The Athletic's Andy McCullough Talks Shohei Ohtani Gambling Scandal with Rich Eisen | Full Interview
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- Опубликовано: 28 май 2024
- The Athletic's Andy McCullough gives us the latest developments in the Shohei Ohtani gambling scandal.
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The old saying goes, Less is more. Also, silence is golden. How Mizuhara agreed to talk with ESPN in the first place is beyond belief. Didn't he talk to a lawyer before hand? Mizuhara is an idiot by all accounts.
Personally, I think he thought he was doing his job as the fall guy, but admitting to federal crimes on camera is wild.
He is the fall guy. He may be an idiot but he’s good enough friends with him he paid off his gambling debts. Maybe he was making bets for him and that’s why he paid them off.
Ippei LIED that Ohtani knew it was gambling debt when in fact Ohtani thought they were loans
Ippei panicked and made up a story so he himself wouldn’t go to jail
@@RunForPeace-hk1cuthank you, I was trying to figure that part out
I'm speculating that ESPN interview and Mizuhara's recanting of his words were all part of the skit orchestrated by Ohtani camp
to paint the picture of " Good guy tried to save the dishonorable traitor" and " Dodgers are trying hard to use Mizuhara as a fall guy" to keep narrative from going into Ohtani himself possibly being a constant gambler.
One thing that people don't talk about is that Ohtani has not been really good at English, especially when he first arrived at US from Japan. At that time, I assume that Mizuhara virtually did everything that require understanding of difficult level of English to help him, which could include creating and setting up his bank accounts, etc. I just thought that based on Ohtani's relatively poor English knowledge and his trust, he could share his private information with Mizuhara to get help for financial procedures. I personally think it is quite likely that Mizuhara could do all these payments by himself without making Ohtani notice it.
Let's be real guys; Ohtoni is a freaking gambling addict and using his friend as a fall guy. What a disgrace to our baseball 😊
Weak sauce brother. You can change the language on banking websites and apps.
Ippeis gambling habits are well known since NPB days, well known by Fighters staff. Ohtani has several accounts which one has about 10M allocated for donations and charities, which Ippei has authorized access to. According to information from Japan.
Well, the transfers were labeled as loans, so there goes your excuse.
@@TheMattTrakker Right, cause the guy stealing would never label the online memo as a loan to give himself cover. Use your brain dude.
Gambling is highly addictive. The story should be how dangerous gambling is for people, but everyone getting rich from it so folks will pretend that losing $4.5mm in bets is normal
That future report was brought to you by FanDuel and DraftKings
Dum dum john
Aaron Rodgers suffers a serious injury four plays into the 2023 football season. Shohei Ohtani is involved in a gambling scandal. Yoshinobu Yamamoto has a rough start to the 2024 baseball season. We see, once again, that spending lots of money on players' contracts does not guarantee success.
Ohtani depended on Ippei and entrusted him with a bank account containing a substantial amount of money. Interestingly, two wire transactions were made in October of last year for Ippei’s debt which coincided with the time when Ohtani donated three baseball gloves to every elementary school in Japan.
Yup. I think Ohtani knew of the $500k amounts going out, but was under the impression that it was for charity and gave authorization. It makes sense because the money came out of an account that he used/uses for donations. Which is why Ohtani was shocked when hearing about Ippei stealing. He knew about the money leaving his account, but thought it was strictly charity.
😮Let's be real guys; Ohtoni is a freaking gambling addict and using his friend as a fall guy. What a disgrace to our baseball 😊
No. That's what you're being told. You have no clue.
@@bychances7835 "our" baseball
I don't want to be in anybody's church, thanks
Imagine living and working alone in a foreign country where you don't speak the language and the culture is different. You would have to delegate all paperwork and correspondence to others. It is well known that when he was in Japan, he left account management to his mother. However, since this was not possible in the U.S., where the language and the rules were different, he probably entrusted Mizuhara with the management of his accounts. It would not be surprising if he handled Ohtani's accounts on a regular basis. Not only was Ohtani suddenly stranded in a foreign land, he was betrayed by his entourage.
