Rich Eisen: These are the Biggest Questions Shohei Ohtani Needs to Answer | The Rich Eisen Show
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Ippei has a history of gambling, Shohei has no history nor any interest of gambling, and Ippie is known for lying. In 2018 Ippei claims that he graduated from the University of California-Riverside in 2007, and also claimed he workedcl as an interpreter for the Red Sox in 2012, that also was false on Ippeis part.
Wishful thinking? 😂
Doesn't matter if ippei was leading the gambling scheme, if ohtani was funding it he is still responsible. That's why they changed their story
It's pretty easy to spot the Dodgers fans 😂😂😂
Dodgers inherited a mess!
@@JJ_5289You still believe that?
He lied to ohtani. Please read additional articles. 😂😂
Not the first athlete to get ripped off by a trusted advisor.
Your interpreter should not have access to 4 million of your funds without you knowing, stop it
Not the first trusted employee to be the fall guy.
He was not ripped off. BS excuse. He was gambling and is trying to get out of it.
He wasn't just an interpreter he was Shohie's right hand man, 365 days a year.@@wjk2109
From my understanding even though Shohei made 2 million a year in Japan he gave all his money to his mother to manage.
She would give him $1000 a month in allowance
Which he apparently did not spend all of that allowance every month.
Now we are going to jump to the conclusion he was gambling millions
You people are too unimaginative.
What if Mizuhara was required to translate all documents and remittances? Wouldn't it have been easier for him to get Shohei's consent by pretending the money transfer was necessary?
And you have too little knowledge about people with gambling addictions.
They lie all the time.
I am sure he banks with someone who is able to send him all the documents in his native language. If I have to dial 1 for English at my local bank I am sure his elite bank has Japanese as an option
And you have too little knowledge about people with gambling addictions.
They lie all the time.
And people are saying Ohtani is the gambling liar but you like him so you are making up ridiculous theories. Even if the translator stole the money how does he not notice all that money being gone? Face it the translator is the fall guy and your boy is just the Japanese Pete Rose. Except the commissioner had values and principles back then and actually did something, unlike Manfred who will do what he can to hide/cover up this issue to save the $$$ train.
I get that you love Ohtani. But that doesn't mean he has to be innocent. Im not saying he is def a gambler but to pretend the only reason I'm suspicious of him is because Im dumb and lack imagination is pure fandom on your part.
After all, all the conversation here is speculation.
My guess is based on his humanity and what he has said and done so far.
What are yours?
You guys make over $50 million a year from advertising alone, give me a rational reason why Otani would gamble.
As for the money transfers, it is said that he left some of his accounts completely free to Mizuhara. So there was already such a trusting relationship.
If you ask me to choose whether Otani is likely to gamble or not, I can only say that he is definitely not likely to!
@@user-zv9rm1hf1dr u serious? Do u really know anyone who has gambled bc they needed to in order to pay bills? People gamble bc it’s fun to win.
Even a married couple don’t know each other’s spending until it shocks one of them. I don’t think Ohtani was paying Xfinity, PGE and water company and all other places that he has to make payments to. Who did? It must be Ippei. That’s how he had an access to Ohtani’s bank account. Ohtani doesn’t care much about how much money is in the bank. He trusted Ippei. Well, everybody is entitled to his or her own version of Ohtani’s story😂
I dont know how this will turn out but what annoys me is the Dodgers Fans acting like they've Known Ohtani for years as a personal friend, No way he could be involved in such a thing.
all he had to do was go to the Jays and then he could have paid any one off.
But Cali as a State does not allow any sports' betting at all. all bets are illegal. a fool stays in the one state where he can be charged for his ignorance.
Only a fool does not read and learn the laws of the State where he lives and makes a living. deportation might now occur, to Canada.
The jays might work out a Trade for the fool. the jays have the money to pay the bets' off too.
99% of folks no nothing about this man. Especially his vices. I can see where people are assume guilt but to say he's innocent, I just can get there.
