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Patrick Andres

How Dodgers PR Handled Shohei Ohtani’s Postgame Availability Thursday Amid Scandal

With speculation surrounding his relationship with former translator Ippei Mizuhara, Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter and pitcher Shohei Ohtani had little to say to reporters Thursday morning.

Ohtani left the Dodgers’ clubhouse in Seoul without taking any questions after Los Angeles’s 15–11 loss to the San Diego Padres in the finale of their two-game series in Seoul, South Korea.

Per Chelsea Janes of The Washington Post, the Dodgers’ public relations team told reporters Ohtani would not be speaking, and then he left telling the press in Japanese to “have a good night.”

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