BS, he's a smart guy. He couldn't pick up conversational English in a few years? BS
@@jacksmith8002could he pick up gambling slang?
I understand over under, point spread and what a parlay is.
But some of the other terms? A futures bet? A hook? A teaser?
He speaks English tho
knowing if it was a US bank or Japan bank would change parts of story about how many safety protocols were inplace
Getting into debt with an illegal bookmaker? Who cares if he bet on baseball or not. A bookmaker having leverage over Ohtani is much worse than placing a bet through Draft Kings on a baseball game.
Reportedly, after the first game Mizuhara explained the same story he told ESPN in front of people concerned in Dogers organization.
Ohtani realized that something was wrong and found that Mizuhara had transferred money from Otani's account without permission.
It appears that Mizuhara tried to escape the situation by giving Otani a completely different explanation in Japanese.
Shoehei understands and speaks English, he just doesn't like to speak it to the press. He would have known what Mizuhara was saying.
After hearing this clubhouse speech by Ippei, he did speak to other Japanese translator right after (according to ESPN) and that’s when his legal team came back with “massive theft”. I’m with Ohtani here, he was betrayed by a close friend whom he depended on even for financial assistance. At the worst, Ohtani paid his debt for $1.0M but he found out it was $4.5M, that’s when he said “WTF” or something sure like it !!!
@@broman74dude95 Apparently investigators have already identified the account used as the same account Ohtani used for charity and gifts, so the theory is Ippei was entrusted with this account with about $10m in it, which makes sense considering Ippei arranged the $6m donation in gloves to Japanese elementary schools. The only mistake Ohtani made was not doing what most ultra-rich athletes do, which is create a foundation with a dedicated staff.
To be more precise, Ohtani heard the words "debt" and "gambling" and asked the interpreter around him why these words came up and confirmed what mizuhara was saying...
@@broman74dude95seems fishy. I know Japanese people love to gamble. We sure Sho isn’t actually a big gambler???
DUDE ADDED ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO THE “STORY”
I wasn't sure if it was me, as I was nodding off throughout the interview (in fairness, I'm sleep deprived at the moment). But I was waiting for the payoff (no pun intended), which never came.
Ohtani guilty af, paid off the interpreter to take the fall
There’s no way baseball’s chosen one since Shohei was a kid, the most popular superstar athlete in the world is going to gamble by placing a bet using a wire transfer/check with his NAME, AMOUNT, PAYEE BOOKIE, DATE AND TIME on it. He didn’t gamble let alone bet on baseball.
There is no way he didn't know either. "Here is $4.5 million my friend. I don't even want to know what it is for." Suuuuuuure
Time will tell, but I've got a c-note on, yes, he gambled, through Ippei. It's the only thing that makes sense to me.
@@pjeffries301I don’t see how you can break it down any other way
@@slundgr Yup, I don't understand why there are so many people with their head in the sand ignoring the obvious scenario. Ohtani was betting through his interpreter, and his interpreter is taking the fall.
@@PGO_Gaming Just like when Lee Harvey Oswald said on national TV he was just a patsy.
I'm willing to BET that the interpreter is the patsy.
Just like Lee Harvey Oswald claimed he was.
That’s how ippei started gambling 😂😂😂😂
Where are the interpreters now? There is some talk that he may have gone to a third country. If so, the culprit is obvious.
You willing to bet 4.5 million?
@@dbags317 Just like my finance teacher in college told us, don't invest (or bet) more than you can afford to lose.
Very surprised Dodgers intel before signing didn’t find out interpreter had this issue. Most teams did deep into every drawer of one’s life when making that financial commitment
I really hope they already have a director and a film crew creating this documentary for the dodgers season!
True😂. This is now getting hotter than any other Netflix drama.
what a wild story. going to be super interesting to see how all this is handled, on every level. insane.
editing a week later to double down and guarantee this will be one of the biggest stories of the year, and would be the biggest except for the whole election year crap
Tell me this isn't the kid from "A Christmas Story" all grown up!!!
