Ippei fired by Dodgers after being accused of theft by Ohtani’s attorney’s

[Blarg]

2 minutes ago, Make Angels Great Again said:

Someone should ask the Angels players again about what it's like without the Ohtani circus around.

Currently they probably are all waiting to be questioned about anything they heard regarding Ohtani and Ippei's possible involvement in gambling. The investigation is going to include the Angels. 

[Chitown27Fan]

LOL Rendon can use his 1 liner again then NO SPEAK ENGLISH lol. Then Blum wont feel singled out.

[Stradling]

And then “fans” will call it another black eye for the team and use it as a reason Arte has to go. 
Just a hunch, if Trout didn’t know Shohei had a girl friend, there’s a pretty good chance no one knew of this gambling situation. 

[Angels 1961]

MLB wants Ohtani to come out of this smelling like ROSE.

[Jay]

2 minutes ago, Stradling said:

And then “fans” will call it another black eye for the team and use it as a reason Arte has to go. 
Just a hunch, if Trout didn’t know Shohei had a girl friend, there’s a pretty good chance no one knew of this gambling situation. 

It will come out that Ippei's gambling problem started when he was with the Angels.

Arte wasn't paying him enough to live on so he had to try to find alternative income.

[Stradling]

Just now, Jay said:

It will come out that Ippei's gambling problem started when he was with the Angels.

Arte wasn't paying him enough to live on so he had to try to find alternative income.

Yep, that $300-500k a year wasn’t enough to cover his gambling habit. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

2 minutes ago, Stradling said:

And then “fans” will call it another black eye for the team and use it as a reason Arte has to go. 
Just a hunch, if Trout didn’t know Shohei had a girl friend, there’s a pretty good chance no one knew of this gambling situation. 

Plot twist. Trout didn't know because there never was a girlfriend.

 

Last week when this story was breaking, Shohei was watching Shawshank Redemption, and the part where Andy tells the asshole guard "do you trust your wife" and on and on about the IRS.

So he's faking being married because he thinks wives protect you from the IRS 

(Remember that he watched this without Ippei, so he didn't understand the whole scene exactly how Andy said it)

[ten ocho recon scout]

Pete Cherry Blossom 

[Blarg]

I got a bank notification that someone (me) was charging over $600 at Galaxy Golf to my account. Texted and an email asking if it was me.

I would have thought Ohtani set his limit below $500k for withdrawal notifications. 

[UndertheHalo]

[ten ocho recon scout]

Also, I read his new wife is a pro athlete. Are we sure this is true love, or just more insider tips?...

[James]

Ohtani watching his bank account.

[warped]

Mlb bad boy ohtani 

[jsnpritchett]

 

[James]

Wait until we all find out the car that Ohtani gave to Joe Kelly's wife was paid for with gambling winnings. 

[AvsBroncosAngels05]

I dunno but the Dodgers really should stop wasting this once in a generation talent. It's a disgrace for them to waste his services by losing to the Padres. Hey this is now kind of fun

[jsnpritchett]

Ha ha.

 

[Duren, Duren]

Going off on another tangent ...

If, IF ... Ippei was/is somehow more devious than he always seemed, you never know exactly how accurate his translations were to Ohtani. 

Perhaps intentionally misleading? Trying to cause friction between Ohtani and others? With the intention of affecting Ohtani's mood and attitude in game and/or beyond? Misrepresenting gossip and rumors as well? 

Ohtani basically was helpless in communication issues without Ippei. At least in the baseball context. And maybe beyond. 

I assume Ohtani has others in his service who were bilingual. Or other translators. Such as on his legal and accounting team. But maybe Ippei was also a friend socially to some degree. Especially recreationally as it pertained to gambling. 

As highly speculative as this wild theory is, you just don't know. It's possible that Ohtani was the one with the devious mindset and saw Ippei as an easy stooge. Even more unlikely given the enormous risks and money at stake, but you can be sure the spin masters will protect him at all costs. 

[Jeremiah]

I think the story that Shohei was paying off Ippei’s gambling debts is plausible, if not really believable. That’s a lot of money for one person to rack up in debts when, comparatively, he wasn’t making money in the millions. I find the idea that Ippei stole the money even less believable, especially since that was a quick pivot from the legal department. I think the most plausible scenario is Shohei was betting on sports, and Ippei was his go-between. It’s becoming way more acceptable to bet now, and many pro athletes have been caught up in gambling scandals over the years.

[T.G.]

4 minutes ago, Duren, Duren said:

Ohtani basically was helpless in communication issues without Ippei.

I don't think that's true. I think Ohtani speaks and understands English better than you think.

[Blarg]

13 minutes ago, James said:

Wait until we all find out the car that Ohtani gave to Joe Kelly's wife was paid for with gambling winnings. 

Or to pay off a gambling debt. 

[Tank]

i'm trying to understand why ippei was pushed into doing the espn interview. that seems like a really awful idea, like they were treating this as some sort of minor matter. 

[Tank]

56 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Also, I read his new wife is a pro athlete. Are we sure this is true love, or just more insider tips?...

in the old days of hollywood, they use to have arranged marriages to hide the fact an actor was gay. 

i'm not saying that's the case here, but it seems to have happened rather suddenly. 

[Ron Mexico]

https://nypost.com/2024/03/21/sports/shohei-ohtanis-camp-wants-you-to-believe-hes-a-financial-dimwit/

[Blarg]

All players have accountants to manage their finances. The Ohtani didn't know storyline is bullshit.