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0:00 Intro
3:00 Shohei & Ippei Situation is Fascinating
29:15 Mets Signed JD Martinez
33:45 Why Didn't JD Martinez Take More from the SF Giants
38:00 Michael Lorenzen to the Texas Rangers & Jordan Montgomery's Market
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@TalkinBaseball Месяц назад

Jake instantly reacted after Ohtani spoke to the media Monday: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mHZ6rJybReM.html

@Canesnumerouno Месяц назад

With the Draft Kings mics lol

@dylanfoote3029 Месяц назад

Not ironic at all. If you can’t see a difference between a podcaster and a person playing in the games you’re not bright

@airsicklowlander7756 Месяц назад

Didn’t Ippei say that his sports gambling addiction started with Draft Kings?

@TheRealSandorClegane Месяц назад

@@dylanfoote3029people are so dumb lol “oh look! Its da same thing as the thing they’re talking bout errrrrrrrr”

@poppingdolphins278 Месяц назад

Absolutely 😂

@limuemu5307 Месяц назад

How dumb are you

@jeffreymerlino4613 Месяц назад

How the hell can you lie about working for the Yankees and Red Sox as a translator and the Angels don't even verify that? That part of the story is blowing my mind. Edit: I'm not saying they shouldn't have hired him or anything like that but how do you have that in his bio on the team website 😂😂

@jonathanclose4788 Месяц назад

Ippei came over from Japan w/ Shohei. So I think it was one of those situations where the start says, "This is my guy" and then the team said, "OK."

@imightbebiased9311 Месяц назад

I mean, I've seen worse. Doctors getting caught lying about having Masters degree or chefs lying about working for the White House. All suuuuper easy to check. But, people project confidence, and it covers up a lot.

@frankflores1917 Месяц назад

It’s the Angels. They’re barely above a AAA team.

@6thwilbury2331 Месяц назад

On the other hand, if an Asian guy is gonna lie about going to a college, picking a UC school was a good choice. Very much a "story checks out" thing.

@HamMaker-mh7bu Месяц назад

You can lie on your resume in real life too, they won’t check.

@jsos9434 Месяц назад

I’m 100% sure Ohtani is innocent. I’d be you anything, say $4.5 mil and an interpreter to be named later.

@kylemccarty4939 Месяц назад

You guys keep presenting just two options, that it was Ippei stealing or Shohei gambling. I think option3 is the most likely, Ippei gambled, but Shohei covered for him, not knowing that in and of itself was illegal. And that's why the lawyers are stepping in. That's not as clickbaity of a theory though.

@Shiguera619 Месяц назад

That’s what I’m thinking as well. And the “theft” part is more so that Shohei didn’t know it was for gambling so he feels like the money was stolen from him.

@markyr417 Месяц назад

Don't you think Manfred's people might have mentioned to his (Ohtani 's) attorneys that sending money to an illegal book is also against the rules. That makes more sense than anything. The attorneys had to scramble to cover for Ohtani......

@RyanDavidGinsberg Месяц назад

Exactly.

@jeff_leppard97 Месяц назад

@@markyr417well thats where con artists come into play

@assuck4 Месяц назад

I think this is it he covered for him . The theft part could be that ippei did ask for the money but lied what it was about . I could see that being the real story as well

@bobbleheadbob Месяц назад

Jake doesn’t realize, illegal bookmaker could use that info against Ohtani and have him fix prop bets or influence outcome of a game. That’s why it’s against the MLB rules to use an illegal bookmaker even if you’re not betting on baseball.

@ayydubs987 Месяц назад

which is still so hard to believe because ohtani is richer than rich. why would he feel threatened when he could pay off all those debts in an instant and not miss it???? that’s pocket change for him.

@cmills1234 Месяц назад

Ohtani understands basic English, but nothing too deep. Lucas Giolito said to Chris Rose that Ippei would translate more in-depth conversations between the players to Ohtani.

@globetrekkerfromCA Месяц назад

Yeah, as someone who grew up in a bilingual household, I understood almost everything my parents/relatives would say when they gossiped etc but when they'd watch Korean news, I understood almost nothing. This is why I hate it when people criticize players from abroad for using translators in press conferences. Even native English speakers get stuff taken out of context all the time. I would NOT feel comfortable not using a translator if I weren't a native English speaker.

