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14 hours ago, Scraps said:

Gil bangs local CVS is out of lotion!

(Just fucking with you man)

You might need to put an APB out on him after he snapped Baltiless 19 game losing streak.

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111 pitches and counting tonight. 2 ER through 6.2.

Gets through 7. 115th pitch was inside corner - 99 mph. 

He's decent.

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Yeah. Water is wet. 

Vlad probably would have gotten a couple nods if they made the playoffs. 

There are a lot of stupid baseball writers out there but I don't think so

2 minutes ago, WBT said:

There are a lot of stupid baseball writers out there but I don't think so

He was 1 vote from unanimous 2nd. I didn't realize there are only 30 voters, though, so maybe not. Basketball has like 130 voters or something so you get stupid shit like someone voting Carmelo over LeBron in 2013. 

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Story breaking right now that Shohei's interpreter, Ippei,, has stolen millions of dollars from Shohei and gambled it away

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Ippei has been fired by the dodgers.   

I'm hoping that this is true and Ippei isn't being made a scapegoat for shohei

Sounds fishy. Why would his interpreter have access to his bank accounts?

Ask yourself what MLB would do if Shohei was gambling

4 minutes ago, cmontexas said:

Sounds fishy. Why would his interpreter have access to his bank accounts?

Ask yourself what MLB would do if Shohei was gambling

He'll play a season in the wnba?  It's always been his dream...

16 minutes ago, cmontexas said:

Sounds fishy. Why would his interpreter have access to his bank accounts?

Ask yourself what MLB would do if Shohei was gambling

he's not "just' his interpreter.  They're buds.  I wouldn't be surprised if Ippei took care of Shohei's household business.  Shohei brought him from Japan when he came over to the Angels.  Ippei is a SoCal kid that moved to Japan right after college for the experience and met Shohei there.   Think the TV show "Entourage"

oh fuck, @PlsCursed on Twitter has spoken?

 

I guess it's settled.

Didn't he just get married? Makes perfect sense that wife finds out he gambles and says that shit stops now, pays off his debts, then they realize they need a scapegoat. 

On the other hand if it was part of an intentional plan it would be absurdly stupid not to route the money through the interpreter. No need to have the transfers to the bookie ever have Ohtani's name on them. Which makes the theft story at least plausible. 

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after allegations of illegal gambling, theft

 
 
Shohei Ohtani and interpreter
 
Photo by: Lee Jin-man/AP
Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani, right, talks to his interpreter Ippei Mizuhara during the fifth inning of an opening day baseball game against the San Diego Padres at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea Wednesday, March 20, 2024, in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
 
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter and close friend has been fired by the Los Angeles Dodgers following allegations of illegal gambling and theft from the Japanese baseball star.

Interpreter Ippei Mizuhara was let go from the team Wednesday following reports from The Los Angeles Times and ESPN about his alleged ties to an illegal bookmaker. The team is in South Korea this week as Ohtani makes his Dodgers debut.

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“In the course of responding to recent media inquiries, we discovered that Shohei has been the victim of a massive theft and we are turning the matter over to the authorities,” law firm Berk Brettler LLP said in a statement Wednesday.

Mizuhara has worked with Ohtani for years and been a constant presence with him in major league clubhouses. When Ohtani left the Los Angeles Angels to sign a $700 million, 10-year contract with the Dodgers in December, the club also hired Mizuhara.

The team did not have an immediate comment Wednesday. Mizuhara's firing was confirmed by Major League Baseball.

Ohtani's stardom has spread worldwide, even as the two-way player has remained largely media-shy. The news of his recent marriage to Mamiko Tanaka shocked fans from Japan to the U.S.

On Tuesday, Mizuhara told ESPN that his bets were on international soccer, the NBA, the NFL and college football. MLB rules prohibit players and team employees from wagering — even legally — on baseball and also ban betting on other sports with illegal or offshore bookmakers.

“I never bet on baseball,” Mizuhara told ESPN. “That’s 100%. I knew that rule... We have a meeting about that in spring training.”

The Associated Press could not immediately reach Mizuhara for comment Wednesday.

Yeah did they not realize that Ohtani admitting to sending a shitload of money to an illegal bookie, even if it was just to cover for a friend, is still very much not allowed? Why did they go with that??

 

 

If I had a gambling problem I was trying to keep at bay, I might try to find a way to limit the access I have to my money. You know, like, deferring my massive salary for a decade.

$4.5MM?  Isn’t that 10x what the Dodgers are paying Ohtani this year?

1 hour ago, Gil Bang said:

he's not "just' his interpreter.  They're buds.  I wouldn't be surprised if Ippei took care of Shohei's household business.  Shohei brought him from Japan when he came over to the Angels.  Ippei is a SoCal kid that moved to Japan right after college for the experience and met Shohei there.   Think the TV show "Entourage"

Are you his “Turtle”?

2 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

Think the TV show "Entourage"

Personally, I never stop thinking about the TV show Entourage 

I'm gonna f'n laugh my ass off if wonderboy was making the bets. They are obviously lying about some shit as evidenced by the spokesman first saying Ohtani knew it was for gambling, before they reversed course and said Ohtani had no knowledge. at best, Ohtani needs to hire better people. And he's some friend to cover a $4.5M debt for a pal. 

This will get even more interesting if we learn that he was betting on MLB games.

1 hour ago, cmontexas said:

Personally, I never stop thinking about the TV show Entourage 

Get... the.... fuck.... out....

11 minutes ago, kevwun said:

This will get even more interesting if we learn that he was betting on MLB games.

Shohei's probably working on his jump shot as we speak. 

MLB covered up that Puig raped a woman during their run to the 2017 WS, they will cover this up as well.

9 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

MLB covered up that Puig raped a woman during their run to the 2017 WS, they will cover this up as well.

Its a little harder to cover up when the highest paid player in the league has already had his shit put on blast by ESPN and every other sports media site. I dont recall the Puig story coming out until years later. They may be able to pin it on the fall guy, but there's going to be a level of scrutiny on this story that will be orders of magnitude greater than Puig ever was subjected to. 

1 hour ago, Blotto said:

I'm gonna f'n laugh my ass off if wonderboy was making the bets. They are obviously lying about some shit as evidenced by the spokesman first saying Ohtani knew it was for gambling, before they reversed course and said Ohtani had no knowledge. at best, Ohtani needs to hire better people. And he's some friend to cover a $4.5M debt for a pal. 


of course ohtani was making the bets 

MLB players and personnel are allowed to gamble on anything except baseball. I don’t really care if Ohtani is shooting dice in a dive bar or splitting 8s at Harrah’s, but if there’s even 1 baseball bet that comes back to “his interpreter”… pure chaos is coming 😂😂😂

Lol, what a fucking dumbass. He was 100% making some bets. We’ll have to see if they were smart enough to not bet on baseball games.

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