The Los Angeles Dodgers fire Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani's long-time interpreter. Mizuhara was accused by Ohtani's attorneys of engaging in a “massive theft” of Ohtani's funds to place bets with an illegal bookmaker, according to the LA Times.
Originally Posted by raybec 4:
And Bonds, and Clemens
I don’t know where I stand on that because every damn person was doing it and the mlb is complicit. It’s a gray area. Betting on your own team is a clear ban hammer though. [Reply]
Originally Posted by raybec 4:
**** that high horse bullshit. He was the greatest hitter of his day, maybe all time.
If you want to preserve the integrity of the game you can’t have players or coaches grooving games and screwing over fans and competitive balance to make a quick buck. You have to set an example and now it’s more important than ever.
It isn’t moral high horse. There is a lot of forgiveness for scumbags, criminals and even cheaters. But betting on your team is a mortal sin and it should be. [Reply]
Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501:
If you want to preserve the integrity of the game you can’t have players or coaches grooving games and screwing over fans and competitive balance to make a quick buck. You have to set an example and now it’s more important than ever.
It isn’t moral high horse. There is a lot of forgiveness for scumbags, criminals and even cheaters. But betting on your team is a mortal sin and it should be.
Patriots were caught cheating multiple times and Brady and Belichick are going into the Hall. Manning had illegal hgh delivered under his wife's name. Why is baseball so upitty about keeping legends out of the Hall? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brioni:
Patriots were caught cheating multiple times and Brady and Belichick are going into the Hall. Manning had illegal hgh delivered under his wife's name. Why is baseball so upitty about keeping legends out of the Hall?
I agree there are lots of players in baseball who are blackballed for the wrong reason. Curt schilling is an obvious one. But gambling on your own team is a whole different animal. [Reply]
Originally Posted by raybec 4:
Fuck that high horse bullshit. He was the greatest hitter of his day, maybe all time.
Pete Rose was an overrated compiler who lived on hollow singles and refused to quite when he should've because he was a shameless stat-chaser who prioritized his numbers over his team's record.
His last 1,500 hits came when he was an average, at best, big league hitter. And for his last 1,000 of those he was fairly well worthless. And since he couldn't play defense and he played in the National League, they had to plug him in at 1b where dragging along a weak hitter is doubly damaging.
"Hey Mike Schmidt - we know you guys missed the playoffs by 2 games in '82 and the Cardinals ended up winning in your place while Pete Rose gave you absolutely fuck-all at 1b - but hey, he hit 150 singles that year, man!"
Pete Rose wasn't the greatest anything of his day, certainly not of all time.
He might be - might be - one of the 25 best hitters of all time. But he wasn't even the best hitter on his own team during his day. That was Mike Schmidt. He's not the greatest switch hitter of all time - that's Mickey Mantle and/or Chipper Jones. He's not the greatest contact hitter of all time - that's Tony Gwynn.
He's just a guy that put up numbers because he refused to quit and his team refused to fire him. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Pete Rose was an overrated compiler who lived on hollow singles and refused to quite when he should've because he was a shameless stat-chaser who prioritized his numbers over his team's record.
His last 1,500 hits came when he was an average, at best, big league hitter. And for his last 1,000 of those he was fairly well worthless. And since he couldn't play defense and he played in the National League, they had to plug him in at 1b where dragging along a weak hitter is doubly damaging.
"Hey Mike Schmidt - we know you guys missed the playoffs by 2 games in '82 and the Cardinals ended up winning in your place while Pete Rose gave you absolutely ****-all at 1b - but hey, he hit 150 singles that year, man!"
Pete Rose wasn't the greatest anything of his day, certainly not of all time.
He might be - might be - one of the 25 best hitters of all time. But he wasn't even the best hitter on his own team during his day. That was Mike Schmidt. He's not the greatest switch hitter of all time - that's Mickey Mantle and/or Chipper Jones. He's not the greatest contact hitter of all time - that's Tony Gwynn.
He's just a guy that put up numbers because he refused to quit and his team refused to fire him.
You shut your whore mouth DJ! Pete Rose is my baseball Jesus. [Reply]
The “interpreter” was just a cover and is now the fall guy… does anyone really think Ohtani legit needed a full time interpreter… around him at all times and in the club house… after living in America for almost a decade?
Plenty Asian baseball players use interpreters. There’s nothing suspicious about it. [Reply]