@ayydubs987 Месяц назад

@@globetrekkerfromCAexactly

@Jay-np3hx Месяц назад

I have worked in accounting and finance for decades and it was shocking to see how easily employees and associates stole from wealthy people or businesses. I have seen fraudulent wire transfers, fabricated checks, forged checks, etc. With that said, all these angles seem very plausible. Also, it is impossible to cover this up at this point bc you have various LE agencies involved, a financial trail, and the actual bookie's identity. You're also going to have a hoard of investigative journalists digging ... the truth will come out.

@jasongiannaros4091 Месяц назад

Right, and Ippei would have to be there for all contract/bank negotiations, so he likely would have access to Ohtani's signature etc

@TheTEN24 Месяц назад

This is correct

@katiemims7848 Месяц назад

I agree. It happens in the nonprofit sector constantly. You hope there’s someone paying attention but there isn’t always.

@Hahakdnd Месяц назад

You keep mentioning about Ohtani making excuse of not knowing English. Thats a narrow way of viewing. Ohtani for sure knows english. Its about information control. Interpretor/Secretary can control what info gets to the boss. Thats where lots of potential lies happening is possible.

@roooosieful Месяц назад

One comment about the IG Wife announcement, it’s actually very common for famous Japanese people to announce marriages that way. It’s often a sudden text post with an apology lol, very Japanese. if the other person is not a public figure they may never even be named by the mainstream media.

@mikayocc Месяц назад

The Japanese media are also terrifyingly intrusive; they would 've hunted down his wife's family, co-workers, college friends, etc. Shohei, basically being the most famous person in Japan, wanted to protect her identity before he married her. If you lived in a culture where your wife/her family/her friends were in danger or being harassed, wouldn't you do all you could to protect her??

@Gamez6444 Месяц назад

I don't know about anything else, but it is extremely understandable that Ohtani can speak conversational/baseball english and not understand the detailed nuance of Ippei/Friedman explaining Ohtani paid the bookie himself. It might not even be true, but it is very believable.

@HamMaker-mh7bu Месяц назад

Shohei announcing his sweet 16 picks today

@jimmyk4445 Месяц назад

It feels like one massive thing that people are not factoring in here is just how insane addiction can be. Like it can turn you into an actually insane person. The turnaround between the 90-minute interview and the next day "that was all lies and now I'm ready to face all consequences" thing seems crazy, but also completely in line with how an addict thinks and operates. The old adage is "an addict will steal your wallet and then help you look for it." When an addict gets caught, they only tell the minimum level of truth they think they need to and surround it with lies, trying to save as much face as possible.

@ayydubs987 Месяц назад

exactly this. it’s a real disease and affects people in so many ways. especially those closest to the addict.

@nesperado0790 Месяц назад

Im just surprised no one has comment on shohei's reputation as someone who DOES NOT care about money. All the past talk about him sending almost all his money back home, and living on quite a merger allowance, especially for a superstar. Yeah, he signed the biggest contract ever, but he is on record saying something to the effect of, I wish I could just defer every dollar. He's effectively playing for 1 mil a year and retiring on 70 mil a year for 10 years

@NutRacer22 Месяц назад

Doesn’t that just support the idea that he’d be willing to help Ippei pay off his debts without asking too many questions

@DeepfriedBeans4492 Месяц назад

That’s why I’m willing to go out on such a limb, beyond just being a dodgers fan. There is real reason to think ohtani is an honest hardworking person that wouldn’t get caught up in this kind of thing. Ippei? Not so much, he’s much more of an unknown quantity. I think it’s quite likely that he lied/manipulated his way into the interpreter role by making up working with the Red Sox for example, and he leveraged that position as an interpreter into becoming much more than just that over time. This could just be a web of lies finally crashing down. It doesn’t even have to be the most malicious planned out thing in the world, just someone wanting to be close to power and then trying to use that to his benefit to fund his gambling addiction. But it’s not that he necessarily planned from the beginning to steal millions from ohtani.

@jonathancracolici536 Месяц назад

@@NutRacer22 yes, but if he wasn't aware that the bookie was not licensed then did he do anything "wrong"? Obviously they would say that its stolen because ignorance isnt a legal defense, but it is a moral defense.

@doubledown8229 Месяц назад

It doesn't make sense for a millionaire like Ohtani to make bets on house credit. That's like a millionaire taking out a car loan to buy a Honda Civic. It just doesn't make any sense.

