We'll see. So far they're bumbling and stumbling through the explanation.:-)
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Sure feels like best case scenario he did something suspendable and the mlb knows their option is to either suspend a money maker in a mega market or get blasted for superstar treatment. I think as someone else said the unique aspect of this is that even a slight infraction can be devastating for his brand
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Why would a team-employed interpreter have access to the players money, unless...ohhhhhhh.
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The interpreter will commit seppuku as expected. The story will be over.
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I wonder if the Yakuza are involved somehow.
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This is why we never paid for interpreters

— Montreal Expos (@Montreal_Expos) March 20, 2024

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Openly mixing gambling with sports is going swimmingly.
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I wonder if he went full Pete Rose and sold steroids too?
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Think that was his son?

Daddy was the guy who was banging teenagers
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Nothing about the stories Shohei/his team/his interpreter were putting out there about this add up.
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Ohtani vs Michael Jordan at 4am in Vegas at the blackjack table pic.twitter.com/TSjoG61Qsr

— Noah �� (@Yordan4HOF2) March 20, 2024

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I see Ohtani as MLBs Mahomes.

They will keep him safe 100%

Brings in too much money for MLB, USA and Japan
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Lmao, this is all a bunch of horse shit. Ohtani was gambling and theyre doing some massive coverup.
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No kidding.

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?
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Or that the interpreter who's lived here for 25 years didn't realize that the illegal fucking bookie wasn't the same as DraftKings?

What happened here is just so damn obvious but ultimately so impossible to prove that it's gonna have to go away. But yeah - Ohtani better get himself to a Gamber's Anonymous meeting if he's out there blowing millions on soccer games.

Because ain't no way some random bookie was taking millions in action from Ohtani's lackey. At best the guy was doing it on his own but with Othani's knowledge. And I'd still say it's more likely he was doing it at Ohtani's behest than it is that Shohei's just a really generous dude that covered nearly $5 million on gambling losses for his interpreter because he's just a nice guy that way...
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