Shohei Ohtani's life will be fundamentally different in the coming weeks and months without Ippei Mizuhara.
Shohei Ohtani's life will be fundamentally different in the coming weeks and months without Ippei Mizuhara, his interpreter and constant companion ever since he moved to the majors from Japan.
Ohtani spent thousands of hours at Angel Stadium over the previous six years with Mizuhara, who helped Ohtani to communicate with the Angels' coaches and players on everything from strategic advice and rehabilitation plans to video game trash-talk. Will Ireton will be Ohtani's interpreter going forward, but the versatile Dodgers employee won't be as inseparable from Ohtani as Mizuhara was.
Teammates and opponents alike have said over the years that Ohtani understands plenty of English, but doesn't always feel comfortable speaking it - just like many second-language learners. Roberts said he already sees Ohtani making an effort to move outside his comfort zone in the past few days. Dodgers players and coaches were pleased by the detail and candor with which Ohtani addressed the situation, Roberts said.
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