Lol I had to look again at the thumbnail… it’s him!
@@pushslicetry watching the video? Or gtfo
An obvious speculative scenario is that Ohtani paid the two half-million dollar debts, and then the bookie and/or Mizzuhara stole the remainder by forgery.
Also, it should be borne in mind that No One has named Mizzuhara as the supposed Thief. The statement merely was that "massive theft" occurred.
How about a scenario where Ohtani actually placed the bets, incurred the debt, and used his own money to attempt to pay for his own debt?
@@PGO_Gamingそれはないやろ
@@PGO_GamingOhtani would not need credit lmao
@@user-yd4nk4lm6s Why would you think his interpreter would have received credit? The only likely scenario is Ohtani having been given a reprieve because the bookie knew he was good for it. No other option is plausible.
Nah. Only likely scenario is Shohei paid 2 500k "loan" repayments for Ippei not knowing it was for gambling debt. Ippei himself said that his salary was increased because he was struggling to live the lifestyle. I suspect he told Shohei these were loans he took from bad people to keep up with him. Ippei then tells the bookie that Shohei will continue to pay off his debts in the future. He then proceeds to steal from Shohei's accounts and do it himself to the sum of $4.5m. @@PGO_Gaming
The idea that Shohei can be punished for wiring a million dollars to bail out Ippei is completely absurd.
Conspiracy to commit a crime is absurd?
Proven Fact: Gamblers lie. You can quit smoking or drinking, but not gambling.
I lost a couple hundred dollars as a teenager and haven't gambled in 40 years. So much for your facts.
@@easterlake Gamblers lie. Perhaps all your life you have been chasing break even point.
i try to gamble in CASiNO being into it for 1week almost everyday... But i reaLized that its not Good and fine Loosing the money for our Living and decided not to do it again... i dont think your fact has a sense。
@@reimaaki5737 Look at your 2 responses. They are edited. Just like Mr. eeePay you constantly change stories.
A little early to connect Ohtani and Rose, don’t you think? Nobody hasn’t even whispered a notion that Shohei gambled on baseball. Until receipts are produced, don’t even go there.
That’s exactly what Shohei is counting on
@@boysdontcry5487what should anyone be counting on?
“Trust me bruh”
“Connect the dots” 😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡
The FBI has 2 $500k receipts with Ohtani’s name on them! Both receipts are tied to illegal activity in CA.
I hope Mizuhara will not make the worst possible choice. If he does, Ohtani will blame himself.
With information being so minimal, somewhat contradictory and sketchy at this point, I hope sports commentators and rational fans will let this play out without making baseless, uninformed, reckless or irresponsible comments. I have no reason to believe Shohei Ohtani was involved in gambling himself, and it's pretty clear that the gambler was Ippei who admits to gambling addiction and getting deeply in debt with his betting. If Ohtani actually wired money to cover Ippei's debts, which is still a possibility, I would expect he thought he was simply paying off his friend's debt and not doing anything that was illegal. (Ippei said in his interview that he thought the guy taking his bets was legal, similar to DraftKings.)
Whatever the details, it's obvious that Ippei messed up Ohtani's life and that this will make Ohtani's life very difficult no matter how innocent he is of actual crimes or misconduct. We know enough about Ohtani's lifestyle and character to give him the benefit of the doubt at this stage. But I do want to know how Ippei and others in his life have managing his finances and overseeing things that are done for him, so he isn't bothered by the mundane stuff. Maybe Ohtani is too naive and trusting of those acting in his name.
Looks like there are three options here (personally, I think the second is most likely).
1. What his lawyers are pushing. His interpreter committed a massive fraud using Ohtani's name. Ohtani was completely oblivious because he trusted the guy and gave him carte blanche to handle his money. Possibly true (he wouldn't be the first athlete to be bad with money) and conveniently makes him completely innocent.
2. The original story. His interpreter made a bunch of illegal bets. Since Ohtani is a swell dude, he wanted to help his friend and agreed to pay off the bookie without realizing that this is a crime, regardless of his intentions. The problem is the millions in credit extended to the interpreter - he would not have done that unless he believed Ohtani would 100% back it up.