@cursedandthird Месяц назад

Straight up, IF sho was a gambler, you know that boy would have cash 💵

@philricke8372 Месяц назад

Gambling is an addiction, just like drinking and drugs. Being a millionaire with any kind of addiction will just amplify the issue. The dots I'm having trouble connecting is how a bookie would allow a $300k salary man to accumulate $4.5 million in debts?

@philricke8372 Месяц назад

@rumalo Месяц назад

because he bet when he was on the road, and not in southern california where he can send the translator with cash i guess lol!!!

@hustlecrowe9440 Месяц назад

really rich people gamble on house credit all the time - its literally how Vegas casinos or small poker/card places work

@cursedandthird Месяц назад

Im not saying that it is, but there are COUNTLESS stories of managers, friends, family, ect. stealing so much from someone who became successful and trusted them. Maybe i dont want to believe Sho had anything to do with it, but i also just dont believe it.

@legendsofthegame394 Месяц назад

Yeah, I don’t see why it’s that hard to believe that Shohei got burned by a friend. I feel like most people have endured some type of betrayal by someone close to them, it’s just that most of us aren’t billion dollar baseball superstars. Obviously we don’t know the truth, but it seems weird to me that people are so skeptical that Ippei stealing/deceiving Ohtani is even in the realm of possibility.

@cursedandthird Месяц назад

@@legendsofthegame394 yo, deadass friend.

@Jack-jx6ln Месяц назад

@@legendsofthegame394what's skeptical is that Ohtanis team knew about it but didn't inform Ohtani.

@legendsofthegame394 Месяц назад

@@Jack-jx6ln All communication went through Ippei for a long time. Maybe they thought they did inform Ohtani but Ippei lied. Maybe his team is really just that incompetent. Obviously the situation is crazy, but we’ll find out the truth. I just don’t like that people being confused by an incomplete story somehow must mean he’s guilty.

@Big-bf9xx Месяц назад

You guys have covered this whole situation like shit and I’m a marlins fan lol

@mikayocc Месяц назад

For being one of the top podcasts, the coverage and takes have been so ignorant and out of touch. I'm actually kind of embarrassed for them - especially Jomboy. They just seem so clueless. Why don't you guys bring on a Japanese reporter or someone who knows more about the culture if you want to expose your audience to what is actually going on??

@JBell017 Месяц назад

In Japanese culture saying, "Normal Japanese woman" isn't offensive

@mikayocc Месяц назад

Exactly, "normal" means "non-celebrity" in Japanese media, and there are rules as to what Japanese media can expose. For example if the wife was a public figure (celebrity/current athlete), they can freely publish her face. If Shohei didn't expose her identity , they would have to blur her face in public. Shohei chose to release her identity because the Japanese media was going insane and basically putting a bounty on her photograph.

@tylerbrenard9584 Месяц назад

Thank you guys for talking about this tough topic. A lot of people I think are nervous in US baseball media to discuss. Appreciate you guys bringing your thoughts to us. Especially given the lack of additional details on this currently murky topic.

@JuanMa9792 Месяц назад

Bro, took like 10 mins for Jake to understand why Ohtani's name on the transfers is a big deal.

@brad1356 Месяц назад

I was thinking the same thing, almost seemed like he still didn’t understand that lmao!

@alr1129 Месяц назад

Jake not understanding something? Big shocker

@michaelcorcoran8768 Месяц назад

Honestly, it's pretty wild to me that that wasn't the headline to this story when it broke. Instead, everyone focused on the firing of the interpreter, but that was far less newsworthy to me than the fact that his name was on the transfer. Secondarily, the most interesting part was the interpreter changing his story.

@GordonFalt Месяц назад

Yeah that was wild! I was beginning to think I was dumb or something. Or that he was dumb. “I’ve seen it in Hard Ball…” best quote ever

@AB-bi4nw Месяц назад

Because who gives a shit

@EdwinHernandez-nm4uq Месяц назад

The amount of speculation on fucking Shohei laughing on a damn Tuesday is fucking insane. What are we doing here?!

@emilycohan Месяц назад

I’m surprised Jake doesn’t think it’s a big deal that it’s an illegal bookie vs a legit gambling establishment. Illegal bookies tend to really crappy things like get players to throw games to pay off their debts whereas casinos are not known for doing that. So it’s a big reason for concern and why especially it’s prohibited within the league.

@kend1964 Месяц назад

Because his name is on a bank wire doesn't mean Ohtani sent the wire. The bookie said he never dealt with Ohtani, no contact at all.

