Ohtani's Interpreter Gets Fired in Theft & Gambling Story - Instant Reaction

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@soymilkassassin 2 месяца назад

Brought to you by draftkings 🙄

@thechild7355 2 месяца назад

I love the internet

@FG-wi5ws 2 месяца назад

lol what’s wrong with that? It’s legal in some states and illegal in others. Not telling you to do illegal betting

@pranavarora9976 2 месяца назад

@@FG-wi5wsThe addiction leaving my body as soon as I enter a state where gambling is illegal.

@Just_Jac0b 2 месяца назад

Sports betting is a fucking cancer on sports these days

@twig4590 2 месяца назад

that's funny

@fortuosity 2 месяца назад

Imagine investigating an illegal gambling case and seeing Ohtani's name on an account. Insane.

@jlatigo 2 месяца назад

Some NCIS/CSI stuff lol

@joseurena3640 2 месяца назад

It's definitely a "Since when do vegans eat fried chicken?" type of showstopper.

@trevorcarey3997 2 месяца назад

Everyone gambles on games now, I do it almost everyday, even Micheal Jordan gambled, but as long as players don't do it during the season.

@tootspogsforever5590 2 месяца назад

@@joseurena3640lol

@handsanitizer1963 2 месяца назад

@@trevorcarey3997 they mostly care about the illegal booking

@jasonthemagnificent2.0 2 месяца назад

Mookie must be involved in this scandal. Can't just be a coincidence that his last name is Betts

@LongieR8er 2 месяца назад

LOOL….well played

@FTLnovaKid 2 месяца назад

😂😂😂

@seandorr7564 2 месяца назад

Boosting this

@Bodhi594 2 месяца назад

Dude, no way!!

@nirodesilva 2 месяца назад

Ha ha 😂😂

@mrodriguez16ks 2 месяца назад

Can't wait for Manfred's press conference in front a giant DRAFTKINGS poster as they cut away from the conference to play a commercial every 30 seconds

@garydagg9112 2 месяца назад

What would be the problem? Your watching a company’s who’s sponsors include drugs and gambling. I don’t see why people are so obsessed with it being the new boogeyman when sports gambling has existed before it was legal

@TheyDontKnowYouExist 2 месяца назад

@@garydagg9112do you think gambling is a net positive or negative for society ?

@garydagg9112 2 месяца назад

@@TheyDontKnowYouExist I honestly think it’s a neutral. Used incorrectly it can destroy lives. But I don’t see the difference in that from alcohol, drugs or guns. We’ve had gambling in the UK for many more years than the USA and people do go overboard ( new laws are being brought in to make companies identify problem gamblers etc) and I don’t think it’s destroying us

@TheyDontKnowYouExist 2 месяца назад

@@garydagg9112 do you think drinking is a net positive or negative for society ?

@TheyDontKnowYouExist 2 месяца назад

@@garydagg9112 do you think drugs are a net positive or negative for society

@kiesernation1977 2 месяца назад

The Baseball Doesn’t Exist video on this is gonna go crazy.

@mariokart9227 2 месяца назад

All the homies love Baseball Doesn’t Exist

@MarkyMark15 2 месяца назад

@@mariokart9227 I am a homie then

@047Kenny 2 месяца назад

@@mariokart9227I am a BIIG homie

@ronplayzroblox6355 2 месяца назад

@@mariokart9227 hell yeah

@bamesbamesbames 2 месяца назад

Baseball Is Dead episode will come first and be even more wild

@MrJackster159 2 месяца назад

The ad I got mid video was for a sportsbook

@jasonthemagnificent2.0 2 месяца назад

Now, that's good advertising

@bigpictureguys8415 2 месяца назад

13:25 “subject to punishment at the commissioners discretion.” There you have it. 0% chance he gets a single game suspension

@coachbiff09 2 месяца назад

Pete Rose would then be all over the place to get reinstated.

@ThiccBoiDaniel 2 месяца назад

He hates the Dodgers. I wouldn’t be surprised if he does get suspended, if not worse.

@jacrispy8008 2 месяца назад

@@ThiccBoiDanielNo chance, Shohei is baseball’s golden child and brings an insane amount of money to the sport

@blueconversechucks 2 месяца назад

They are going to suspend him.

@garydagg9112 2 месяца назад

@@blueconversechucks yeah I think if they disprove the theft allegation then a suspension is likely. Tough to prove tho, Japanese people are stereotypically very loyal , so the interpreter will probably take the heat and be banned for life. Might even face criminal charges

@abradantcb5024 2 месяца назад

Sounds like Ohtani was faced with a difficult decision based on his friends actions and now the friend is going to say he stole the money and go to jail to save Ohtani's reputation and keep him out of legal trouble. That's crazy...