Like Democrats with Biden family corruption.
Yes its annoying
It's a part of sports and no different than Michigan fans this past season, Astros fans with the trash cans, Patriots fans with deflate gate, Red Sox fans with the Mitchell report, etc. When allegations like this surface, people are biased towards assuming innocence for their team, and biased towards assuming guilt for their rival teams.
It's been reported that these guys were very tight. They were together 24/7. What's most probable? Certainly the pitcher has control over the outcome of a game. Great time to be alive.
Its not at all surprising to hear that an illegal bookie would leverage a person's known association with a very wealthy and famous athlete by continuously extending a line of credit.
There are numerous possible reasons all this happened and none of them are going to be as fantastical as we want it to be.
If he was robbed then shouldn't the other guy be in jail?
He will be. The investigation is on its way.
Ohtani has to press charges.
Ohtani has already sued him
The investigation is already underway
Red Sox said don’t bring us in this AT ALL 💀💀
Are the R3d Sox for sale ? Asking for a friend
The questions Ohtani needs to answer are those asked by the police and prosecutors. Beyond that, he doesn’t owe any explanations to anyone.
He will soon discover it is not exactly like that
You don't think he has to answer questions by MLB?
If it was only that easy for Pete Rose. You must be a Dodgers fan 😂
Legally speaking, yes.
With regard to MLB player eligibility, that is a different story, my friend.
Actually, he does. As an athlete playing in a league that has been historically very tough on gamblers. And the fact that he is a public figure and is idolized by millions of people, he needs to be upfront as much as possible.
One advantage he has is that he can hide behind his language barrier.
People are really misunderstanding the entire situation. The initial statement is that Ippei said Ohtani bailed him out from gambling debts, Ohtani & his legal team said he did not do that and the money was stolen from him. Then, Ippei walked back his initial statement and we later found out he lied about his previous employments and school attendance. That’s the issue.
How the hell did people spin this into “ohTaNi iS a gAmBLer, hE’s tHe nEw PeTe RoSe”?
LARCENY BY TRICK. Everyone should google this legal term. Even if Shohei sent money electronically to the bookmaker, it is still NOT ILLEGAL if Shohei was tricked into paying off the debt by being told that it was a loan debt, not a gambling debt. The answer is in front of all where the transfer says, "loan." Shohei was tricked into paying off the gambling debt by being told it was just a personal loan debt. That is LARCENY BY TRICK, i.e. THEFT! Shohei is INNOCENT if this is the case.
they hear one word, and consider all tangential facets as equal and even. goldfish-like minds.
-a haiku
There is NO WAY Ohtani didn't know about those transfers. No way.
@@naturallawman2965 he mightve but they werent his bets. Izzui(?) dudes out there losing embezzled monies,
or he did and someone who wouldnt risk his baseball dream career for anything is getting the gambler's excuses from one of his closest confidants for the first time in his life.
So what you're saying is that we should automatically just trust Ohtani and his lawyers... That's just as bad as the people who presume he gambled.
No illegal bookmaking outfit is letting a guy who just started making 300k a year a couple years back get 4.5mil deep. Those dudes arent stupid.
Idk, if the guy has a $250million dollar friend some bookies might see that at a moneytree
@@nothanksguy only if he can prove he has access to the money. And if he did, Shohei might be fucked
@@alanwoodwind5265 being publicly known as best friends with shohei is close enough for access. With the money shohei makes, its the equivalent of someone making 50k/yr loaning a friend a couple thousand bucks. Thats not really unheard of.
I think shohei was unaware that he could be criminally implicated if he was aware of payments to an illegal bookmaking operation, and thats why the messaging has changed.
It is definitely possible that shohei is doing the gambling here, I just think it's less likely. Shohei would have had no advantage with an illegal bookie vs draftkings. Show hey clearly has the cash flow to cover any amount of gambling losses which he incurs, no matter how great they are.