@Eaglesfan220 Месяц назад

This happened months ago and was out. He had to know before they were joking and laughing together in the dugout before Game 1 in Korea a few days ago. Doesnt look like how 2 would interact if 4.5 mil was stolen.

@LogiMack Месяц назад

You're either a dodgers fan or an ohtani fanboy

@bobbleheadbob Месяц назад

Correct it doesn’t mean he sent the wire, but that’s the less likely assumption. Ohtani helping his friend seems more likely than his friend managing his bank account without supervision while stealing 4.5 million….

@kend1964 Месяц назад

. @bobbleheadbob Disagree. I don't think he'd risk his careert getting involved with gambling problems

@davelandsman4768 Месяц назад

Not true. Reports are coming out the bookie was telling people that Ohtani is a client.

@dabigboss32 Месяц назад

Great episode!

@metaljuan Месяц назад

Segment brought you by DraftKings

@lespike Месяц назад

The craziest part of this whole video imo

@RapturePlasmids Месяц назад

its sad lol

@keyshawn193 Месяц назад

You guys should get an agent on the show sometime to talk about the nuances of current mlb contracts. What’s allowed, what’s not, what options are brought to the table. Would be a fun listen!

@CruzChairez Месяц назад

Yankees fan, big Jomboy Media fan, but you guys have covered this like shit. Half way through the discussion, right where Jake said Shohei gambling himself was option number one, I pressed like just to support the channel and stopped listening until you talked about something else. People seem to think Shohei manages his finances the same way we do, checking his bank app everytime he pays at the gas station to not overdraft his account. The guy is a fucking entity, you think Rob from Bank of America has a direct line to Shohei's phone to confirm his recurring netflix payment? No. You know who he may call to confirm something? His secretary/personal assistant. Because I know it may be hard to believe but Ippei's job was not just to help him with mound visits, scouting reports and interviews. His job is to digest information for Ohtani and give it to him. It's not so hard to believe he could divert funds from one of Shohei's possible many accounts where he keeps his investments and has constant traffic in and out. And even if there was anybody questioning it, if we believe the fact the he was the last part of the bottleneck for anything going to Shohei, he could easily just say "yeah, he authorizes it" and that was it. An addict will steal your wallet and help you look for it two minutes later. If you still believe Shohei placing illegal bets is option number one, that's just because it's what you want to believe, because everything surrounding all of this points toward every other direction.

@thedarkcranberry Месяц назад

The best part of this whole thing is Dodger fans online squirming, trying to deflect, and pretending like Shohei can't even speak English. LOL

@ayydubs987 Месяц назад

there’s a difference between speaking a language conversationally and the level he would need to understand what’s happening here. what do YOU not understand about that…?

@Dabull81 Месяц назад

Love the episode

@aCozyManatee Месяц назад

“Trevor’s Flushings” 😂

@TheMrSwampert Месяц назад

“You know what isn’t a gamble? Getting seats with our next sponsor Seat Geek!”

@GallopingGhost-ms6ts Месяц назад

Seat geek isn't gambling organization lol

@JustOneAsbesto Месяц назад

Last Jays spring training game against the Pirates. Their announcer just called IKF "Kiner-Falafel".

@finalsecretofchrono1339 Месяц назад

Remember Jomboy's coverage of the Aaron Judge Goldilocks ball controversy? Yeah, I don't either.

@Big-bf9xx Месяц назад

For a baseball company, Jimmy’s bias fucks any credibility

@PoliticsReal Месяц назад

@@Big-bf9xxYep

@chrisws1878 Месяц назад

Because it was a non-story

@finalsecretofchrono1339 Месяц назад

@@chrisws1878 It was a non-story for those who would have contracts/bottom lines or their inner child affected by acknowledging it.

@nateblack3687 Месяц назад

So Ohtani only realized 4.5 million was missing after it makes the news 😂😂😂😅😅😅😅

@ctmetsfanmike9262 Месяц назад

Gambling is ruining sports.

@nickmorris6839 Месяц назад

Guards home opener will be right after the eclipse. We're in the line of sight so as long as it's not too cloudy, it'll probably be pretty nuts. Home Opener is always nuts, but they're expecting something like 2 million people to come to the Greater Cleveland area.

@Chinchuchwei_sr Месяц назад

Why is trev always gone for dodger slander lol

@CadChamberlain Месяц назад

Surely the comments will understand the difference between a player employed by the MLB betting on MLB games is different than 2 guys with a podcast.

