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zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
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CrimsonCowboy
Moderator
Oh boy
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
There's no way this isn't Shohei betting and his friend/interpreter is the fall guy. No bookie would give a joe schmo 4.5M in credit. Either Shohei was complicit, or he was betting.
Hudson2
Well-known member
Agreed. No way Shohei didn’t know at that type of dollar figure. It’ll be interesting to see if anything actually happens.
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
Can't imagine they will. Will cost major league baseball tons of money. They'll find a way to sweep this under the rug.
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
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bravesfanMatt
Steve Harvey'd
Oh my goodness. Please don’t tell me you guys want to see the biggest draw in sports to get suspended for what was probably betting on horses or football or something dumb like that. Dude has been the best player. He clearly isn’t throwing games to win a bet. Who freaking cares.
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
I mean he wasn't betting well anyway getting 4.5M in the hole
Put Joe Jackson in the hall of fame and we good.
Otherwise Ohtani has to sit.
And that other fella who could hit the ball some too.
bravesfanMatt
Steve Harvey'd
He might have been betting 5 million a pop and that just equated to the juice on a break even season.
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
Maybe. Anyway what he likely did does violate MLB rules.
Personally I don't care, I know MLB won't punish Shohei unless they get irrefutable evidence. You don't shoot the goose that lays the golden eggs.
striker42
Well-known member
I just want MLB to apply the rules evenly. Ask yourself this, if Acuna was caught doing this, does MLB hesitate to suspend him? I don't think they would. I think they'd make an example out of him.
I don't want MLB to let Ohtani's marketability or the fact that he plays for one of their sacred cows prevent them from applying the rules to him the same as they would someone else.
But MLB will do whatever they can to protect Ohtani and the Dodgers.
striker42
Well-known member
There's so much about Ohtani's story that just doesn't make sense.
-How does over $4 million go missing without someone noticing? Ohtani has to have money managers.
-Why was the "theft" only discovered once the bookie was investigated by the feds and Ohtani's name uncovered?
-How would an interpreter get enough access to Ohtani's accounts to wire over $4 million without anyone noticing?
-Why was there a fundamental change in the story after Ohtani's spokesman had come out with an explanation?
-What bookie gives over $4 million in credit to a guy like the interpreter?
-How does over $4 million go missing without someone noticing? Ohtani has to have money managers.
-Why was the "theft" only discovered once the bookie was investigated by the feds and Ohtani's name uncovered?
-How would an interpreter get enough access to Ohtani's accounts to wire over $4 million without anyone noticing?
-Why was there a fundamental change in the story after Ohtani's spokesman had come out with an explanation?
-What bookie gives over $4 million in credit to a guy like the interpreter?
Exactly
Man that would be epic.
The question is, if Shohei gets banned does he forfeit all that deferred money? I would think so, but I am not so sure.
striker42
Well-known member
Players suspended it banned don't get paid or accumulate service time.