3. The worst option. Ohtani made the bets and had his interpreter carry them all out. If this is the case then he's banned for a long, long time.
I’m sure he’s a swell guy. I have friends who are always wanting to help me pay off gambling debts. Don’t you?
There’s option 2a. Ohtani transferred to help ippei out, and option 2b. Ippei misled Ohtani to the legality of this transaction and that’s theft by deception, and that leads to option 3 of massive theft.
Option 3 makes the most sense because it cuts out the nonsensical questions. Story changes, "massive theft". None of that makes sense. #3 makes logical sense. That's why it's the truth.
Unfortunately, Occam’s Razor suggests it’s the third option
Ippeis gambling habits are well known from NPB days by the Fighters staff. It was one of Shohei’s account allocated for donations and charities which has balance of 10M and Ippei has authorized access to this account.
How close are they
Nobody suspected Pete Rose either. Wasn’t he the best player in baseball?
Rose played at the same time as Hank Aaron and Willie Mays, he was never the best player in baseball. Even in his MVP year, Joe Morgan was better and Tom Seaver put up an absurd 11 WAR (2.08 ERA & 0.976 WHIP in 290 IP)
Rose was a manager at the time. Best player in the game was far behind him.
Most hits, gritty great player ,but yeah Aaron,Mays Clemente,F Robby, J Bench and yes Joe Morgan had greater impact on a game than Charlie Hustle…
Pete Rose was a good player, and very durable, but he wasn't even the best player on the Reds.
This guy said absolutely nothing about the case…
He’s about to have a press conference - lols
Mizuhara has been the worst ever betrayer thruout human history.
Or he will be the best fall guy.
Imagine having 4.5 million stolen from you and it really has no effect on your financial livelihood whatsoever.
I'm submitting my application to become Ohtani's next interpreter as we speak
The Dodgers are Pros they can handle this distraction. Freddie and Mookie won’t let the team make this a distraction.
what i’m very much interested in this unexpected matter is why the ESPEN was able to hear from Mizuhara about gambling debts. Mizuhara volunteered to reveal his illegal betting or the ESPN got to know about suspicious wrongdoings. The point is whether ohtani knew about ippei’s deeds or totally ignorant of the matter at all. Japanese media are right now having a field day about what happened between the two. I believe that ohtani has made a petty error in his involvement in this incident, but it’s going to be a nusiance and bothersome to his play due to the due diligence process by federal authorities and the MLB.
They'll find a way to let their current superstar off the hook while they continue to screw Pete Rose
No one has continued to screw Rose.
Rose signed and agreed to a lifetime ban.
Not half a lifetime, or ehhh 30 years.
Rose signed it and called it even… more was coming out.. no one signs that agreement if they have an argument.
Saying ‘I gambled but not on baseball’ is like saying ‘I’m an alcoholic but I don’t drink beer’
Does guilt by association apply. Cause that happens to us some.
Come on...we all know that Manfred will let the golden boy skate on this. Funny how the MLB is going to defer to the official investigation, but when it was Bauer who was found innocent by the authorities, Manfred still labelled him as guilty and gave him the longest suspension in baseball history. But hey...when it's the face of your league, you make exceptions right? Now, if he is found to have bet and is allowed to stay in the league, then I want Pete Rose in the hall of fame immediately!!!!
There were plenty of stories what gambling can do to a person. And families and close friends became their only option they can go to. My uncle got into it once and families got together to bail him out. And no, there were zero chance we would just hand him the money at that point
This reminded me of one Japanese pitcher (Masumi Kuwata who briefly pitched for the Pirates) who got scammed into a real estate investment by a close relative and ended up like 5 billion yens in red (about 50M dollars.) Ultimately his team (the Tokyo Giants) shouldered the debt and became a national scandal. It happened some 35 years ago and quite recently I saw him saying at that time he casually discussed with his accountants about his investment plans and when they heard a relative was to manage his money they warned "Mr. Kuwata, when it comes to money the closest are the more dangerous." Still he didn't listen and went on and regrets to this day.
