The Dodgers were playing the San Diego Padres in Seoul, South Korea, last March when a bombshell was revealed: Ohtani's interpreter and close friend Ippei Mizuhara was being criminally investigated for ties to an illegal gambling ring and had stolen a huge amount of money from the baseball star.

Years from now, people who weren’t here will claim they were. The people who actually were here won’t be complaining about the outrageous ticket prices.

More often than not, Shohei Ohtani finds a way to meet the moment -- so it came as no surprise he gave a packed Tokyo Dome crowd exactly what they came to see on Saturday night. Ohtani crushed a two-r