Someone like ippi can be driven to go to an illegal bookmaker because illegal bookmakers will allow somebody to fall into debt unlike a legitimate book operation.
You really have no clue how these bookmakers operate do you? Do you think they care if gamblers overextend themselves??
@@Pohi you hit the nail on the head. Illegal bookies salivate at the prospect of a well-connected person with debt to them.
i love how no one wants to believe it's Ohtani, when any other version of the story is ludicrous.
That happens when a story is changed 180 degrees. You change your story and people have questions/doubts.
Occams Razor
MANFRED is NOT going to let his biggest star go down. The interpreter is the scapegoat.
@@waltersalas1791 That's because Manfred has ZERO principles and cares ZERO about the game.
if the fool had gone to The Jays, he could have paid any bets. but Cali as a State does not allow any betting at all. so now the fool gets to learn what happened to pete rose.
People have already made up their mind without even seeing any evidence. Everyone is a judge.
Bookies don't take bets they can't collect on..why would they give the guy who makes 200k a year, 4.5 Million dollars worth of credit? Because it was Shohei's money and bets and the bookie knew it.
@@acdxxshingen13xx53maybe because they're an illegal bookie
People suck, especially more than ever.
It’s called the Court of Public Opinion, where the guilty are never prejudged.
@@WaldoHaraldoFaldothe thing is, someone in debt is worth a lot more than a high roller 🫢
Actually, Ohtani doesn't have to say ANYTHING to the vipers in the Mainstream Media like you Rich Eisen.
People close to Ohtani state he doesn’t gamble.
His former teammates stated as fact he doesn’t gamble.
What it appears happened is Ohtani realized Ippe had lied to him a lot when he lied to the team in front of Ohtani about what happened.
Seems like Yamamoto’s interpreter probably told Shohei what was actually said.
There’s no indication Ohtani did anything wrong.
Ohtani focuses his time on baseball. That’s it.
Except for the whole "repeatedly wired hundreds of thousands of dollars from his bank account to an illegal bookie" thing.
@@jamesgoss1860 people don't seem to understand moving that amount of $$$ isn't like moving $15 venmo
Who knew the sequel to ‘Lost in Translation’ would be Monday afternoon in LA
I wonder if there are any Sportsbook taking bets on when Ohtani will admit her was betting on Baseball. And you don’t believe he was betting on Baseball, then ask yourself, why hide your bets with an illegal bookie!?!
Enjoying the show and the hard hitting questions that they don’t like , keep asking the questions.
“He will rake , one way or another”
FBI is also investigating the case, so there is no possibility of a cover-up, and it is clear that there is no way for ohtani to lie, since he has already filed a criminal complaint against mizuhara, so why are the short-sighted people screaming "cover up"?😂
The FBI is investigating and there is no possibility of a coverup? That’s funny
FIY,Ippei was born in Japan & raised in America...
He knows very well that if this matter is dug into this later and this press conference is a big lie, Otani himself will suffer further damage. So this is the truth. But of course, it's true that he was also at fault. That's believing in Suwon too much.
Also, those who hurt irresponsibly or commented on speculation should apologize to him and his fans, that's all.
Do you know what a parlay is ? hahah. That had me going. :-)
Ippei Mizuhara was not only the interpreter, but also Otani's only manager, apparently responsible for transferring expenses and other important tasks during Otani's hospitalization.
水原一平は、通訳だけではなく、大谷さんのただ一人のマネージャーとして、経費の振り込み等、その他の重要な仕事を大谷の入院中にも担っていたらしい。
Ohtani has so much money already he doesn't need to gamble, come on people it's common sense, he is the most Ernest person on this earth.
japanese bots coming out in force in the comments section. Very telling.
The simplest explanation is usually what happened. If he had been robbed that would have been said from the start. That would have made it easy and true. You have an interpreter who works for a famous athlete who doesn’t speak the language and who can much more easily take care of things besides interpreting than the famous athlete can.
