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4 minutes ago, deepdrive said:

Gibson's value has definitely fallen the back half of this season. I don't know if we're going to be able to unload him in the next year like I thought they would.

Gibswim was Beekers fault.  Beeker got too greedy expecting a first and prospect.  He should have traded him to Jersey in January when they had strong interest.

Just now, deepdrive said:

"Gibson showing a little rust"

Umm...  how about saying he looks terrible, Heyward.

They really should have just shut Gibswim down this season, and let Stailock play tonight.  He deserves a start being the EBUG for the Ducks all season.

Gibswim sucking like usual.  He'll probably go on the IR again with a phantom injury.

And again, the old guys first out on the PP.  Looking as inept as ever.

My god.  Why is the old group the first PP?  

So Ahlers not only says that the second shift of Silfverberg was the first.  But he rambles on as he puts a shot on goal.  

Gibswim starting.  Tells you something when he starts against Calgary and not Los Angeles in a back to back.

This is pretty nutsy.

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1 hour ago, SlappyUtilityMIF said:

That's a Federal probe.... I want to see when the Civil case for restitution is filed by Ohtani...

IF he wants any portion of his 16M back!... No Civil = No Crime Committed or Restitution requirement back to Ohtani.

There is a lot of things we don't know yet.  Maybe the federal probe already said that they will work on getting whatever back that they can, which the feds usually do in cases of Fraud?  And it's not like Ippei is a rich guy where you have any chance of getting any of it back in future salary.  In any case, maybe Ohtani still wouldn't want to file a civil case.  Hopefully his advisors are finally advising him.  Right now, he is a victim of massive fraud.  If you file the civil case, a lot of details will come out, and in a civil trial, Ohtani may have to take the stand saying how he knew nothing.  Image wise, is it better to go to court and take the stand and come out and say you are and idoit and too trusting and naive, or better off letting the feds do their thing, and just be known that you were a victim.  I'd say, image wise, right now, with the fed clearing him, he's probably in the best marketing situation.  Dragging it on for Ohtani, probably is not in his best interest.  Because you never know what kind of skeleton gets dragged out.

Also, according to the documents by the FBI, while it centered around the illegal bookmaker.  The documents also showed that Ippei had accounts in legal bookmakers in Bet MGM, Draftkings, Fanduel, etc.  And while he didn't bet baseball with the illegal bookmaker, I'm wondering what he did bet on with the legal bookmakers.  The smell test still doesn't come out right, that Ippei had a moral compass when it came to baseball, and yet steals tens of millions?  Part of a degenerate gambler is that they take advantage of every opportunity.  And since he has very inside information with baseball, it just doesn't make any sense that a degen would not take advantage of that.  MLB will be quick to shut the case, because those legal bookmakers are big money for the sports leagues.  But that could be the future bombshell that may come out, probably on the book tour tell all confessional.  

8 hours ago, cals said:

Do you ever apply the sniff test to anything in life?  Do you ever wonder why I’m always right in these type of things and you are initially and adamantly wrong but then have to concede that I (and Lou) was (were) right?

The point is, use logic, don’t automatically listen to what you’re told.  For Ohtani to be totally innocent, then massive failures would have had to have occurred on so many levels that it’s either a lie or it’s incompetence on a historic level.  

I loved Ohtani as an Angel.  I, like I’m sure everyone else here, was bummed he left (and to the f’ing Dodgers).  Is that clouding my judgment?  Maybe.  But not likely.  Not with with what we know now.

I'm disappointed in you.  What you should take out of this is, FBI says there is nothing to see.  MLB is like, see nothing to see, we can move on.  Pasadena PD says there is nothing to see.  MLB is like, no, he's guilty and we are going to ban him for life even after our investigation turns up nothing.  

I guess it could have been worse.  

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3 minutes ago, Taylor said:

In this thread: people drawing conclusions before we have all the facts.

1 minute ago, deepdrive said:

I don't know that I would call it bad luck as much as not good luck. The drafts purpose is to remove some of the advantage of finishing near the bottom of the standings. It has done that for us. Moving down one spot is the most probable outcome in each draft. Moving down two spots is usually close to staying where you were (I think). So, it seems to me, the Duck have faired pretty average.

Then you look at the big market teams that have moved up, Rangers, Blackhawks.  NHL hates us.

Holy smokes, this is getting weirder.  We might owe Eater and apology.

The Wildest Stuff Alleged In The Criminal Complaint Against Ippei Mizuhara

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• Between Dec. 2021 and Jan. 2024, Mizuhara's betting account placed approximately 19,000 wagers. The wagers averaged roughly $12,800. There were $142,245,769.74 in wins and $182,935,206,68 losses, totaling a $40,678,436.94 hole.

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• All of the devices used to access the bank account were devices that were also used to access Mizuhara's personal bank account. All of Mizuhara's winnings were deposited to his personal account, not the account used to pay the bookmaker.

So if the losses were taken out of Shohei's account, and the winnings were put in Ippei's personal account.  Did Shohei lose more than $40 million.

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• The same account used to pay out the bookmaker also showed "approximately $325 thousand in transactions at eBay and Whatnot between Jan. and March 2024."
• Mizuhara received packages that were emailed to the clubhouse under the alias "Jay Min." The packages contained baseball cards, including "cards for baseball players Yogi Berra, Juan Soto, and Victim A."

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• Ohtani also employed a professional bookkeeper, financial manager, and tax preparer and accountant, who, along with his agent, managed all of his domestic endorsement deals, which were handled in separate accounts. None of them spoke Japanese or hired anyone who spoke Japanese.

56 minutes ago, well_red said:

These numbers are staggering:

 

 

Man, that might be more action than a Vegas casino sees.  

57 minutes ago, arch stanton said:

 

I think it was obvious but now it's official

https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/2024/04/ducks-jakob-silfverberg-announces-plans-to-retire.html

2 minutes ago, aznhockeyguy said:

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.

The feds didn't announce it.  It was found by the LA Times that they were investigating Ippei and Shohei.  That's when Ippei said Shohei let him borrow the money, and then when the lawyers suddenly said that Ippei stole Shohei's money.  

Lol.  Racism is back!

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30 minutes ago, aznhockeyguy said:

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. 

3 weeks since the news broke.  It's been an ongoing federal investigation for a while.  That Ippei is pleading guilty speeds it up, because you don't need to be methodical dotting all the i's and crossing all the t's and making sure you case is airtight, if he's pleading guilty.  This case has nothing to do with the MLB.  And as far as I know, MLB has not said that it's investigation is closing because Ippei is pleading guilty.  In a way, this may actually help the MLB, because now Ippei may cooperate with their investigation, now that the fear of anything he says might be used by the feds threat is over.  

11 hours ago, aznhockeyguy said:

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

Ippei probably isn't the main focus of the investigation.  They are probably going after the bookie, and any other criminal connection the bookie has, like mob, or nationwide ring.  More than likely, Ippei is pleading guilty to turn rat on the bookie, and in return receive a light slap on the wrist.  Especially if Shohei doesn't press charges, which I don't know if he has or hasn't.  This is like the Varisity Blues case.  Those that pleaded early and helped the fed case got far lighter sentences.  Those that fought it got it worse.  But really they were going after the higher ups, organizers and facilitators.  The celebrities, while they got the spotlight, were just the bonus for the real case.