A Kansas man is facing over 19 years for his involvement in the stealing of a statue of Jackie Robinson from a local park in Wichita. Ricky Alderete, 45, pleaded guilty to aggravated burglary, aggravated criminal damage to property, interference with law enforcement, criminal damage to property, theft, making a false writing and identity theft. The statue was snatched from …
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Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, is expected to enter a guilty plea on one count of bank fraud and one count of subscribing to a false tax return, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California. Mizuhara is accused of embezzling millions of dollars and allegedly using the money …
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Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías was sentenced to 36 months probation and ordered to complete 30 days of community labor after pleading no contest to misdemeanor domestic battery. The left-hander faced charges that included one count of spousal battery, two counts of domestic battery involving a dating relationship, one count of false imprisonment and one count of assault …
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Arizona beekeeper Matt Hilton arrived at Chase Field Tuesday night to deal with a swarm of bees, and he ended up staying to throw out the first pitch. The Diamondbacks’ game against the Los Angeles Dodgers was delayed nearly two hours Tuesday night when a swarm of bees began to gather at the top of the protective netting behind home …
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For a little while in the offseason, Toronto Blue Jays fans thought they were getting arguably the most talented baseball player of all time. Shohei Ohtani was a free agent in the winter, and rumors swirled he was en route to Toronto for a visit with the team. It all started when it was reported by MLB Network that Ohtani’s …
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Add cat-like, and potentially life-saving, reflexes to Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s resume. The Los Angeles Dodgers signed the 25-year-old Japanese right hander for $325 million in the offseason, the most money ever given to a pitcher despite not throwing a pitch in the major leagues, over a dozen years. His 1.16 ERA in Japan last season justifies that deal, but he proved …
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Carl Erskine, a legendary pitcher for the Dodgers who was the last surviving member of the 1950s “Boys of Summer” squad, has died. He was 97 years old. Erskine died in his hometown of Anderson, Indiana, at Community Hospital Anderson, according to Michele Hockwalt, who serves as the hospital’s marketing and communication manager. “For millions of fans, he was a …
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LOS ANGELES — It was only a few weeks ago that Shohei Ohtani was laughing in the dugout alongside Ippei Mizuhara during the Dodgers‘ season opener in Seoul, blissfully unaware at the time of the alleged deception, lies and more than $16 million theft that would lead to his longtime interpreter getting fired by the Dodgers and charged with bank …
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One of Trevor Bauer’s accusers was charged with felony fraud theft by extortion in Arizona last month after “knowingly [obtaining] a benefit from” the pitcher and another man. Darcy Adanna Esemonu allegedly told Bauer she was impregnated by him and asked him for money for an abortion but was never pregnant. Esemonu was charged in Maricopa County March 19, but …
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Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, turned himself into law enforcement on Friday, the Department of Justice announced. “Ippei Mizuhara surrendered this morning to the custody of the United States Marshals Service,” federal authorities said Friday in a statement sent to Fox News Digital. A criminal complaint and affidavit filed on Thursday in U.S. …
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