There are people who make bets they can't afford every day. Bookie dont care the interpreter makes 300k/yr. Bookie knows he better get the money and that's all he cares about.
Exactly. Like the bookie would know how much he makes. I would assume the interpreter would make like a mill or 2.
If any of you folks are even remotely in contact with Italian American culture, you know what would’ve happened to this guy if he was even late with half $1 million in gambling debts
The interpreter made 300 K a year no bookies gonna let his line of credit get up to $4.5 million. Unless he has a cosigner, let’s say come on people.. Baseball is going to cover this up for sure we’re never gonna find out the truth you know why that is because this dude who wears number 17 for the Dodgers my team is worth billions of dollars to the MLB that’s right it starts with a B. It will get covered up. The best line of the day was Pete Rose saying he wish he would’ve had an interpreter.
@@kevinmcconville462oh my God. The 4.5 million figure was over years. He was stealing and paying back smaller sums over time.
Some people may suspect Shohei Ohtani as a scapegoat, but that's simply not plausible. He's shown unicorn-like performances, and that's the answer. Someone who produces such miraculous results wouldn't waste energy on gambling. He's not just a hitter like Pete Rose; he's also a top-tier pitcher in the majors. That's the whole answer.
It’s awesome to see Rich’s journalistic nerd side come out. You can tell he loves reviewing and breaking this stuff down and throwing in nuggets of journalistic education in there.
Confirmed. I was eating dinner on the East coast 5:45pm and listening to the press conference. Still didn’t answer any questions really.
interim tag on the interpreter is great 😂
My Japanese is spotty, but I think Ippei Mizuhara loosely translates into "under the bus you go" or a more literal translation would be "under the bullet train you go" but we don't have those in America
This is all Ohtani's teammate's fault Bookie Betts
Catcher Will Smith is gonna slap Bookie, if that's true
All sabotage. The internal competition for MVP got to another level.
Cant wait until someone does a deep dive into all involved. I wanna met the bookie. I wanna talk with the friends of the interpreter, etc etc
Didn't they discover that the interpreter has been lying about his background for quite awhile? Didn't attend UC Riverside like he said. Never interpreted for the Red Soxs like he said. There are things about his background that doesn't match up, which leads to some credibility that he lied to Shohei about the money. Whether the interpreter had access to Shohei's bank account, I don't know, but it's possible depending on how much Shohei trusted him. Then again, banks usually check to confirm wires of this amount, but they usually just call. How will they know the interpreter from Shohei if the interpreter does all the talking for him. OR, this is just Shohei throwing the interpreter under the bus.
Wow. How good do the Braves and Anthopoulos look right now for not going after this guy too hard?
Right haha
I am no fan of the Dodgers but I do believe that Shohei is innocent and was taken advantage of.
Why? There is zero evidence of that. The only actual evidence we seem to have is that Shohei Ohtani paid an illegal bookie millions of dollars.
No way.
I couldn’t agree more.
Can we get an over/ under on Shoheis Suspension? 90/120 games.
pretty sure the O/U is 0 or lifetime ban. If he gambled on baseball, he never plays another game. That's been set in stone since 1921.
If Ohtani paid an illegal bookmaker he needs to get a year suspension. If he gambled on games he was involved in, he needs the boot
He doesn't "need" to answer to anyone but the investigators and the Dodgers. And he really doesn't need to talk to anyone but his Lawyers. Certainly doesn't need to talk to the press.
To late
Don't cry ese!!
He can’t even speak english…
I totally disagree. He does indeed need to talk to the press, because the press informs the people i.e. THE FANS through online newspapers etc...THESE are the people that buy the tickets to the games, again, so he DOES indeed need to talk (or report) to the fans
Oh come on, some kind of press involvement has been expected of players for decades.
Bookies don't give 4.5 million dollar LOC accounts to people making 300k.
Occam's razor: the simplest explanation is often the correct one.