Mizuhara is not who he said he was. Never graduated from UC Riverside. Didn't work for Boston Red Sox or New York Yankees. He came out of no where to ingratiate himself with Ohtani. Crazy that guy got in Ohtani's camp. Then either running up $4.5mil in gambling debts and stealing Ohtani's money to pay or accepting the gift from Ohtani to pay it or knowing Ohtani place bets then trying to cover it for him?? Crazy.
4.5 million dollars! That’s Rich type of money 💰 😂😂
THANK YOU for bringing up 9 TIMES.
大谷のファンでない貴方達が疑念を持ち検証するのは貴方達の自由だから徹底的にやるといい。大谷のファンである私達は彼の正義を信じるだけです。真実は一つです。
If it looks like a rat, moves like a rat, smells like a rat, then it must be a ….
I could see that Ohtani's money was stolen, but he's got to be really on top of that if he is that gullible.
As a Dodger fan this feels like a curse is on the team, Bauer, Urias, now this dark cloud over Ohtani (that may go away) but F’s up the excitement of the 2024 season.
Crazy how the interpreter changed the story less than 24 hours later lol
He didn’t he came out with the first story and the the dodgers fired him saying he stole the money
SO’s lawyers hurriedly promised him a big wad of hush money and to take the fall
Gambling addict lies
Nothing new
@@RunForPeace-hk1cu Why would Ohtani's team arrange the interview if it was a lie? You think they agreed to an hour long interview without vetting what he was going to say first?
If no evidence whatsoever is unearthed that he bet on games he was involved in, then leave him alone. He can pay the fines or whatever for using an illicit Sportsbook, but no one should give a damn in that scenario. If you think baseball is better off without Shohei you’re delusional, it would be an unnecessary black eye for the league.
If this was a no-name player they’d already be released and blackballed. That should tell you everything.
what's sad is the most likely fact I bet is somewhat close to the original story and Ohtani's intention was to help his long term friend out from his gambling problems and likely Mizuhara either didnt know the illegality of his activity or willingly manipulated Ohtani that he was just wiring legally to help his friend out. Given Mizuhara manipulated him there has to be a way to protect Ohtani in that case. Ofcourse if Ohtani was making the illegal bets himself then yeah give him suspensions but it's very unlikely given Mizuhara being a known gambling addict from a while back.
I agree...the original story makes the most sense by far. The story likely only changed because the lawyers made Mizuhara walk back and change the story so that Shohei had no involvement (but they only made the optics look worse).
Also, people need to stop saying that no one would extend so large a line to a $500K/year max interpreter. Know any other $500K/year interpreters who are like a brother to a guy who makes $65M/year in endorsements and has a $700M deferred salary contract? Who knows what the real truth is, but, people need to stop pretending that this guy wasn't in a unique situation to get very special treatment.
Toronto Blue Jays right now are like...
So Rose bets 5k on his own team, gets life.....New star bets over $4 mill, but has no discussion needed....MLB is such garbage
Please be accurate in making your title. It is NOT Ohtani’s gambling problem. It’s Ippei, NOT Ohtani. Thank you!
And you know this how?
Because there only evidence so far is Ippei gambling
Then you are solely going by Ippei’s version of the story. If you believe that Ippei has the gambling problem, then you must also just believe that Ohtani was a good friend and paid off the bookie. So in Ohtani’s case, the road to hell is paved with good intentions… because what he did is still a federal crime.
@@slundgrand where’s the proof that it’s Ohtani? 😂😂😂😂
@@Realdrlipschitzyou know the story can get a lot more than that right? 😂😂😂
How do you trust a liar? Until credible evidence shows up, you can’t trust a proven liar 😂😂😂
Crazy things happen. Look at Pete rose. And Michael Jordan likely had gambling problems too, and he was arguably the most disciplined basketball player ever.....
It's ironic that MLB has a strict policy against gambling. Yet, they have unanimously approved moving Oakland A's to the city of Las Vegas.
Anybody that believes Ohtani wasn’t the one placing bets needs to have a cranial inspection.
