Shohei Ohtani

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😂😂😂😂

 

[Fastbreak 3975]

I wonder if his "issue" had any bearing on the unusual contract he took.  Like he was trying to protect himself from himself.

[BigDHornfan 6545]

Ohtani's new walkup song

 

[NorthLoop 14180]

Man every time the MLB has something new and exciting to help bring in fans it always blows up in their face. 

[TejasPedro 1857]

2017 Astros are saying to Shohei, arigatou gozaimasu! 

[tokamak 6391]

48 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

Man every time the MLB has something new and exciting to help bring in fans it always blows up in their face. 

I dunno what you're talking about, this is some highly entertaining shit. Great memes.

[tokamak 6391]

12 hours 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. 

If this is how it went down, I don't think he paid off the $4.5m cuz they're friends. He paid it off because not paying it off is an even worse option for everyone involved.

We might have never known about any of this if the feds hadn't gotten interested in this particular bookie.

[kevwun 15758]

The bookie would have never let the debt get that big without knowing that it was Shohei and not the interpreter.

[VirginiaLonghorn 4767]

3 minutes ago, kevwun said:

The bookie would have never let the debt get that big without knowing that it was Shohei and not the interpreter.

Velly intelesting … 🤔

[Blotto 23486]

14 minutes ago, tokamak said:

I dunno what you're talking about, this is some highly entertaining shit. Great memes.

plus it has the potential to fuck the dodgers sideways, so I cant hate it. 

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4 minutes ago, VirginiaLonghorn said:

Velly intelesting … 🤔

And they say racism is dead. 
 

[n64ra 1080]

now what I expected out of the Dodgers this week, but very interesting

[Pato del Muerto 52484]

D’ohtani?

 

the seemingly immediate karmic retribution to LAD, mlb, and ohtani for that contract is heartwarming. We shall see if there are any teeth to come or they scheme their way clear of it. 

Edited March 21 by Pato del Muerto

[UTexasFight 9427]

 

getting ready for the Bauer tweets 

[gofuckyourself 8197]

45.00 ERA for Yamamoto

4.5 million gambling problem for Ohtani.

There's a stuck on the 405 joke around somewhere. 

 

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9 hours ago, Fastbreak said:

I wonder if his "issue" had any bearing on the unusual contract he took.  Like he was trying to protect himself from himself.

he’s only one big bet away from being all square 

[ztejas 43411]

1 hour ago, closetohumping said:

And they say racism is dead. 
 

Shohei on opening day in center field. 

[shadow_operative 15932]

 

[Helobious 9456]

Has anyone checked on @Gil Bang? I can’t imagine how hard it is to have your husband get wrapped up in a scandal like this. 

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

 

[Gil Bang 25907]

1 hour ago, Helobious said:

Has anyone checked on @Gil Bang? I can’t imagine how hard it is to have your husband get wrapped up in a scandal like this. 

I was the first to post it, fuckface

[VirginiaLonghorn 4767]

4 hours ago, gofuckyourself said:

45.00 ERA for Yamamoto

4.5 million gambling problem for Ohtani.

There's a stuck on the 405 joke around somewhere. 

 

… the Area Code for Norman, OK?

[Gil Bang 25907]

Ippei was supposed to translate for Yama also.  He was going to be on the mound visits

[Beau Vine 54203]

Has everyone gotten their stories straight yet?

[Mez2 4023]

53 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Has everyone gotten their stories straight yet?

Yes, but shit went sideways

[Planet Houston 4930]

Live look at Manfred:

[Huckleberry 32845]

Is there any way to compel the bookie to reveal if there were bets on baseball? That detail seems irrelevant to the FBI. If not then there are hundreds of millions of reasons it would never come out. 

Edited March 21 by Huckleberry

[Planet Houston 4930]

I’m fairly sure the FBI would be interested to know if he bet on baseball, or at least Angels games…

[tokamak 6391]

40 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

Is there any way to compel the bookie to reveal if there were bets on baseball? That detail seems irrelevant to the FBI. If not then there are hundreds of millions of reasons it would never come out. 