@Raxiums 2 месяца назад

Yea, seems like he was trying to help out his friend, but then when they realized it could end up with Ohtani getting in trouble with the league they walked it back and Ippei is taking the fall to try to avoid trouble for Ohtani. Otherwise I don't see why Ippei would do a 180 like that.

@ian0903 2 месяца назад

Ohtani is a worldwide superstar but he’s still just a country boy from a rural area of Japan. Wouldn’t be surprised if Ohtani wired the money himself to help out his friend and not think much of it at the time.

@danwong2191 2 месяца назад

@ian0903 absolutely.

@wdv7456 2 месяца назад

Ippei isn’t going to jail. He’s conveniently in Korea right now and what are the odds he would return to the U.S. to face the FBI… none. He’ll retire in Japan with annuity from an anonymous offshore account ….

@tootspogsforever5590 2 месяца назад

@@wdv7456that what I was thinking too. Good move!!😀😃

@StoneColeStunna 2 месяца назад

As soon as this video ended I got an ad from ESPN Bet 😭

@Adam-gh3bi 2 месяца назад

You’re the only one I wanted to hear talk about this. Glad you were quick

@bnats2633 2 месяца назад

Glazer

@Adam-gh3bi 2 месяца назад

@@bnats2633 Says the one who’s here immediately after the video posted😂

@Swolteam 2 месяца назад

Adam it’s late.. go back to bed, except ohtani is a gambler

@Adam-gh3bi 2 месяца назад

@@Swolteam i probably should, the game is on in 6 hours

@MrRod34 2 месяца назад

Let’s just gloss over the DraftKings sentence…

@asdfaeou 2 месяца назад

My ussue with all of this is that Ippei's description leaves no questions as to what happened, then the lawyers say "Its all a lie," without filling out any answers as to what is the truth. ...which makes Ippei's statements seem absolutely true.

@GJLCreativeStudios 2 месяца назад

you mean you dont trust the lawyers? LMAO

@robertoreyes8232 2 месяца назад

They wouldn’t at that point since the authorities were notified and thus it’s an ongoing case.

@rmason19 2 месяца назад

I don't think Ippei's statement is true. It was only an initial response to the facts. 7 transactions of $500k from Shohei to illegal gambling operation.

@robertoreyes8232 2 месяца назад

@@rmason19 I thought it was only 2 transactions?

@rmason19 2 месяца назад

@@robertoreyes8232 ESPN has documents of 2 transfers. But it's a total of $4.5mil in transfers. I guess I may have assumed all transactions were $500k since 2 are proven to be. Semantics, $4.5mil from Ohtani's account to illegal gambling operation.

@BirdsOnTheBat2 2 месяца назад

I can guarantee you Ohtani has A TEAM of accountants. Absolutely zero chance they all missed $500,000 being transferred out twice with the word loan, and no one said anything. I do believe he was trying to be a good friend and thought he was helping.

@rumalo 2 месяца назад

keep telling yourself that, he was in it, he knew it

@sidthesciencekid2982 2 месяца назад

@@rumaloyou literally have no fuckin idea

@rumalo 2 месяца назад

@@sidthesciencekid2982 ohtani fanboys doing mental gymnastics to justify the gambling scandal 😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡🤡

@BirdsOnTheBat2 2 месяца назад

@@rumalo I'm a Cardinals fan. I'd love to get him out of the NL. I'd need the entire Dodger Team to be gambling for it to make a difference, but still. I just thought he was known to live very modestly and frugal. Not usual traits of a gambling addict

@markgonzalez8828 2 месяца назад

You can also say that ohtani could do all that illegal stuff without putting his name on things. It’s almost like someone did it without thinking it could backfire, maybe an addict? Or maybe someone else did it. Idk that sounds too reasonable

@joshuapatrick682 2 месяца назад

this whole thing stinks. it went down like this " here's the guy who knows ask him" and after ninety minutes of asking him the original person says "actually none of what he said is true" so now we wait for the Lawyers to figure out what they can get away with, what can be pinned on the other guy and go from there

@sunnybe668 2 месяца назад

Spokesman doesn’t speak Japanese. Then who told spokesman? The 1st story.

@Jay-kj2xm 2 месяца назад

In my opinion, the story Ippei told makes way more sense than $5mil going missing without Ohtani's knowledge and Ohtani acting cool with Ippei at the games but also being upset that he stole money from him. But that's bad for Ohtani

@Dre2Dee2 2 месяца назад

I agree. Either A) Shohei paid off Ippei's debt OR B) Shohei had Ippei bet for him Either way Shohei is involved, the question is WHY?