@cursedandthird Месяц назад

Surely.

@omalleycaboose5937 Месяц назад

Surely commenters understand that the problem isn't a moral stance against gambling but rather the conflict of interest that comes from gambling in a game you play in

@bobbleheadbob Месяц назад

Surely people will understand that there’s a reason MLB makes it against the rules to use an illegal bookmaker, despite allowing players to gamble legally.

@jordanwhatley8312 Месяц назад

When is the braves preview?

@Jack-jx6ln Месяц назад

Ippei doing a full 90 minute then back tracking everything is just so fishy. Especially considering Ohtanis team set up the interview which they later admonished

@legendsofthegame394 Месяц назад

It seems like his spokespeople and agent were still relying on Ippei for communication throughout the process. Either way, his legal team was clearly not consulted despite connections to criminal activity, which makes me think that the person who set up the interview was just completely incompetent.

@leonjames22 Месяц назад

My comment on Ippeis hair. He looks like the long lost son of Yoko Ono and John Lennon with that beetles ass looking hair😂

@shaindaman13 Месяц назад

In the dugout Shohei did not know yet. When he found out on the bus back to the hotel THEN you bet your ass he started to question what the hell was going on.

@JCGuzman93 Месяц назад

Bro did Jake have too many Kushy Dreams before this ep lol

@danlowe Месяц назад

Everyone who ever played baseball in high school up north would have played many 40 degree games

@benzuckerphotos Месяц назад

Shohei is supposed to address the media today and hopefully can add some clarity from his perspective.

@johnthomas-pw2lm Месяц назад

This Jake doesn't seem to understand how violating federal gaming laws could be blackmail?

@PNW_STEFF Месяц назад

This is nutty

@jameslee3764 Месяц назад

Was Jake’s brain broken this episode? I don’t know what point he was arguing with Jimmy in the beginning lol

@BirdsOnTheBat2 Месяц назад

Too many kushies haha jk. Probably a case of the Mondays

@Reaperherpderp Месяц назад

He is saying it makes no sense that he would use an illegal bookie when he could simply use a legal one thats close by

@waxknucklebearingjuice5592 Месяц назад

I think that's what excited him about these bets...

@alr1129 Месяц назад

It’s Jake bro, what do you expect?

@androckon Месяц назад

@@Reaperherpderp there are no legal bookies in California. Every bookie would be an illegal bookie.

@wokeupmens Месяц назад

Was a great statement. Let's play ball!

@vladtheimpaler7375 Месяц назад

My theory is that Shohei is actually a cyborg created by the Japanese government to funnel US dollars back to Japan.

@emcee6915 Месяц назад

As well as hit homers. Japanese engineering at its finest

@SSJRadioBluth Месяц назад

#Android 17

@kithsnitchler1199 Месяц назад

Gay cyborg to be exact

@jasonbritt2497 Месяц назад

Japanese version of valmorphication from Team America world police….

@danwong2191 Месяц назад

Japan and China own the majority of American debt so that is a solid premise.

Месяц назад

guys, speaking as a half japanese person (my mother is a japanese national), i can totally see shohei having been grossly naive. it's hard to fathom, but believe it or not, most japanese people are culturally still SO honor bound that they do not see or expects the levels of deceit that we Americans see every day. they might expect it from a non-japanese person, but it's entirely possible they would take a japanese person's words at face value. japanese are a very literal people in many respects. for example, sarcasm often goes over a japanese person's head. younger japanese generations are generally better about this as theyre more attuned to western culture. not to say that japanese people are all 100% honest (though i will point out the astonishingly low crime rates in japan, generally, aside from those attributed to yakuza activity) but deceit means dishonor. honor suicide is still a very real thing in japan. that is how culturally honor bound japanese generally are. I of course admit my own bias because ohtani sama is a national and cultural icon but given the clouds surrounding ippei in the fallout of the gambling scandal (to wit, the truths about his fabricated resume at a minimum) i firmly believe that shohei did not know the full extent of what was happening. is he 100% absolved? no. as a japanese-american, i will be more than disappointed if i turn out to be wrong and/or shohei is kicked out of baseball. It will kill the sport.

@legendsofthegame394 Месяц назад

@This is such a great point. I think most people are trying to place themselves in Shohei’s situation, but it’s impossible to accurately do so when you’re from a completely different culture and background than he is. Just because we would do things a certain way doesn’t mean that others would.

