Tag: Bret Saberhagen

Morning Briefing: Ohtani’s Former Interpreter Plans to Plead Guilty

Good morning, Mets fans! Tim Arango and Michael S. Schmidt of the New York Times reported on Wednesday that Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, is in negotiations to plead guilty to federal crimes in connection to the theft of Ohtani’s money. Despite Mizuhara originally saying that Ohtani paid off his $4.5 million in debt, which was accrued by illegally betting on...

The 1993 Mets: You Can’t Make This Stuff Up

The 1993 Mets were a bad team, but their off-field troubles were worse than their on-field performance. The 1993 Mets finished 59-103. Manager Jeff Torborg was dismissed 38 games into the season, replaced by Dallas Green. The team was coming off a 1992 season where they posted a 72-90 record, which prompted reporters Bob Klapisch and John Harper to write the book “The Worst Team...