Is it even remotely possible that this could be an impeachable offense ?
Many highly paid celebrities have been betrayed and robbed by their friends and family who've been entrusted with handling their money and business dealings. Why does anyone think this is any different? Also take into account that Ohtani is universally considered one of the most down to earth athletes who lives such a verifiably frugal low key lifestyle relative to his fame and fortune that an accusation of illegal gambling doesn't really check out with what is widely known about him.
Mizuhara is Oswald Ohtani is standing on the grassy knoll with smoke swirling around his head.
Questions I would like to see asked about the Dodgers is, did this gambling issue play into their contract negotiation that got Ohtani to accept $2M a season as a way of protecting themselves should it come to light as it has? Perhaps they wanted it deferred for so long understanding that he may be suspended for a period of time and could still come back under contract?
Mizuhara tried to craft a story that would accept blame while not admitting theft. Ohtani said hell no!
As a lifelong blue jay fan so glad he didn't sign with the Blue Jays
If Shohei doesn't come clean, this will hang over him for the rest of his life.
Read somewhere that Ippei helped him open bank accounts. Maybe he opened one under ohtani name with his knowledge and used that for transactions. Still think the original story with the most details make sense
😂😂😂
Sports journalism is just talking about stories exhaustively until you have actual facts and then immediately moving on to something else
Ohtani is innocent.
Do not hurt him please
No he isn’t.
@@lindamcdaniel2419Nope. Up to his neck in it
@@lindamcdaniel2419 typical ohtani haters. xd
If Mizuhara was using his position as an interpreter to block or manipulate information to Ohtani, that would be terrible.
That's exactly what he was doing. Up until they brought someone else in to interpret, he was crafting a story and diverting information from Ohtani.
@@yamamancha How cruel.
@@noname-dk7ri The old saying is, never trust an addict. Normal people can't imagine being in that position and throwing it all away, but who knows what goes through the mind of an addict. What's sad is Ippei's wife apparently had no idea, even as the story was unfolding. One day she's the trusted attendant to Shohei's wife, the next morning she's cast out as the wife of a addict, pathological liar, and thief who stole millions from the charity account of one of the nicest guys on the planet. On top of that, this all happened in a foreign country.
This is so STUPID (and irresponsible) take by Rich. Comparing Pete Rose to Ohtani’s translator issue. I hope Ohtani remembers all these media already condemning him without any evidence - and when he gets out of it when facts come out - he’ll never speak to them again (eg ESPN, LA Times etc ).
Is this guy a reporter or a lawyer? Can't get a straight take.
Rich and his team know damn well their money inflow depends on sports gambling. Pinning it on Chris lmao...
Knowing how Ohtani humbly he lived his whole life there’s no way he gambled this man drove a cheap car when he could drive super carsssss he gave his parents to take care of his finances this man picks up garbages other people left
It's debatable whether Rob Manfred could manage his way out of a paper bag, but he'll manage not to suspend the best two skill player in baseball since Babe Ruth. Gambling problem? Call ..... or BET ESPN to place your next bet.
I was flagged by Walmart a few years ago for sending a buddy of mine $200-$300 a few times when he was in a bad situation. Imagine being dumb enough to log into your (or your boss's) bank website to transfer half a million at a time (multiple times) to an illegal bookmaker.
Wouldn’t you help a lot with gambling debts?
Hopefully this will be enough of a distraction so that it affects the Dodgers and my Cubbies come out on top.
Deferring to the authorities is just a cop out..
Why in the world were they dealing with cash???? Have they never heard of crypto?
If MLB didn't get nailed for giving out Altuve the wire that told him what pitch is coming nothing is going to come of this !
日本人としてアメリカメディアがこれをどう報道していくのかとても気になっている。
大谷翔平は所謂良い人間では無い尊敬に値する人間なのだ。
大谷翔平の今迄の行動や言動で分かる。
開幕第2戦を観て思った、ドジャースにいて良かった。
特にムーキー・ベッツが同僚で良かった。
Sho is being investigated by MLB.
