. Like Shohei’s introductory press conference at Dodgers stadium where in the photo ops with Shohei, Andrew, the Guggenheim brass, and Ippei being in the pic is completely out of place. Dude is just a fucking translator and any person with a tiny bit of professional awareness should get out of the pic and have your guy have his moment.
What a mess
Oh boy. This just keeps getting better and better. If I’m Manfred, I’m signing a contract with Netflix already
Thank goodness Shohei is rid of this grifter and now he can properly integrate himself with the team and the city. It’s a small price to pay because that fool had his claws in deep.
13 comments
Dude was a real life Wormtongue.
tbh i wonder if this story would have been as bad if ohtani stayed with the angels
Will the Thrill 🔛🔝
Deferred?! I said I wanted the money up front!!
I still can’t figure out how CAA didn’t sniff out this guy before now. I mean, some intern with a few days on a PC could figure out that his backstory was crap. I hold them partly resposible for *whatever* happened with Ohtani.
Or am I wrong?
lol even doc shading Ippei now
There will always be a buffer unless Roberts starts speaking Japanese.
I thought things were calming down after the press conference but nope.
Baseball subreddit comment section for this tweet shows the conspiracy nuts are still out in full force. In fact, they came back with a vengeance in the comment section.
I know this is hindsight, but I felt like Ippei was a Yoko Ono figure and he wanted to be by Shohei’s side in everything that he did. Like Shohei’s introductory press conference at Dodgers stadium where in the photo ops with Shohei, Andrew, the Guggenheim brass, and Ippei being in the pic is completely out of place. Dude is just a fucking translator and any person with a tiny bit of professional awareness should get out of the pic and have your guy have his moment.
What a mess
Oh boy. This just keeps getting better and better. If I’m Manfred, I’m signing a contract with Netflix already
Thank goodness Shohei is rid of this grifter and now he can properly integrate himself with the team and the city. It’s a small price to pay because that fool had his claws in deep.
Man this feels like an episode of The Simpsons