@exia0616 2 месяца назад

@@Dre2Dee2my 2 cents is, if shohei is a. Paid off the debts, i would say is a very typical thing culturally(seen too many japanese media content of this type in which someone shoulders the others debt). If b. Well thats a different case and i feel there should be penalties/punishments in play.

@handsanitizer1963 2 месяца назад

@@Dre2Dee2what you think happens?

@SecretSauceyjuice 2 месяца назад

Morally and ethically, I don't have a problem with Ohtani covering his dumb friend's debt. I've been there. I've had deadbeat friends who I helped out even though I knew they would probably fuck up again. IF that's the case, I hope for leniency for Ohtani. The issue is going to be proving what happened and what didn't happen and establishing credibility legally and in the public eye. They already crossed up their stories so there's going to need to be hard evidence.

@TheOrangeWaterfosit 2 месяца назад

I feel like Ohtani tried to help his friend without consulting anyone and accidentally broke the law / mlbs gambling rules. I really hope the best

@mubs42 2 месяца назад

With how prevalent sports betting is getting nowadays, a story like this was inevitable, but Ohtani is the last person I would guess would be involved. Won't be surprised to see more stories like these in the coming years.

@bigpictureguys8415 2 месяца назад

I mean stereotypically it’s not that surprising

@zhc2200 2 месяца назад

@@bigpictureguys8415Oh here we go. You wanna go tit for tat or you wanna retract that statement? Because, I'm fine going tit for tat. Balls in your court.

@bigpictureguys8415 2 месяца назад

@@zhc2200 tit for tat on what? That a stereotype about rich Asian men liking to gamble exists?

@trevorcarey3997 2 месяца назад

Ohtani had nothing to do with this, he fired Ippie because he was taking money from him. But the haters will spin this around and blame Shohei.

@oliverquach9614 2 месяца назад

@@trevorcarey3997Most people I know don’t believe Ohtani is personally involved. His demeanour doesn’t scream ‘degenerate gambler’ to me.

@realbkrick 2 месяца назад

As a Dodger fan can't we have a normal regular season without scandals

@jonathanmontgomery5178 2 месяца назад

It’s really crazy, isn’t it? Literally three years in a row now.

@devlinjointz4754 2 месяца назад

@@jonathanmontgomery5178 Each insane allegations

@Feanor026 2 месяца назад

Yeah I'm a Giants fan but love Ohtani and was literally thinking the same thing, like you sign or have the best players on the market like Bauer, Urias and Ohtani and they all get involved in cases like this... Crazy, at least you didn't trade for Franco from the Rays just before his scandal happened 😅

@MrJoker830 2 месяца назад

When you're on top..people will always try to tear you down. That's just how it is

@GJLCreativeStudios 2 месяца назад

LOL its what you get for being the evil empire.

@Irving-gp9oc 2 месяца назад

First time viewer and great show! Got your podcast from THE SETUP MAN podcast. Also, keep smiling.....the time with your son growing up goes SO FAST and enjoy every minute of it!!! You'll be replacing glasses and other items along the way! We painted our hallway foyer and up the stairs only to see our 2 year old coloring with crayons all the way down the bannister! You have a great PODCAST!

@hunterxp48 2 месяца назад

Its odd, he kept paying it back in installments. So on the surface its Ohtani's account, not Ippeis, without Ohtani's name, theres no way a bookie would allow Ippei to amass over $4.5M in debt. Its also odd that Ohtani would just pay directly and not go through an accountant or intermediary, or someone else for the proper legal advice on how to handel it. Which makes Ohtani complicit in the gambling because hes funding it through Ippei, ontop of whatever California laws they violated. People can view Ippei as a proxy for Ohtani's gambling, sure thats how Bowyer imagined it. It really comes off messy even if Ohtani is innocent.

@STG44tiger 2 месяца назад

Culturally I could believe Ohtani would pay for it. Very Japanese thing to do

@lesliejacoby9137 2 месяца назад

@@STG44tigerculturally as well though doesn't Japan have a big gambling industry? I could be wrong and of course not saying that means for sure this is the reason.

@josephgoforth9722 2 месяца назад

@@lesliejacoby9137technically gambling is illegal in japan (but there is a weird loophole for pachinko parlors involving you only 'win' metal ball bearings that you go across the street to sell to a business that trades you cash for those ball bearings. and guess what, it's often owned by the pachinko parlor....)

@doomslayerdave 2 месяца назад

@@lesliejacoby9137 Hell no. People drop coins into pachinko machines but gambling is not a mainstream thing in Japan. It's been illegal in most forms.

