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R.D. Mangles posted:Hi this is Shohei Ohtani, the guy who very famously doesn't speak English. I have two exciting pieces of information for you: One, I speak perfect English now. Two i have some enormous financial transactions I mean, there are reports out there that Ohtani does have a solid grasp on the Enlish language. He just used Ippei to gently caress with the media. And to not talk to anyone else as well, I guess
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Sydin posted:SI fired almost all of their writing staff and are just churning out AI slop these days, they are absolutely not a reputable source. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Add it to Pyrex and Instapot for companies that are poo poo now thanks to LBOs and whatnot.
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Take the mask off Ippei and it's actually Bugs Meany
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R.D. Mangles posted:if it's ok with everyone I am going to keep making jokes about shojei being an obsessive gambling degenerate when I can think of one I think is funny.  Also can banging and Ryan Braun blaming his hot piss on antisemitism
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It's easy for me to assume that Ohtani uses all his time and brainpower for baseball and would much rather pay someone he trusts to handle mundane things like paying bills.
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On April 5, MIZUHARA made a $1,000,000.00 bet on the Washington Generals with BOOKMAKER A. On April 6, he sent a text message to BOOKMAKER A that “I thought they were due”
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Luigi Thirty posted:On April 5, MIZUHARA made a $1,000,000.00 bet on the Washington Generals with BOOKMAKER A. On April 6, he sent a text message to BOOKMAKER A that “I thought they were due” lol
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Strider has a torn UCL, Max Fried's ERA is 18, and Acuña has no homers and a .632 OPS Braves are in first place
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mcmagic posted:Does Ohtani know that he's doing billionaires a huge favor with the way he structured his contract? He did himself favors too, win win
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Luigi Thirty posted:On April 5, MIZUHARA made a $1,000,000.00 bet on the Washington Generals with BOOKMAKER A. On April 6, he sent a text message to BOOKMAKER A that “I thought they were due” oh no
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Encyclopedia Brown references in TYOOL 2024 
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Luigi Thirty posted:On April 5, MIZUHARA made a $1,000,000.00 bet on the Washington Generals with BOOKMAKER A. On April 6, he sent a text message to BOOKMAKER A that “I thought they were due” lmao R.D. Mangles posted:shohei ohcani 
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:
Hmm Ohtani is cool unlike that rear end in a top hat Ryan Braun.
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Ippei Mizuhara might just be the lousiest gambler that has ever existed. Just absolutely godawful at the whole thing. And this counts the gambler who slumped over and died on the train after talking about card games with Kenny Rogers.
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Gonz posted:Ippei Mizuhara might just be the lousiest gambler that has ever existed. Just absolutely godawful at the whole thing. I mean Jordan got his dad murdered, don’t think we’re on that level yet
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On the one hand, a young sports billionaire being an idiot with money is a tale as old as time, and far simpler than multiple federal agencies playing along in a massive conspiracy to cover up his crippling gambling addiction by framing his innocent agent (who is a compulsive liar and also that's totally unrelated). On the other hand, the jokes have been good so far. Also with this revelation, Ippei is potentially safer in American federal prison than he would be returning to Japan as Baseball Judas to Shohei's Baseball Jesus. Lmao
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N: Rangers lose yet again. V: Baseball really is just 162 chances for fans to be mad, isn't it?
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It's great we're missing our entire rotation because it makes coming up with excuses so drat easym
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I didn’t watch but you dont give up…uh that many runs in one IP unless you’re tipping
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zoux posted:I didn’t watch but you dont give up…uh that many runs in one IP unless you’re tipping 
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Just even more proof (as though we needed any) that Dusty Baker was the greatest manager that ever lived
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More like CANSas
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For what it's worth, apparently the account Ippei was using to skim cash was specifically the one Ohtani used for charity.
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Captain Log posted:For what it's worth, apparently the account Ippei was using to skim cash was specifically the one Ohtani used for charity. Using rich people's definition of charity there was nothing illegal done.
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Eric the Mauve posted:Just even more proof (as though we needed any) that Dusty Baker was the greatest manager that ever lived It was all Maldy
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bawfuls posted:That was an all time postseason memory for me, will never forget how fast 56,000 people went from despair to elation in that moment I was there baby, and it was my 25th birthday, too!
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https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1778498360565014574 I have no idea anymore
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At some point, Ohtani probably told all those accountants, financial guys etc. "I don't give a poo poo about money, talk to Ippei, he''ll let me know if it's important" Mizuhara is more personal assistant than translator anyways. He's a Japanese dude in LA. He has exactly zero need to speak English at all if he actually cared to deal with stuff himself. He can find Japanese bankers, lawyers, accountants, doctors, etc. if Ippei was handling stuff for him it was because Ohtani didn't care, not because of language. The only people he has to talk to in English are the team and media.
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Honestly it's a bit telling that the bookies just assumed Ippei must clearly be making proxy bets for Ohtani. This is also presumably why they extended him so much credit. Wonder how many pro athletes are actually making bets this way, presumably with much better obfuscated financial trails.
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this is a good point: https://twitter.com/AndrewBrandt/status/1778525326660034672
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Pretty sure you don't get into specifics on those kinds of calls. It's just being used as a sort of MFA check: bank sees a large sum put through, calls you at a known good number to say "hey is this legit?" and if you say yes that's good enough for them. I think once you get into the millions they may require some in person stuff for wires to go through but it sounds like Ippei took it out in dribs and drabs of thousands/tens of thousands.
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I'm going to guess that Ippei acted as interpreter over the phone and spoke in Japanese to imitate Ohtani and then in English as himself. It's unlikely some random bank person is going to be able to tell it's the same guy speaking in Japanese/English.
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Sydin posted:Honestly it's a bit telling that the bookies just assumed Ippei must clearly be making proxy bets for Ohtani. This is also presumably why they extended him so much credit. Wonder how many pro athletes are actually making bets this way, presumably with much better obfuscated financial trails. Popete posted:I'm going to guess that Ippei acted as interpreter over the phone and spoke in Japanese to imitate Ohtani and then in English as himself. It's unlikely some random bank person is going to be able to tell it's the same guy speaking in Japanese/English.
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explosivo posted:Anyone else here playing Helldivers 2 and did a double take when the new order was on planet VERNEN WELLS? Yep
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pseudodragon posted:At some point, Ohtani probably told all those accountants, financial guys etc. "I don't give a poo poo about money, talk to Ippei, he''ll let me know if it's important" Yeah, I think this is where I'm at. The only thing Shohei is guilty of is putting more trust into a dude who didn't deserve it that was clearly warranted. Definitely agree he should fire his agent. Sydin posted:Honestly it's a bit telling that the bookies just assumed Ippei must clearly be making proxy bets for Ohtani. This is also presumably why they extended him so much credit. Wonder how many pro athletes are actually making bets this way, presumably with much better obfuscated financial trails. I mean, the amount of match-fixing (or if not match-fixing then definitely stat-fixing) that goes on in, say, mid to lower level NBA/College Basketball is an open secret to anyone with even a cursory knowledge of the sport, and given MLB's sudden interest in online betting it only stands to reason some players would want in on that.
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Popete posted:I think the only thing we can say for sure is Ohtani is a certified financial criminal who commits income tax evasion tax Dodger was right there....
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(Negligent homicide is a disgrace to the entire common law tradition. It might be as bad as felony murder) April is a tough month to start baseball in the NE
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:this is a good point:
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He isnt wrong Ohtani is a criminal and his sentence should be playing the rest of his contract out in Houston.
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