Sounds like they have the bookie dead to rights on accepting $4.5m+ in illegal bets. I bet they can compel him to say a whole lot.

[Huckleberry 32845]

37 minutes ago, tokamak said:

Sounds like they have the bookie dead to rights on accepting $4.5m+ in illegal bets. I bet they can compel him to say a whole lot.

But why would they care what sport it was on? That's what I mean by irrelevant to the FBI. They have no reason to give enough of a shit to ask. 

[cmontexas 3270]

[Guadaloopy 10954]

Did he really walk up to a Bruno Mars song today?   If that’s true… major lulz.  

[closetohumping 17433]

7 hours ago, Huckleberry said:

But why would they care what sport it was on? That's what I mean by irrelevant to the FBI. They have no reason to give enough of a shit to ask. 

It’s akin to insider trading. 

[Rholl 217]

10 hours ago, Planet Houston said:

Live look at Manfred:

Manfred wants everyone to remember sack showing pants and forget about Otahni!

[Fastbreak 3975]

8 hours ago, Huckleberry said:

But why would they care what sport it was on? That's what I mean by irrelevant to the FBI. They have no reason to give enough of a shit to ask. 

If he is rigging games it's 1000000x worse than betting on premier league games

[cabowabo 4484]

Lol.  Now we know why he got married to a woman he probably doesn’t even know.  All to deflect attention from the storm he knew was headed his way.  I don’t recall him ever being seen with this woman, or any other woman for that matter and all the sudden he’s married?  Remember Shohei, the cover up is usually worse than the crime. Throwing your interpreter under the bus is not a good look. 

[ChickenSandwich 9824]

5 hours ago, closetohumping said:

It’s akin to insider trading. 

 

#noCR

[Planet Houston 4930]

12 hours ago, Huckleberry said:

But why would they care what sport it was on? That's what I mean by irrelevant to the FBI. They have no reason to give enough of a shit to ask. 

Point shaving, fixing games, etc…very much FBI business. 

[Huckleberry 32845]

Derp, my bad. I was thinking of the investigation into Bowyer (where it wouldn't matter), not opening an investigation into Ohtani.

[NorthLoop 14180]

"Pete Rose's Interpreter" would make a good fantasy baseball team name. 

[Beau Vine 54203]

6 hours ago, closetohumping said:

It’s akin to insider trading. 

No, insider trading is a violation of federal law.  

Betting on baseball if you're a baseball player does not violate federal law.

[Pam Cummings 9639]

There's also the possibility of Ohtani or his interpreter guy exchanging inside info to the illegal bookie in exchange for lowering his debt. Even if they didn't place bets on baseball, that would be a huge deal.

[kevwun 15758]

Point shaving is a federal crime though for basketball.  If he was betting on his own games, the FBI would be able to investigate I think.

[Horn80 6114]

Major League Betting

[cmontexas 3270]

2 hours ago, Pam Cummings said:

There's also the possibility of Ohtani or his interpreter guy exchanging inside info to the illegal bookie in exchange for lowering his debt. Even if they didn't place bets on baseball, that would be a huge deal.

People dont understand that while Pete Rose technically never bet AGAINST the Reds, the fact that he would bet for them 9 games out of 10 draws suspicion about the 10th game out of the 10 and the opportunity that gave his debtors to load up

[petscii 1189]

On 3/21/2024 at 8:42 AM, Pato del Muerto said:

D’ohtani?

 

the seemingly immediate karmic retribution to LAD, mlb, and ohtani for that contract is heartwarming. We shall see if there are any teeth to come or they scheme their way clear of it. 

Shoeless Sho?

[FartingMonk 3606]

22 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

Ippei was supposed to translate for Yama also.  He was going to be on the mound visits

Yep.  He was going to tell him Altuve HBP 3rd inning +600000

[UTexasFight 9427]

Sidebar: I had no idea until a couple of weeks ago that Paul Gaimatti was Bart’s son.