@rosettaokabayashi2030 2 месяца назад

@@lesliejacoby9137 Don't know that they do for sure in Japan, but I wouldn't doubt it. My husband was Japanese and he and his family would always get together and play cards and gamble with a lot of money for a day. Nothing. Illegal just their money. But they loved it and it was just a friendly game. No one got mad or hurt. I use to watch them alot. Great People !

@Dre2Dee2 2 месяца назад

Ippei is pronounced "E-Pay" kind of ironic now that I think about it

@DammSheFine 2 месяца назад

Hahaha that’s good humor I love it

@nicholasbyram296 2 месяца назад

Nah, it's "eep-pay."

@SimplyRosey1992 2 месяца назад

Great this is gonna cloud the season. WTH is going on, they just had such a great start to the season 😭

@bakon321 2 месяца назад

Naaaah, there’s a 24 hr news cycle

@siediousswift8088 2 месяца назад

@@bakon321not in baseball mang.

@Randybobandy12345 2 месяца назад

“Sho I thought you was laying?” “No I’m here to collect”

@morningsidedriverock 2 месяца назад

Hell yeah! Casino reference

@therealking6202 2 месяца назад

*"No, I'm here to correct."

@jeremygilbert1890 2 месяца назад

4.5 million doesn't come with a bill or an invoice. Somebody told "Ippy" he was gonna get de-knee-capped.

@Brimbino 2 месяца назад

When your net worth is 700m, it's probably easier than you think

@TheHawkeyeful 2 месяца назад

@@Brimbino I don't think you understand what net worth means. Ohtani most definitely does not have a net worth of 700mil

@budweiserkingofbeers 2 месяца назад

fair enough! that's over two years salary for ohtani ! ;)))

@efusbooceefus3591 2 месяца назад

Good video and fast timing jomboy 👍🏻

@jacobcabral99 2 месяца назад

I see it as Ohtani covering his friends debts but since now his legal team is involved they now want to deny anything to do with it. I feel like the helping a friend out story would have cleared Ohtanis name just fine though. Just a big ol mess now

@zaneplatt3533 2 месяца назад

That is literally what happened but people do not know how to read 😂

@Kristingail 2 месяца назад

Should have just went with they didn’t know it was illegal betting lol

@AliceYobby 2 месяца назад

no, it maybe would have prevented an MLB suspension but it's still a federal crime, as in the eyes of the law you're funding a crime organization. the legal team is trying to prevent ohtani from being arrested or deported. this is bigger than baseball

@bigpictureguys8415 2 месяца назад

Paying off someone’s gambling debt is akin to gambling. We’d have to just go off what? Trust? Trust that he wasn’t his backer? Cause if you pay his debts you’re literally his backer.

@waylonbedlam792 2 месяца назад

Except Ohtani himself would have been committing wire fraud if he were sending those payments from his own computer. He can't simply say "I didn't know that was illegal" and expect the feds to say "Oh, okay, well don't worry about it then."

@tiachu 2 месяца назад

was waiting for u to drop this king

@andmake-qg5bi 2 месяца назад

Jomboy I love this series glad it's back. I was going through a rough time when u started this series and your supre indepth breakdowns of stats and analytics and news helped my mind be preoccupied for a little so I'm glad it's back and thank you for all you do.

@redruml5872 2 месяца назад

Sending those payments to an illegal operation is wire fraud. That's why the story changed. Even if ohtani wasn't betting.

@90stalgiaTV 2 месяца назад

An important clarification is that these weren’t “checks”, they were wire transfers from his account, which is a lot different. Saying checks implies Ohtani signed his name to the payments, which from the reporting so far is not the case. Wire transfers came from his account which is why his name was attached.

@GreenHornet1962 2 месяца назад

Thank you for being level headed and not going for the click bait option. It's a big resson why I'm here.

@dwil8621 2 месяца назад

Maybe he's learned from permanently smearing Altuve's name with unfounded bs

@janitorizamped 2 месяца назад

@@dwil8621like what?

@rosettaokabayashi2030 2 месяца назад

@janitorizamped Jomboy slandered Altuve by putting out the untrue story that Altuve was wearing a buzzer. There was no buzzer. Jomboy has yet to apologize to Altuve

@rosettaokabayashi2030 2 месяца назад

@@dwil8621 I certainly would like to think he has, however he has yet to apologize to Altuve

@janitorizamped 2 месяца назад

@@rosettaokabayashi2030 it seems like the majority consensus online is still that he did wear a buzzer. Can you point me to anything proving otherwise? Anything that would warrant apologizing?