@mikayocc Месяц назад

This is what all these guys are lacking. The knowledge of cultural background, nuance, and perspective to understand what happened. They just sound like clueless and ignorant Westerns talking nonsense.

@psilocybinbeard Месяц назад

I dont think I will fully understand all parts of this story until I read the wikipedia article next offseason...

@AlexSoutheyMusic Месяц назад

Snoop fired that blunt roller.

@joshmack Месяц назад

Jomboy realizes he’s part of the problem lol

@kapla2004 Месяц назад

How do you not notice $4.5MM coming out of your account? Both Shohei and his financial people just missed $4.5MM going to a random dude in California? Either Shohei and team are lying or he has the worst financial managers of all time.

@battle4truth701 Месяц назад

I thought his mom did all his finances?? Or was that just in Japan?? Tbf, until this story dropped I thought Ohtani just kinda lived in the locker room. How would he have time to get in trouble 😳.

@BirdsOnTheBat2 Месяц назад

@battle4truth701 if that's true fire the Mom 😂

@Gamez6444 Месяц назад

It's easy if Ippei lied in some form about where/what the money was for. It's easy to believe Shohei was willing to cover Ippei, hence the multiple $500k transfers. If Ippei lied, it could still be theft via deception.

@legendsofthegame394 Месяц назад

This type of thing happens all the time. Don’t think about it from your position. To a normal person 4.5 million is an ungodly amount of money. Shohei is rich beyond most people’s dreams, 4.5 million to him is not the same as it is to us.

@galap0g0sisland Месяц назад

Strange that Trevor is staying out of all these discussions about this situation 🧐

@terb44 Месяц назад

The problem with the loan / theft argument is that the money didn't go to Ippei's account as a loan would, it went directly to the bookie.

@legendsofthegame394 Месяц назад

I would say it would be even more strange if Shohei went through all this trouble to gamble through Ippei, just to make the payments directly from an account with his name on it. Ohtani has never managed his own finances, it wouldn’t be that surprising if Ippei tricked him into believing the money was going to him when it wasn’t. Or Ippei actually did somehow wire the funds without authorization from Shohei and just lied to ESPN to cover his ass from prison time.

@terb44 Месяц назад

@@legendsofthegame394 Occam's razor says it's probably the first story of Ohtani covering his friends debt, but is now taking the fall.

@legendsofthegame394 Месяц назад

@@terb44 I agree, just saying that it’s also possible that he was deceived. Regardless I doubt Shohei will get in trouble if the OG story is true. It is illegal but I think intent matters.

@realbkrick Месяц назад

A media company claims a love for baseball and growing the game but makes a video without hearing Ohtani’s side of the story and pushes out conspiracy theories for engagement.. with a draft kings sponsorship 🤦🏻

@snowyfragrant6029 Месяц назад

Baseball really is the best reality tv😂

@raymondshafer4669 Месяц назад

Out on the hair, draft king mikes is dope .

@asdfaeou Месяц назад

The problem with Ohtani's Camp's sell is that it doesn't work in EITHER direction: 1. You're selling that Ohtani was just utterly oblivious and shuttered off from everything by a single man, after spending years painting him as a super savvy human who has made the correct call at every avenue or... 2. You're painting Ippei as this monster con man who wasn't smart enough to cover his tracks of DIRECTLY TRANSFERRING 4.5M to a bookie from Shohei's account. BOTH stories from his camp are contradictory within the story itself!!!

@chrisnixon151 Месяц назад

I speak Japanese and went over some interviews where Ippei was being a translator and he deff spoke Japanese and English

@reddrhino63 Месяц назад

Someone else said this is giving Manti Te’o vibes. 😂🤔😂

@user-xn8in8pq7k Месяц назад

Good batting, strengthen defense

@channelname5345 Месяц назад

Always bet on yourself 😤🙏💪🙏

@Reaperherpderp Месяц назад

Its amazing how all these places SUDDENLY say he didnt go to school there or didnt work there, but before all this they never said shit

@dcsoda1 Месяц назад

It’s not sudden. It’s extremely easy to believe no one relevant at those places looked at the Angels personnel website.

@imbalz1582 Месяц назад

Where did Jimmy find Ippei's text history with the bookie?

@ayydubs987 Месяц назад

i don’t think there’s a text history with the bookie. what you’re referring to, i’m assuming, is the text exchange between the ESPN reporter tisha thompson and ippei, which is in her article.

