Dodger Blue Dream

This week is an inflection point in the Dodgers 2024 season — especially for our starting pitching — in a year where we have seen many rookies take the mound.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A long-distance podcast portrait of the fabulous and famously friendly firstbaseman, Freddie Freeman. In 5 parts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A listener submits a question — "Is Shohei Ohtani holding his breath when he swings?" — and we answer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shohei Ohtani is the first player to both pitch and hit simultaneously at the Major League level since Babe Ruth. But this year, Shohei is not pitching. What is Shohei capable of when he puts down the ball and the mitt, and focuses instead on the stick?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Father's Day at Dodger Stadium, the baseball gods appeared out of a cloudless Los Angeles sky, and struck down one of our best player with a ruthless blow. A companion piece to our previous episode, "Mookie's Best."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In his quest to become "a legend in the game," Mookie Betts, the Dodgers dapper and diminuitive leadoff man, attempts the impossible: playing shortstop at the professional level for the first time, at the age of 31.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A 37-page federal criminal complaint answers questions about how Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter, allegedly stole $16 million from Ohtani to pay debts Mizuhara had accrued with an allegedly illegal bookmaker.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Dodgers fire Shohei Ohtani's interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, after he allegedly steals millions of dollars from Ohtani to pay off gambling debts to a bookmaker in Orange County, who is now federal investigation for illegal gambling. PARTIAL SOURCE LIST: ESPN: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39784809/dodgers-shohei-ohtani-mizuhara-theft-line ESPN: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39827116/rob-manfred-hopes-shohei-ohtani-investigation-takes-short Los Angeles Times: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-27/how-could-ohtanis-translater-pull-off-alleged-gambling-heist-with-no-red-flags Los Angeles Times: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-28/shohei-ohtani-sports-betting-investigation-dodgers-yasiel-puig The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/5364216/2024/03/23/shohei-ohtani-ippei-mizuhara-biography-inaccuracies/?source=user_shared_article The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/5375358/2024/04/01/mlb-ohtani-mizuhara-scandal-illegal-gambling/ The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/5361794/2024/03/26/shohei-ohtani-espn-media-gambling/?access_token=11093551&redirected=1 Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/03/21/sports-gambling-scandals-legalization-00148243 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shohei Ohtani shocks the world with an Instagram post. The first installment in Dodger Blue Dream, a documentary chronicling the 2024 Los Angeles Dodgers baseball season, from start to finish.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.