@CreateYourDestinyNow 2 месяца назад

Where can we find the ESPN interview?

@lanastan322 2 месяца назад

this gambling thing might not be the best after all but Ohtani sounds like he genuinely wanted to help his friend in a bad (bad) situation

@bigpictureguys8415 2 месяца назад

That still technically counts as gambling. Probably why the story changed, cause ohtani thought it’d be fine since he wasn’t the one gambling.

@Slaughtergang3200 2 месяца назад

😂😂😂😂😂 yeah all of a sudden he’s “helping someone”?? He should get the same treatment any other player would get. He needs to be banned

@ikon808 2 месяца назад

@@Slaughtergang3200we found the giants fan!

@tootspogsforever5590 2 месяца назад

@@Slaughtergang3200you want a Kleenex with that??😀

@handsanitizer1963 2 месяца назад

Federal crime Could get deported

@NeonNoodleNexus 2 месяца назад

With the differing statements from Ohtani and then his lawyers, I think once the lawyers and accountants started looking at the books, they probably found it ended up going beyond the $4.5 mil that ohtani paid. Ippei was probably skimming for a while but when it came to a huge sum like $4.5 mil, he had to ask Ohtani for it personally.

@StillaYouTubeGuy 2 месяца назад

This is huge. I really hope it doesn’t result in ohtani not getting to play. He’s literally the god of baseball right now

@Christiand2821 2 месяца назад

"My 2 year old decided to take off my glasses and break them so that's why they're crooked" is such a relatable dad-situation.

@kapilagarwal9244 2 месяца назад

I’m no sleuth but sounds like the first story is the true account. Sucks, he was just helping out someone close to him for a tune of 4.5 million dollars and now he’s the one in hot water. The way the interpreter is trying to take the blame does sound like he’s ashamed of the trouble he’s caused. Really sucks, hopefully Mansford goes easy on Ohtani. Also, his lawyers should not try to cover it up it will just become a bigger punishment.

@antoniobanderas7810 2 месяца назад

Arent there wire transfer regulations in wiring over 1 million dollars in general from banks and stuff? Wow. This seems crazy af lol. Never a dull moment in Dodgertown!!!

@VicBennett-oq6so 2 месяца назад

I think the limit is a Billion plus..

@a1st532 2 месяца назад

Yes, Exactly! Red Flags are raised when: 1) Wire is over a certain amount 2) Wire is to / from a Bank/ Co. outside the USA. And- Large Wires don't just happen: Banks send a you device or use ur cell phone to send the security code required to authorize large wires. Even then- SEC can hold your wire until they're done investigating

@markgonzalez8828 2 месяца назад

I read that they did 9 wire transfers of 500k

@omgbygollywow 2 месяца назад

I highly doubt Shohei is a gambler like a lot of RU-vid wannabe commentators are saying to get click bait views. While playing at NPB, his mother gave him a $1,000/month budget and by the end of a the year he still saved a couple thousand dollars. He just ate, slept and played baseball. That is all he cares about: playing baseball. He doesn't care about money. He makes $50 million a year on endorsements already. He's too freaking rich and busy to care about gambling.

@markgonzalez8828 2 месяца назад

65 million this year. He can drive a new Porsche out the lot everyday. Dude is a billionaire playing baseball as a hobby.

@Supreme176 2 месяца назад

Can’t wait to see the trial!

@travismiller6459 2 месяца назад

Jomboy always on, thanks for this

@Mncardsales 2 месяца назад

This 30 for 30 will be crazy

@Dre2Dee2 2 месяца назад

"Hi. I'm Ippei Mizuhara... and I'm the man that killed Shohei Ohtani's career."

@Mncardsales 2 месяца назад

@@Dre2Dee2 😂😂

@drewkre 2 месяца назад

As a recovered gambling addict, you will do & say anything when you are in debt due to gambling. MLB, NBA, NFL have made a deal with the devil for those gambling advertising & sponsoring dollars. This has less to do with Ohtani, and the blame should be placed on the owners and MLB commissioner Manfred that are intoxicated on those gambling sponsor dollars.

@Droosie3 2 месяца назад

Its such a cancer on sports. Lucky to live in a state where its not legal.

@drewkre 2 месяца назад

@@Droosie3 Bet it has less to do with Ohtani's best friend that has a gambling problem. The whole reason he might be in trouble is the interpreter made bets with a non johnboy federal gambling bookie. This is worse than the alcohol & tobacco laws. We will allow you to your vices, as long as the Feds get their cut.

@Sharvictus 2 месяца назад

I love this Segment

@kapilagarwal9244 2 месяца назад

The first account has very specific details because it’s usually easy to spill the truth. The lie will have a lot of missing details and stuff that don’t add up.