The only way for mlb to retain their integrity is to do the investigation, and if they have to suspend (or worse) their best player, they need to do it. Especially after how heavy handed they were to Pete Rose.
Need a proper criminal investigation in addition to the MLB investigation.
You don’t achieve absolution via making claims about people. Shohei is in a bad spot, and yall just want to call him names. Weak. Show me proof or something that actually matters.
"Do you know what boxcars are?"
Bruh ohtani may of just did the rest of the legue a favor if he gets suspended for the year
all he had to do was go to the Jays and then he could have paid any one off.
But Cali as a State does not allow any sports' betting at all. all bets are illegal. a fool stays in the one state where he can be charged for his ignorance.
Only a fool does not read and learn the laws of the State where he lives and makes a living. deportation might now occur, to Canada.
The jays might work out a Trade for the fool. the jays have the money to pay the bets' off too.
Favor how?
@@johnbeechyAll of this transpired while with the Angels. Going to Ontario won't obsolve anyone of anything if a crime was committed in California.
@@MeToo-py1tqbecause he’s good at the game?
Keep dreaming...
# FreeOhtani ✊
The key are the wire payments...they don't magically occur. Who sent the wires? What bank was used? That's really all this controversy boils down to.
Do you know about "check writing privileges"? “Check writing privileges” can also be used for online electronic transfers. Agents can spend up to $500,000 online at one time. Mizuhara may have exploited this.
Ohtani couldve affored, and has access to the best selection of english interpreters. The fact they are trying to sell that he only had one dude conveying info to him Via english is bullshit.
Take notes Pedro Rose. Chisana Mondai. Douitashi mashite.
Only admir when there is no other option......deny deny deny......if you admit, then admit only to the smallest degree and only admit to "poor judgement"......and only admit to non suspension offenses
I figured it all out. Ippei Mizuhara is George Santos.
The key question remaining unanswered to me is ... Was Ippei an authorized user/signer. co account owner on Ohtani's account? If so, then Ohtani still might be in some trouble, even if he didnt hit the send button on the transfers himself.
Lifetime Ban from Baseball and an IRS audit.... oh wait. That'll never happen.
all he had to do was go to the Jays and then he could have paid any one off.
But Cali as a State does not allow any sports' betting at all. all bets are illegal. a fool stays in the one state where he can be charged for his ignorance.
Only a fool does not read and learn the laws of the State where he lives and makes a living. deportation might now occur, to Canada.
The jays might work out a Trade for the fool. the jays have the money to pay the bets' off too.
The IRS is already working on the case. The problem started when the IRS was investigating Mr. boyer, the owner of the company, and discovered that mizuhara was trading in the name of ohtani😅
Na he'd go down as the biggest disappointment in league history ... mlb would be shooting themselves in the foot especially internationally
it did to Pete Rose!! but I believe your so right not in todays world..
Best interview question of 2024:
“If the dealer is showing a 4, and you have a 16, what do you do?”
but my tires are 19"...sir. These are tire dealers, I assume?
Shoeless Jackson to the HALL OF FAME
😅The trolls are saying we got him now, even without any facts let's accuse him and try take him down, although his friend gambled but let's blame Shohei. Maybe he should've done what athletes do in the states, a hit on the spouse or a drive by, then will get a pat on the back.
LARCENY BY TRICK. Everyone should google this legal term. Even if Shohei sent money electronically to the bookmaker, it is still NOT ILLEGAL if Shohei was tricked into paying off the debt by being told that it was a loan debt, not a gambling debt. The answer is in front of all where the transfer says, "loan." Shohei was tricked into paying off the gambling debt by being told it was just a personal loan debt. That is LARCENY BY TRICK, i.e. THEFT! Shohei is INNOCENT if this is the case.
I heard he never takes any questions.
He’s innocent. Bookies camp admitted that Shohei had nothing to do it.
