U.S. Major League Baseball said Friday it has launched an investigation into a sports gambling allegation involving Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and his interpreter Ippei Mizuhara.MLB "has been gathering information since we learned about the allegations" involving Ohtani and Mizuhara from the news media, it said in a statement, adding its Department of Investigations earlier Friday "began their formal process investigating the matter."The move came after the Dodgers effectively fired Mizuhara earlier this week following reports he was involved in an illegal sports gambling operat…READ FULL ARTICLE