@noahrodriguez8893 2 месяца назад

Ippie probably bet all that money on the angels winning over 90 games and them winning it all 😂

@russellchung3119 2 месяца назад

As an Angels fan, this joke hurts 😂. But in the article, they said there was no betting in baseball.

@bentley230 2 месяца назад

Very simple fact being overlooked: sports gambling is illegal in the state of California. Point blank. So no matter what, someone is getting in trouble.

@tootspogsforever5590 2 месяца назад

Well it's Ippei the interpreter 😀

@kevinorlowski4614 2 месяца назад

Padres fan here, yes I watched the game live this morning at 0300 PST, funny who his interpreter was fired by the dodgers yesterday morning but was caught by ESPN cameras in the Dodgers dugout in the 4th inning laughing with Ohtani.

@danlarson4870 2 месяца назад

Sounds like the interpreter is the fall guy Cris Carter was referring to. The truth was provided before lawyers are involved.

@jackfeldman2186 2 месяца назад

nobody better at breaking this down

@mikeybeeee07 2 месяца назад

MLB going to demand this video be taken down along with the ESPN article.

@AVResonater 2 месяца назад

If that happens…that, in itself…shows there’s something major to hide.

@thedphoto 2 месяца назад

If he did cover the debt and knew about it, that's a true friend. We all need an Ohtani in our lives

@moonrock5324 2 месяца назад

exactly!

@scottreiss9572 2 месяца назад

Why would the translator have Ohtanis bank account information?

@glonik10 2 месяца назад

he probably didnt. they used him as a scapegoat most likely.

@exia0616 2 месяца назад

Personally, from all the videos back then Ippei is more than an interpreter/translator he is akin more to like a personal manager. 1. He manages Ohtani's schedule and stuff specially if Japanese media asks for interview. 2. Helps ohtani in doing additonal scouting reports. 3. Ippei also drives Ohtani around. Afaik Shohei doesnt event have a license. Then i think if i factor in a video by BDE, in which he said that when ohtani was in japan, he would give his salary to his mother to have her manage his expenses and she would just give him an allowance to go by. I think this may also be the case here but on a bigger scale.

@patg3331 2 месяца назад

Because when you're rich you have other people handling your finances. You wouldn't understand.

@felipepride8137 2 месяца назад

becausse he just not a translator, he has been like a personal manager even before ohtani came to the US, he is almost like family.

@Neoctix 2 месяца назад

Shit, his parents manage his money as well. There are stories a while back that they can manage all the money while he gets a small allowance each month.

@MrJking065 2 месяца назад

Pete Rose has been serving a lifetime ban from Baseball for gambling. If it is found that Ohtani is found to have gamble he must serve the same sentence. Did L.A. decide they did not want to pay that $700 million and does not want anyone to get him L.A. dug the dirt to do this.

@BigVladisBack 2 месяца назад

Not checks. This might be wire fraud. That’s why his lawyers said he was robbed after the fact.

@jokerinexile 2 месяца назад

Its simple, Mizuhara made some bets and got into debt to the tune of $4.5m. Mizuhara needed to come up with the money or he was going to start losing fingers and toes, decided to ask his buddy Ohtani for help. Ohtani, being a long time friends, said he'd help him out but would need to stop/get help. Once it all came out and the lawyers told Mizuhara/Ohtani that Ohtani is going to be in a lot of trouble, Mizuhara was told he's going to need to take the fall to save Ohtani; and Ohtani would take care of him. - The Tuesday story is the truth. The Wednesday story is them protecting Ohtani so he doesn't get "Pete Rose"'ed by MLB.

@GIMMETHELOOTNOW 2 месяца назад

Love OHTANI but he Has to be suspended. Bauer got kicked out the league and he was innocent too.

@selw0nk 2 месяца назад

- Dodgers lost - Ohtani is a gambler - Translator fired - Overhyped star pitcher failed

@chinobandito7625 2 месяца назад

I bet we’ll have a bunch of “shoeless joes” in the future with the rise of sports betting

@RAD-82ndABN 2 месяца назад

I’m an Ohtani fan but I’m also a Pete Rose fan! Pete Rose also had excuses and his stories changed but MLB banned him for life… IMO Pete Rose did the crime and he did the time! Ohtani thought great as he is, he broke a MLB rule and should automatically be banned for life and under review each year. Ohtani is no different than Shoeless Joe Jackson and the Black Sox although great players all were banned for life! Ohtani is no different… If MLB doesn’t do anything that they did to many players then they’re just as corrupt and useless!!! IMO!