Your best friend screws up big time you bail them out once ! Otani had a history of payments over periods of years bailing this guy out.... I don't buy it for one second !
all he had to do was go to the Jays and then he could have paid any one off.
But Cali as a State does not allow any sports' betting at all. all bets are illegal. a fool stays in the one state where he can be charged for his ignorance.
Only a fool does not read and learn the laws of the State where he lives and makes a living. deportation might now occur, to Canada.
The jays might work out a Trade for the fool. the jays have the money to pay the bets' off too.
LARCENY BY TRICK. Everyone should google this legal term. Even if Shohei sent money electronically to the bookmaker, it is still NOT ILLEGAL if Shohei was tricked into paying off the debt by being told that it was a loan debt, not a gambling debt. The answer is in front of all where the transfer says, "loan." Shohei was tricked into paying off the gambling debt by being told it was just a personal loan debt. That is LARCENY BY TRICK, i.e. THEFT! Shohei is INNOCENT if this is the case.
It would have been better to wait until after Ohtani's press appearance on Monday before going through a litany of potential questions. Anyway,
I listened to the full public statements by Ohtani and found him both sincere and very credible. He said he never bet on sports or had anyone bet on his behalf. He said he was unaware of Ippei's gambling addiction and that Ippei lied about the matter once it came to public attention that a bookie had Ohtani's name in his records. So the gist of this is that Ohtani's close friend, translator and associate betrayed him.
There seems to be a contingent of haters posting here and elsewhere who distrust Ohtani's statements. That's their problem, slandering a man whose character has been well-established for many years now. Let the investigations go forward and see what more might be uncovered. But for now, I believe Ohtani has spoken honestly on the main points. Naturally, most of us would like to know how Ippei had so much access to at least one account with Ohtani's money. But it seems clear that Ohtani trusted his friend, and Ippei betrayed the trust. And, as mentioned in this video, it also seems clear now that Ippei lied about several key elements in his bio. Yikes, he may just be a convincing sociopath who finally met his reckoning. But the shadow this casts over Ohtani is really unfortunate. I do hope he will more thoroughly vet his associates and good friends moving forward.
I just hope he leads off with mookie batting second so we get Ohtani Betts all year long.
2017-2024 is a long time to spread out embezzlement.
Here it is……if they were as close as everyone says, then there is NO WAY Ohtani didn’t know about his buddy’s gambling, NO WAY!
I am Japanese.
Otani had prepared a script, but he changed it to his own words and spoke properly.
I think the fact that he prepared a script shows his own sincerity in having to give an accurate timeline without omissions.
This is a problem for the interpreter.
Language barriers are difficult.
Why not use translation machines?
You cant just trasfer millions of dollars without the primary person on the accont knowing. Omg has no one ever even tried to move 10grand... its a big hasstle
Imagine being so famous, that your team of lawyers, has to hire a PR firm, to get the story straight and get everyone on the same page.
No thanks
If they say it was stolen then that also means Ohtani is sending his friend to prison for about 10 years.
"sending hi[m]" isnt totally correct
Same case for example The former personal assistant of ex-NBA player and ESPN analyst Richard Jefferson has been sentenced to prison after officials said he stole millions from the player, according to news outlets
Question of the day:
Has Pete Rose said anything yet?
Ohtani is done.
You are done.
Interpretor is shown to be a liar, gambling addict, and a thief, yet people believe his statements? sounds like people are criminalizing a victim (Ohtani), and victimizing a criminal (Mizuhara). That's why our justice system is such a failure.
It is unfortunate, but haters only believe information that can be interpreted in their favor.
Ikr crazy America
Ohtani is no victim,get real. They are lovers.
Just like Trump
@@MT-dh2trPresident Trump
My goodness what a mess
Just went by his mural in Little Tokyo on the Miyako Hotel and it's awesome so basically he's not going anywhere!
His interpreter is the perfect fall guy.
I'm an Angels fan and it would drive me insane with the bandwagon fans so I'm truly happy the Angels let him go along with the bandwagon that will fill Doyer Stadium.
