Ippei Mizuhara is all over the news because of his involvement in the Shohei Ohtani sports betting scandal. (If you hadn’t also heard, you might have inadvertently been apart of the scandal if you sell cards online.)
Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani’s translator, holding his 3 rookie baseball cards, custom created in 2018 by Gubie for a skit.
But did you know he’s also got a few baseball cards? Per this Reddit comment, these cards were made back in 2018 as part of a Gubie skit (see video below).
Rory Hansen is a San Diego-based sports card collector and social media influencer. Considered an expert in the process of grading sports cards, he regularly advises other collectors on how to assess, prepare and submit cards for grading. Originally from Canada and now living in the US, Rory collects both hockey cards and baseball cards. His personal collection focuses on Shohei Ohtani, Ichiro Suzuki, Yu Darvish, Pavel Bure, Daniel and Henrik Sedin and Roberto Luongo.