@bigpictureguys8415 Месяц назад

10:15 did Jake’s brain malfunction there? 😆

@JevonSwallow Месяц назад

Ippei might be the real life Mitch Connor

@PJ-is3io Месяц назад

Jarred cosart got caught gambling with an illegal bookie in 2015 and only got a fine from MLB

@jtk534 Месяц назад

this story is a complete 180 from ohtani’s super secret free agency. everyone thought this guy has everything about his life under lock and key.

@jeffjames_elheff Месяц назад

100% ok for Jimmy and Jake to be talking about this, but hooboy, the trolls are alive on this issue. Just a reminder of the internet bein' the internet. The literal truth will come out. Patience my friends! No need to fuel the conspiracy bonfire. What a weird story, but hey, that's life, right? The truth is often a weird mess.

@yoyoyogilbey6240 Месяц назад

His hair is definitely 2010ish which allows me to believe he completely fooled Ohtani. Also Ippe is probably from Irvine.

@TatisRingwormCreme Месяц назад

@3:00 this section is sponsored by Draft Kings

@macweilman535 Месяц назад

I worked for MLB game day staff and our players left their March Madness and Fantasy Football stuff on the whiteboard for everyone to see. Nobody cared

@scottwillard709 Месяц назад

I would have liked to have JD Martinez in the Giants lineup, but don't blame him one bit for wanting to play in a park where he projects better stats. Better than hearing he doesn't like the front office or wouldn't want to live here!

@CCtheRapperman Месяц назад

Why is Jomboy surprised that an illegal gambling ring would allow someone to rack up immense debt?

@cmills1234 Месяц назад

His wife announcement is more of a cultural thing to do it that way. Shohei is #1 famous celebrity in Japan like the late Princess Diana was in the UK and the media have followed him since his high school years. He's appeared on many variety shows in Japan as a guest. His wife boarded the plane with him and his Dodgers' teammates and their wives so her photo was going to get out there. He's aware that he needs to do more public appearances with the Dodgers.

@GroolDog666 Месяц назад

Out on Ippei’s hair. Looks like a hockey helmet made from natural materials.

@LAsMostwanted Месяц назад

Jake was pissing me off at first his “WHYS”

@GordonFalt Месяц назад

I’ve seen it in Hard Ball

@bigpictureguys8415 Месяц назад

Lol

@Bren_Farrell Месяц назад

MLB The Show '21 legend David Fletcher

@joshuapatrick682 Месяц назад

Ipe was given a 4.5 million line of credit with a bookie? A guy who probably makes around 150-200k a year? Maybe that guestimate is low but still…

@justinchin3366 Месяц назад

Jake the reason why you would use an illegal bookie is so you don’t have to pay taxes on your winnings!

@TheTEN24 Месяц назад

Yea this story is wild. A lot of it feels like bs and I know his presser today won’t give any clarification whatsoever

@alr1129 Месяц назад

Swindlers are just so good at swindling, from an outside perspective it seems unbelievable, but it’s true. Also, I’m ignorant in this but - wouldn’t illegal booking not care about a betting limit like legal betting companies do?

@j66gv Месяц назад

They’d certainly care about a betting limit. They want to get paid. They don’t just issue millions of dollars of credit to people that can’t back it up. Often the consequences are worse with getting into debt with a illegal bookie.

@mrno_ Месяц назад

I honestly think Shohei knows where the lost city of Atlantis is

@raptormoments Месяц назад

ippei doesnt speak a word of japanese, ohtani just rly liked his vibe

@jsanes Месяц назад

wonder if jomboy and jake would be this intrigued or open more to the idea that Ohtani is sketchy if he was a yankee?

@jtwstudios2780 Месяц назад

They have covered every yankees controversy pretty thoroughly on talkin yanks… so yes lol. In this video Jake talks about Fletcher telling Ippei about the Bookie and says damn the yanks were interested in him lol…

@jsanes Месяц назад

@@jtwstudios2780 ok gotcha!! they and we obviously don’t know all the details and a lot of its pure interpretation, I just dont really agree on their view of it. thanks for clearing it up for me tho!

@suika197 Месяц назад

This is the answer. Power of Attorney(POA)　or check writing privileges 。 Ohtani is completely innocent。 DANIEL KIM said, When I worked as an interpreter, I had to assist the players on just about every aspect of their daily lives. These include: opening bank accounts, taking them to DMV to get licenses, and setting up utilities. I also carried their check books on the road for clubhouse dues.