LA loves a star so he's definitely not going anywhere.
Watch the FBI gunna get from the MLB exactly what they got from the NBA in the reff scandal, actually we're already watching it play out 😆
Ohtani is guilty the wire transfers with his name on it is the tell tale sign he gotta be in on it you don’t transfer that much money on bet without asking questions
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Just kinda strange to work in a country for seven years, have unlimited money for teachers, months off during the year to practice and still not give a damn to learn the primary language of the country in which you work.
Go Rich !!!
Thats smoke what The Dodgers but out for the bio of the interpreter.
4.5 million? How without Ohtani knowing?
First of all, he didn't send 4.5million at one time, i heard he sent the money over a number of transfers. The money was withdrawn from the "1 billion for donations to be used for disaster-stricken areas in Japan" that Ippei had managed
@@yk05ki30 That wasn't his first explanation.
Pay 700 million and you get trouble!
He should run for congress. He'd be perfect.
You made this comment an hour ago and it hasn’t gotten bitter and political. This is an internet first.
I have had money stolen from me for gambling. In my case, I gave my dad power of attorney while I was away in Iraq (and the amounts were far less yet for more in percent of "wealth"). I've said this a bunch of times. This needs to be investigated. It sounds like SOMEONE committed a crime at the very least. Those breaking rules need to face the consequences of those rules. Those breaking the law need to be tried under the law.
all he had to do was go to the Jays and then he could have paid any one off.
But Cali as a State does not allow any sports' betting at all. all bets are illegal. a fool stays in the one state where he can be charged for his ignorance.
Only a fool does not read and learn the laws of the State where he lives and makes a living. deportation might now occur, to Canada.
The jays might work out a Trade for the fool. the jays have the money to pay the bets' off too.
Lol 🙄 NO financial advisor even has unlimited access to ALL accounts or unlimited bank approval to transfer that high amount OFFSHORE lol
And doesn't even matter if any bet was placed, let alone on baseball or not! That's distraction! 🙄
Made a criminal wire transfer of funds to an illegal bookie which breaks the law AND baseballs rule prohibiting ANY contact or association with any illegal gambler or operation 😉
yeah like the Epstein Island list.
The thing is Ohtani is to nice, first he deferred money just to make only $2 million dollars for the better of the team, and now lending his buddy Ippei money to help his debt. And Shohei get's the blame for both of that generosity.
say it ain't Sho. I love it
Whats the over/under on him admitting guilt? 😅
all he had to do was go to the Jays and then he could have paid any one off.
But Cali as a State does not allow any sports' betting at all. all bets are illegal. a fool stays in the one state where he can be charged for his ignorance.
Only a fool does not read and learn the laws of the State where he lives and makes a living. deportation might now occur, to Canada.
The jays might work out a Trade for the fool. the jays have the money to pay the bets' off too.
@@johnbeechy 😆
Anyone who is accusing Ohtani of wrong doing must remember he NEEDED AND MUST
have an INTERPRETER to do most of business everyday. That includes any monetary
transactions (ESPECIALLY MONETERY=BANKING).
I was an interpreter myself for long time so I recognize how difficult and confusing for
anyone from foreign countries to deal with banking as they have no idea of economic
vocabularies even in their own languages.
Also it will be clarified that Mizuhara was trusted to manage 10mil donation funds that
Ohtani has set aside.
Come on numbers don’t lie….
This is hilarious that you say he needed an interpreter like he doesn't know a single damn word in English. He speaks English pretty well actually, not like a native but even Mike Trout said Ohtani speaks English. It's not his 1st choice in language and he's not comfortable speaking it in front of cameras. Please stop acting like Shohei is an idiot because of the language he doesn't speak fluently.
@@emrsdca That's exactly what I'm trying to convey to someone like you who'd obviously never left your little pond of existence who wouldn't understand it's not that easy to handle official business in FOREIGN LANGUAGE. Besides investigations are still going on so you must give
Shohei a benefit of doubts. You've already given your judgements.
