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Saw some of the details of the investigation. Wow. I take back all the conspiracy theory stuff. Ippei needs Gamblers Anonymous.

But they weren't investigating Ippei, they were investigating the bookmaker where Ohtani's/Ippei's name/transactions were found. They announced Ippei's portion of the investigation only a few weeks ago. It's still a timely process to investigate a new party in any on-going investigation. But maybe it is cut and dry as the investigators are saying.

Good points, however nearly all investigations take time and discovery and evidence gathering is a slow and methodical process. It's been less than 3 weeks since all of this was announced. This is just way too convenient for MLB to quickly move on from this scandal and that Ippei stole the money is the story that they're all rolling with to make it happen.

Interesting. I'm surprised how quickly this investigation is unfolding. Usually these type of investigations go on for a long time.

When will the black on black crime end? /s Seriously though, why is Washington not playing Adell?

LMAO, Angels will take that!

In real time, don't blame the call being missed, it was close. Replay clearly showed he was safe and was an easy overturn.

2nd base umpire needs to get in better position missing these calls. 1st one wasn't even close. This one okay very close either way.

Damn so close!

Angels are having good at-bats this game, just need to get that key hit with runners on.

Sweeping 3 in row on the road isn't easy, even against a shitty team.

LMAO, no sense of drama either. First pitch, HBP

Nolan should be leading off. He has a great eye too and has good at-bats. He's also better than Rendon as a hitter at this stage of their careers. Rendon should be at the bottom of the order.

Gonna need runs with Anderson pitching.

Perry is saying what he has to say. Arte wasn't going to spend money.

That 1-0 lead was great while it lasted.

Liked the Sano signing. He looked pretty solid during spring training. He'll spell Nolan at 1B vs LHP and be DH when Trout and Rendon are on the field.

Did any of you guys get hail? We had hail dropping in my area for about 10-15 minutes.

This is unbelievable. I refuse to believe to that Ippei didn't know that betting/sports betting through his bookie is illegal. He moved to the US during elementary school and graduated from Diamond Bar High School and UC Riverside, so he's been in the US for a long time. I definitely believe Ippei ran up a gambling debt in the millions and asked Shohei to help pay for it. Shohei agreed to do it, but once his legal team/representatives found out that the bets Ippei did were being investigated by the FBI, they're like nope get Shohei the fuck away from Ippei and let us handle it. FWIW, baseball players can bet, but definitely not on baseball and not through illegal methods or offshore sites. EDIT: His education is now a lie as UCR reports he never attended or graduated from there. His employment with the Red Sox was a lie as well. Holy smokes, who is this guy?

FYI. Azn = Asian. I don't live in Arizona. I really thought the map was real haha. I didn't look at the symbols too closely. FWIW, I did look up locust cloud when I did see the post and it is a real thing.

Very curious about this as I've never experienced this sort of thing before. 1) Is this a normal regular thing? Or is this something that's a cause for alarm? 2) Why is the Phoenix area spared?

There it is, the first injury of the season for him. Can't wait till he's gone.

Solid signing. Loved Moore on the Angels last season and he was great. I'm surprised the Angels were able to get him back with a 1 year contract.

It reminds me of GMJ because it's the Angels signing a guy who had an 1 unreal season and signing them to a multiyear contract. I know they're different players and different positions, it just reminds me of that.

This reminds me of the Angels signing Gary Matthews Jr. for some reason.