@erikbrewer4336 2 месяца назад

Something doesn’t add up! How does the interpreter get access to his account? This better not blow up on the Dodgers face!!!

@Naths 2 месяца назад

Ippei wasn’t just some translator, this is what people are misunderstanding. Ippei was basically his personal assistant and handled almost everything for him. He was definitely on a very nice salary from Ohtani I would honestly be shocked if he was getting paid under 1 mill a year.

@bigpictureguys8415 2 месяца назад

Covering the debt of the interpreter is still technically gambling. He probably didn’t realize that & upon discovering it said sorry my guy you gotta take the fall.

@stephen9196 2 месяца назад

As a Giants fan I think Shohei should be suspended indefinitely while this is investigated

@derekconstantino7759 2 месяца назад

Biased af

@bigpictureguys8415 2 месяца назад

@@derekconstantino7759his obvious bias aside he’s not wrong. Bauer & others got suspended before the facts came out/for the optics. The precedent has been set

@YankeesAvenue 2 месяца назад

This is CRAZY

@derekconstantino7759 2 месяца назад

Dan rourke i love you!!! Blitzball legend!!

@cmyk94 2 месяца назад

Imagine being that bad at gambling

@Dre2Dee2 2 месяца назад

If he bet on the Angels to win while Ohtani was there.... yeah I could see him losing 4.5 million lol

@willysnowman Месяц назад

Trump lost a casino.

@Versatilty 2 месяца назад

In Japanese culture it's not unusual for an underling to take the fall for his boss so it does raise a lot of questions.

@rix5301 2 месяца назад

Ohtani Pete rosed himself. Ban Mookie and Freddie too, they’re all guilty

@jcsturgeon 2 месяца назад

A Fan Duel add played right after this video 😂

@thedarkcranberry 2 месяца назад

Ippei told the truth to ESPN, but I bet he changes his story when the lawyers start threatening to break his knees.

@derekconstantino7759 2 месяца назад

First bauer now this... 🙄 i swear its always something with my favorite team..

@paulbegley1464 2 месяца назад

I wonder if Ohtani would let me have access to his bank account .😂

@jonnyhaze 2 месяца назад

Real question is when is ohtani getting suspended and for low long ? There is no way this goes unpunished. I don’t see a way they just sweep this under the rug.

@charlielong8941 2 месяца назад

As Chris Carter would say "You need to get a fall guy".

@jayceh 2 месяца назад

Anyone thinks someone _wire transferring_ happened without Shohei knowing then you don't know what a wire transfer is. The _only_ way Ohtani isn't involved is if Ippei was his lover and they had a joint account. The initial account was PR, but the legal people came in and said holy shit you can't say that! But obviously nothing will be investigated. There's no justice when it comes to the right and famous.

@237casey 2 месяца назад

If Ohtani knew about this and was actively making the transfers himself, how is that theft? Did Ippei have him at gunpoint?

@julianmichaels9140 2 месяца назад

This is gonna get crazy

@bradenhanzelka3512 2 месяца назад

No it won’t, if it’s not the Astros the MLB isn’t going to do anything, much less for Diamond darling Ohtani

@zaneplatt3533 2 месяца назад

@bradenhanzelka3512 Why should they though 😂. At worst, Shohei paid off his friends debts (which is actually not illegal, by the way. I'm not sure why Jomboy acts like it is). The gambling is illegal, but lending a friend money is completely legal.

@bradenhanzelka3512 2 месяца назад

@@zaneplatt3533 don’t cap at all you AND I have no idea the semantics of money transferring, gambling, and associations between the acts of players & their assistants and other rules in the MLB, if he did something wrong he should be punished just like any other player in the MLB would

@bradenhanzelka3512 2 месяца назад

@@zaneplatt3533 also you don’t know if that’s at worst, the stories don’t match up, and it all seems bs, look at it without bias

@951Bigjosh 2 месяца назад

@@bradenhanzelka3512 You are not looking at it without bias. You want Ohtani to get punished because you do not like the Dodgers. He will not get punished at all, guaranteed.

@evanwladkowski5386 2 месяца назад

Man this whole situation is so odd. Ohtani likely hasn’t done anything immoral per se but this def doesn’t look good for him either.

@conorgilles81 2 месяца назад

If this sinks Ohtani's season, will it affect Shohei Ohtani bobblehead night at Dodger Stadium on May 16th? I hope so, because I want to go to that game but tickets are too expensive because it's Shohei bobblehead night.