@@MT-dh2tr Numbers don't lie that Ippei stole from Shohei for sure.
@@mikiohirata9627 I'll ignore your condescending tone for the sake of continuing a discussion but don't get it twisted. You don't have a clue to what I've decided or not. The angle of the legal team is to paint Shohei as a innocent foreigner who has no idea how banking or gambling or basic accounting of his millions of dollars works in this country. Come on, really? It's an insult to baseball fans everywhere to try that route. He didn't land in LA 3 months ago. Also, he also said he did send 2 of the wires to cover Ippei's debt but changed his story and then said theft. Why the change in his story? So if Ohtani and the Dodgers are playing ignorant then yes, I'm judging them for it. If the truth is yeah, he sent money to cover his friend's debts then okay. That could be the truth and that's that. It's not illegal to send money to a bookie, unless it's a bet. And it was labeled as "loan" on the wires so why think it was anything else?
Irony with the Red Sox involvement is that all winter long all Boston could do was complain that the Sox *didn't* shell out for Ohtani! 🤣
From Japan 🇯🇵 we love Ohtani!!
We know that a Baseball God loves him , he really made an effort. We see what he does his plays!! The one grown up in America who cheated a Japanese
Baseball fans and sportsman ship
Ohtani saves the MLB again!!! No more uniform talk lol
Some people are saying they were betting together, why would Shohei rack up $4 million dollars in debt, that's why I knew right away Shohei was innocent, he would never be in debt, he makes over $100 million dollars in endorsements alone.
If you make one $4 million dollar bet and lose, then you are $4 million in debt to a bookie. Ergo you are wiring a bookie $4mill to cover your loss. A $4mill bet for someone making $100mill is like someone making $50k betting $2k
I've never wanted a billion dollar conglomerate to actively cover up an investigation to protect an employee more in my life lol
The victim, Otani, is cooperating fully with the police. The press conference completely proves that he had nothing to do with the gambling.
"'Tick tock' is a journalistic term for... timeline." Why don't you just say "timeline?"
all he had to do was go to the Jays and then he could have paid any one off.
But Cali as a State does not allow any sports' betting at all. all bets are illegal. a fool stays in the one state where he can be charged for his ignorance.
Only a fool does not read and learn the laws of the State where he lives and makes a living. deportation might now occur, to Canada.
The jays might work out a Trade for the fool. the jays have the money to pay the bets' off too.
Betting on baseball is the big question.
I just have a hunch, and i hope im wrong, Ohtani might end up like Pete Rose at the end of this
Your hunches are probably seldom correct if that’s your conclusion
Based on what I think I know about Shohei's character I think his statement will be 1) I do not / have never bet on any sports, 2) Ippei's original statement is correct, 3) the crisis team made a statement on his behalf without his approval, 4) I will be willing to fully cooperate with any investigation and will be willing to accept any punishment.
if the fool had gone to toronto, he would not have a problem. Cali as a State does not allow any betting at all. all bets are illegal as per State law.
the fool stayed in the 1 State where what he did was illegal.
Doesn't matter... Doesn't matter if any bet was even placed or not let alone on baseball! That's distraction! 🙄
Made a criminal wire transfer of funds to an illegal bookie which breaks the law AND baseballs rule prohibiting ANY contact or association with any illegal gambler or operation 😉
Yeah, a whole lot of nothing
@@JustMeELC Agreed. We've heard over and over from pro ballplayers is that the only way to come anywhere close to what Ohtani does is to be completely dedicated to baseball above all else. I think he's so obsessed with baseball that he has no time to gamble or try to understand what he was doing when he helped Ippei out. He probably didn't think it was illegal. Now that he knows, I think he'll be willing to accept the consequences.
@@JustMeELCit matters for one reason: Betting on baseball is the Death Sentence on HOF eligibility.