As he should, but we all know mlb will sweep it under the rug
The NYY & NYM "Dodged" not one, but two bullets - Ohtani & Yamamoto, unless the greatest, most ethical and fair commissioner MLB has ever had, the wonderful Manfred, steps up to the plate and pardons the Ohtani mess as a "language barrier misinterpretation" like the Astro's garage can Championship - ironically which also involved the Dodgers.
Seems the interpreter is either the scapegoat, or took advantage of his communicative position with Ohtami.
He wired money from his bank account to pay off the gambling debt. So in the past year or so Ohtani hasn't even look at his bank account? and no fraud alert from the bank?? there is a paper trail that can't get erased when there is a digital footprint. and yes I am a Giants fan!
I am glad to get Jonah Hill's take on this
I remember Andy covering the royals
Was he always this bad
@@josephlopez4871no he was good for the Royals
The Sho must go on.....HOw else is he going to help his friend unless he pays his buddies debt thru the bookmaker? Shohei doesnt strike anybody as a gambler.. he tried to help his buddy out and then had to back track to protect himself....that's my theory...who knows? Any truth that is uncovered won't be believed by half the people anyhow..
Did Rose strike you as a gambler? He denied it for decades
Ohtani will come out clean not matter what the facts are. They won't kill off the Jesus figure who is being paid to save the sport.
And you can’t wait for him to be banned 😂😂😂
@@RunForPeace-hk1cu Hardly. I say let him off the hook and also put Pete Rose in the Hall of Fame.
Feels like the dodgers must be shady cause it feels like Bauer all over again
Has this guy got a filter on his webcam? The background is super washed out lmao
I’ve heard this guy before on the DP show. He is a Dodger homer. I would not take anything he says seriously.
And this video on RUclips is being sponsored by Betway Sports Book 😮
MLB is currently making sure that the face of baseball, (OHTANI) is protected and not found of any wrongdoing. The interpreter will be the scapegoat
How a lawyer or financial planner misses 5 million dollars is beyond me. My wife notices if I buy a coffee? Very shady at least. And yeah, gambling is as bad as crack to some people.
if Ohtabi bet on baseball, he will be suspended
if Ohtani did not be on baseball, no punishment
very simple
mizuhara is a fall guy. ohtani was gambling and using mizuhara as a middle man. gambling is illegal in the state of california it doesn't matter what mlb thinks or does.
Nutty story? I think the interpreter is “the beard” for Othani’s gambling
Again I say Pete Rose HOF pls!!!
Many people in the Dodgers organization, should be upset upon learning that Mizuhara is earning, $500,000.
Ippei was probably underpaid for what he was doing. Japanese interpreters make $500-$1000/day for a regular assignment. Ippei was a full-time interpreter, media rep, personal assistant, and training partner. Factor in that it's California and the Dodgers, and he should have been making $750k to $1m/yr. Perhaps split like $550k from the Dodgers and $250k from Ohtani.
'Middle Class Californian' for the rest of us
Ohtani seems to be a good person, but what he doesn't look like is stupid. Sending money from his own fully traceable account to a bookie is classified as brutal and unnecessary stupidity. He has been a millionaire for years; You know what millionaires are very good at? transferring money from one account to another without the government knowing, and let's not even talk about the law firms that help you evade paying all the taxes possible; those are the real professional criminals. An addict is an addict; whether he smokes it, injects it, drinks it, or gambles it, he will simply do whatever it takes for his next fix, including f*cking a friend or family member!!
Why does Ohtani still have an interpreter...is he dumb, lazy, both, or is this a ruse?
I see the public opinions seem inclined to pain Ohtani as the gambler and Mizuhara as the poor sap who is taking the fall. I am willing to bet (pun intended) that all these people will die believing that the earth is NOT round and that it is the biggest planet in our solar system.
I watched some boring stuff bit this wins this month
The LOVE of money is the root of all evil.
In a society whare you pay men in pajamas way more than teachers to hit, throw, shoot, pass a ball, what do you expect? What's all the talk? He gambled, next topic.