@Dre2Dee2 2 месяца назад

LOL I want that god damn bobble either way

@wolfgabe8925 2 месяца назад

Damn bruh

@Joshsteele53 2 месяца назад

Something seems fishy here 🤔 definitely not the full truth

@joshuapatrick682 2 месяца назад

Incurring debt has nothing to do with being honest or dishonest. The nature of the debt doesn’t necessarily either. Plenty of honest people have ruined their own lives financially by gambling without resorting to theft or lies.

@Zakmmr 2 месяца назад

My takeaway as just a person not invested much in sports rules is that the gambling addiction is really sad. And also that they are really deeply good friends. But that friendship must be really hurting from all this which is really sad as well. It seems obvious they weren’t rigging anything since he kept losing so much money.

@Jabinmyarm 2 месяца назад

I’ll bet that MLB will try to cover this story up to protect Ohtani. Because he is a gold mine for MLB.

@Issey_B_Devo 2 месяца назад

They have no other choice

@zaneplatt3533 2 месяца назад

He also did nothing illegal...

@GreenHornet1962 2 месяца назад

@@zaneplatt3533Innocent until proven guilty but we need to see all of the facts to come out to be sure.

@michaelsheehy4573 2 месяца назад

@@zaneplatt3533knowingly giving money to cover illegal sports bets is definitely a crime or at least against MLB code of conduct. And that’s what the story was originally. Let’s just pray he somehow had no idea what was going on with his money

@erikbrewer4336 2 месяца назад

@@zaneplatt3533it’s not being illegal but it could cloud the image the Dodgers are to sell!! Remember Jordan?

@Venom1two3 2 месяца назад

Either Ohtani is really dumb or……

@smcdonough1427 2 месяца назад

I really hope Ohtani comes out clean on this one. I'll be so upset if he was part of the wrongdoing or this hurts him in any way

@Landis_Grant 2 месяца назад

The bottom line: Either Othani or his interpreter dealt with an “illegal” bookie.

@blakkat4126 2 месяца назад

If Ohtani made bets and/or bet on baseball. He would have to be banned for life from MLB. How does a interpreter/assistant earn $4.5 million to place bets with. Very strange, how the narrative from Ohtani's camp keeps changing.

@Paggi10no 2 месяца назад

He didn't earn 4.5 mill, that was the debt he incurred with the bookie

@blakkat4126 2 месяца назад

@@Paggi10no I should've said, "obtain." Apparently, the interpreter's salary was $300K.

@Boombayadda 2 месяца назад

Pete Rose should be exonerated and also learn Japanese.

@JumboJuneau 2 месяца назад

You know it’s well documented that Kobe lent Lamar Odom million+ to pay off his gambling debt. Is lending a close friend money that wrong?

@taze27 2 месяца назад

Depends on the laws back then. It's illegal to gamble in "sports" in the state of California. Especially, if you gamble in the sport you play in professionally. I personally think Ohtani is in some kind of trouble. But to be honest, it's ridiculous that sports betting is illegal. There's far worse things that the elites get away with.

@worldview730 2 месяца назад

Ohtani's wife: fix this now we just got married & I need your money more than your gambler friend.

@andrewwang2627 2 месяца назад

Bro called him “Ippy”

@travisp5747 2 месяца назад

Uh oh. Something stinks here

@thomaswaynemusic5110 2 месяца назад

This is gonna be responsible for so many great books and country songs. What a story

@breweryexplorers6945 2 месяца назад

How did Ohtani not notice all this money getting taken out? 1 mil in 2 months? Also, does Ohtani not have someone that handles his finances? Most rich people do.

@steelhammer103 2 месяца назад

The timing of this story is wild because they were both on National TV less than 24hrs ago. Also MLB has to be shitting the bed with a story like this about their biggest star.

@kcwohl 2 месяца назад

There’s also no other regular season games on other than the Dodgers Padres Korea series so no way to distract or bury the narrative from this major story. MLB and Dodgers on red alert as this unfolds

@carlosalbertogonzalezgayta6510 2 месяца назад

No way 4,5 million wire transfer without some kind of eye laser verification

@edward26ification 2 месяца назад

Well done content here man

@thegreenergrass66 2 месяца назад

Jimmy, my guy. The name is pronounced eep-pay. 🤣

@lesliejacoby9137 2 месяца назад

This doesn't look could for Ohtani because after reading the statements on all sides it is most simply one of two things: 1.Ohtani gave money to cover his interpreter debts (but is still in trouble as he can't be associated with betting) or 2. Ohtani gave away money to cover the interpreter debts which he knew was illegal betting due to California's laws. If number 2 is true the question is did he know before his interpreter came to him saying he was in debt or after. Either way a bad situation. This mainly is all proven because Ohtani directly wired money to an associate of this illegal bet placer.