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

[Jason]

3 hours ago, katie said:

This could have been an email. 

This episode of The Office is on Comedy Central as I type this. 

[Duren, Duren]

 

The Dodger media people and lawyers must have had some heavy strategy sessions on the weekend to finalize the narrative. They seem to be borrowing strategy from Saul Alinsky's 'Rules for Radicals.'  Specifically this rule. 

"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."

Ippei really is an easy target. Marginalized,without the financial resources to defend himself fully. Admittedly breaking some laws. And easily demonized particularly by those invested in the Dodgers and MLB. 

Which in itself doesn't absolve him pending more factual information. But this simple polarization of a 100% good guy victimized by a 100% bad guy seems overly simplistic and intentionally meant to stop further speculation. 

[Swordsman78]

Ohtani's secret,
Betting on baseball's grand stage,
Fallen from his grace.

Whispers in the wind,
Scandal tarnishing his name,
Shame within the game.

Fans left in dismay,
Hero now a fallen star,
Lost in shadows dark.

Ohtani's downfall,
A cautionary tale told,
Of greed and downfall.

[Swordsman78]

1 hour ago, TroutField said:

 

Full interview on MLB network with no interpreter but had no idea what ippei was telling the team in the clubhouse

Ohtani is the baseball version of Sgt. Shultz.

[Blarg]

55 minutes ago, REDneck said:

Just like everybody else I'm trying to figure this out. While I'm sure there are some illegalities that have occured are they that egregious? The way I see it is.

A. Ohtani bet on SOCCER..WGAF!

B. Ohtani covered his friends gambling debt?

C. Ippei stole from Ohtani?

Someone correct my moral ineptitude and why are some so ready to crucify Ohtani...bc he's a Dodger?

 

Maybe you missed the whole reason the IRS and FBI are investigating. He used an illegal sports bet.

[cals]

For you degenerates, is the only benefit to using an illegal bookie to avoid tax implications?  Or is the customer service a bonus, too?

[Taylor]

13 minutes ago, cals said:

For you degenerates, is the only benefit to using an illegal bookie to avoid tax implications?  Or is the customer service a bonus, too?

Asking for a friend.

Fixed

[ten ocho recon scout]

"Oye Feds, you like busting gamblers?

 

Big deal going down tomorrow."

 

(Lou would get this dumb joke. And y money is on Cals getting it too, somehow)

[ten ocho recon scout]

5 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

Bingo, which is why Mota translations were always hilarious.  Dude said whatever the he'll he wanted to say.  

Including when he translated English to English.

[ten ocho recon scout]

5 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

But did he go to UCR?

Mentioned this somewhere else recently.

 

The media is all over this.

 

The only people who lie about going to UCR are the lower guys trying to bang old chicks at some dive bar in Norco. Or trying to impress their didatant in-laws at the holidays.

 

Nobody actually drops it to get a real job. It's just something you say to other lovers to get laid or to get to back off and leave you alone.

 

It's literally like telling people you take Kung fu if they ask you if you know how to fight.

 

"Well, they stretch before class I guess" and you move on to something else.

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 hour ago, cals said:

For you degenerates, is the only benefit to using an illegal bookie to avoid tax implications?  Or is the customer service a bonus, too?

Yes.

 

No for real.

 

Shirt attention spans and all, but another local got bisted for being a bookie a few years back... several players (Angels included) got wrapped up in it.

 

They never made the news, he did.

 

The whole point in rich dudes and bookies isn't because gambling is illegal (they could easily call someone in Vegas to place bets for everyone), it's because you don't pay taxes on earnings.

 

Period.

[ScottM]

Tax evasion will be Ippei's like 13th count in his indictment

[TroutField]

Should I try to sell my 2018 collectible ohtani cup from Angels Stadium before it loses all its value?  

[jsnpritchett]

https://nypost.com/2024/03/25/sports/pete-rose-i-wish-id-had-an-interpreter-like-shohei-ohtani/amp/

 

[zenmaster]

Ippei should have driven himself to Morongo and saved everyone the headache.

[Jeremiah]

11 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Yes.

 

No for real.

 

Shirt attention spans and all, but another local got bisted for being a bookie a few years back... several players (Angels included) got wrapped up in it.

 

They never made the news, he did.

 

The whole point in rich dudes and bookies isn't because gambling is illegal (they could easily call someone in Vegas to place bets for everyone), it's because you don't pay taxes on earnings.

 

Period.

This is a good point. I would imagine there is more anonymity using bookies as well.

[Rico]

Why hasn't Ippei been arrested yet?

[cals]

22 minutes ago, Rico said:

Why hasn't Ippei been arrested yet?

It’s LA County and he’s a minority.  Gascon isn’t going to touch him.

[tdawg87]

4 minutes ago, cals said:

It’s LA County and he’s a minority.  Gascon isn’t going to touch him.

Isn't this a federal crime?

[Blarg]

29 minutes ago, Rico said:

Why hasn't Ippei been arrested yet?

Because the FBI and IRS want the big fish, not the bait. 

[Jeremiah]

1 minute ago, tdawg87 said:

Isn't this a federal crime?

It is if they go after the money wiring, which I believe would take precedence over the state crime of illegal betting in CA. They’re also still in the investigatory phase, and Ippei must not be considered a flight risk. TORS and Cals can probably give us a good timeline as to how this may go.

[Jeremiah]

2 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Because the FBI and IRS want the big fish, not the bait. 

I think this is a big part of it as well. There’s definitely more to this story.

[cals]

50 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Isn't this a federal crime?

Then it’s Biden who won’t prosecute.  Same shit.

[Blarg]

8 minutes ago, cals said:

Then it’s Biden who won’t prosecute.  Same shit.

He will if he finds Ippei voted for Trump. They will unveil lost footage of Ippei storming the capitol building. 

[tdawg87]