@bigpictureguys8415 Месяц назад

People are saying “an addict would lie about anything exc exc” and I get that but going public saying Ohtani covered his debts wasn’t going to protect him from anything. So why say Ohtani knew? What does he gain from that? And he had to know if he had actually stolen from him that Ohtani would refute it.

@alyw1988 Месяц назад

The reason you would place these bets with an illegal bookie instead of a legal sports book is to keep them hidden, since MLB players can legally bet an unlimited amount of money on any sport that exists except baseball, this tells me that either the interpreter, Ohtani or both were betting on baseball

@battle4truth701 Месяц назад

Until service fees are reigned in on ticket sites then I could care less about this

@thedeviator5410 Месяц назад

In on Ippei’s hair, he got that emo boy look

@jessl1014 Месяц назад

There are a lot of lessons in all this. One might be that it was always unfair of us to see Shohei as some sort of saint. Of course this could be an example of him bailing Ippei out. But if it isn't this, then shohei probably has some other unsavory thing that would change our opinion of him. We all do. The man is exceptional at baseball. He seems like a good dude. But now that we're made to question aspects of his life it was always unrealistic to think of him as perfect

@legendsofthegame394 Месяц назад

Regardless of the outcome of this situation, I will be forever amazed at the incompetence of Shohei’s PR team. You set up an admitted problem gambler who is part of a federal investigation for an interview with ESPN without consulting Shohei’s legal team? You rely on communication through Ippei throughout the whole process? Absolutely insane.

@HKim0072 Месяц назад

We don't know how people are behind closed doors, but would be a shocker if the dude that has never cared about money was a closet addicted gambling fiend.

@jasonbritt2497 Месяц назад

I mean the exact day he pitched against the Braves in Atlanta last season, didn’t have a very good outing and went 0-3 a million dollar bet was made in his home town on that very game

@legendsofthegame394 Месяц назад

@@jasonbritt2497what’s the source on this? I saw this on a thread on Twitter from a nameless account who had 40 followers and 0 reporting history. I highly doubt it’s credible.

@everetttauscher8377 Месяц назад

Ippei ay!

@jzepf Месяц назад

I’m out on the hair

@davelandsman4768 Месяц назад

And there were NINE payments of $500K to this bookie. NINE! Sorry but it's almost impossible to believe Ohtani had no knowledge of this or that it wasn't his bets.

@mikayocc Месяц назад

Wait, so he went through the trouble of having Ippei place all the bets for him, talk to Bowyer, keep a line of communication with him but trying to keep everything a secret, but was stupid enough to directly send money to the bookie? Come on, use your critical thinking skills, man. It doesn't make sense.

@davelandsman4768 Месяц назад

@@mikayocc No, clueless. They were Ohtani's bets! It's just Ohtani betting and blaming it on the interpreter! Wake up!

@mikayocc Месяц назад

@@davelandsman4768 Haha, I'm awake. I've been following Shohei since he was 19 in Japan. There's just no way he'd do this. He has so much respect for the game, and his parents are humble and good people. I'll use my critical thinking skills to trust that Shohei would not risk it all just to gamble. He hasn't shown in his past behavior that he could do anything like this, so I trust that he hasn't.

@davelandsman4768 Месяц назад

@mikayocc We'll see. I just do not believe a guy (Ippei) making $100K per year would be given credit to amass $4.5M in gambling debt. It just doesn't work that way. With that income he would have been cut off at losses of around $20K. Also, I'm not buying that Ippei would have had unfettered access to Ohtani's bank accounts AND that the bank wouldn't have sent an inquiry to Ohtani after NINE $500K wire transfers for a total of $4.5M. Not buying it, and neither is most of the public

@mikayocc Месяц назад

@@davelandsman4768 I can understand where you're coming from, and how people would think something fishy is going on. Maybe because I have immigrant Japanese parents I have to translate for for everything from personal medical records (a dr once asked me to ask my Dad if he has erections?) to bank transfers to very highly sensitive info, I can understand how Shohei coming over here at 23 and not knowing a lick of English or having family, his parents, or friends, entrusted Ippei to basically run his life. I was also thinking if the bank contacted Shohei to confirm and ask him questions, it was most likely Ippei who took the call to interpret, the way I would for my parents. It's hard to believe, but if you come from a perspective where you can see it as a possibility because of a language barrier, it's easier to understand/process. I just hope fans give Shohei a fair chance as the police/FBI investigate. Because if he's lying, it will ALL come out.