Pete Rose should've used an Interpretor

"Ippei is a stand-up guy and has never stolen a yen from me," said Ohtani via his interpreter.

He will NEVER be suspended. No matter what they find.

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So…bookies give a $4.5million lines of credit to interpreters that make$300-$500k a year? So he would be fine if it took the interpreter 10 years to pay it back?

Asking the question we are thinking about. Thanks Dan P.

LOL, poor Dodgers. Anyone else loving this?

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Dan Patrick is right, the whole thing doesn't make sense.

“He knew the baseball gambling rule. He 100% wouldn’t break it” but also had the self control to keep the loses under 5million 😭😭😭

Anyone outraged or even surprised by this should be choking on the irony of the media blatantly and shamelessly peddling gambling sites.

The dog made the bets 😂

If you steal 4.5m that’s a few years in prison. The interpreter never admitted to stealing. That’s Ohtanis law firm throwing interpreter under the bus.

Firing the interpreter was Damage Control 🤔

That interpreter is the fall guy.

Pete Rose is now kicking himself saying, "I should have had an interpreter as a fall guy." Of course, Ohtani didn't have any idea that he was missing $4.5 million. The changed stories here have real night-and-day differences between them.

In my community we call that the Fall Guy. If I’m the bread winner and I get in trouble have to have a fall guy and I’ll take care of him later.

Still find it kind of hard to believe that the guy who famously lived off 4k over the course of 2 years, gave his entire paycheck to his mom to manage, and gave up 200 mil to play in the us early would be addicted to gambling. Also this is the same guy who kept his girlfriend hidden until he married her. It seems kind of unlikely that the same guy would transfer money directly from his account with his name on the transfer while placing bets through a middleman. It's not rocket science to know that when placing illegal bets, you would transfer money from accounts that aren't directly connected to yourself and not put your name all over it. We'll see where the investigations go.

Internet is a wild place. We have WAY more questions than answers at this point but it feels like too many people have already made a decision on Ohtani's guilt. Kinda feel like we should just wait and see what comes out before passing judgement.

Loads of money can create loads of problems.

As far as I know you cant make these kind transactions in the millions without the Bank going through confirmations, unless you have those funds in a unsecured account somewhere.......

What’s evident from the, “no comment”, interview with the Dodgers manager is that the organization and Ohtani are getting their story together to avoid any culpability on Ohtani’s part in the illegal sports betting at the core of this story. I would bet that Ohtani remains in Korea with management fixers until they get a story together to shield their money maker from league sanctions.

Do they really expect us to believe that Shohei’s bank allowed the interpreter to transfer $4.5 million from Shohei’s bank to some bookie?

I've been following news about this scandal from both US medias and Japanese medias and when I was reading an article about this scandal on Yahoo Japan site this morning, I found an interesting article. After the first game in South Korea, the Dodgers held an immediate closed-door meeting in the locker room. As you already know that Ippei Mizuhara addressed to the Dodgers players that he's a gambling addict. One of the players said, "what's wrong?" That's when team owner, Mark Walter stepped in and said that Ippei got involved with illegal gambling. ESPN reporter Tisha Thompson said that though Ohtani isn't good at English , he seemed to understand what's going on. And then team president Stan Kasten said that Ohtani paid for Ippei's gambling debt. That's the moment when she said Ohtani's expression changed and said, " what's going on!?" He couldn't ask Ippei about it so he asked another interpreter what was discussed in the meeting. She got an impression that Ohtani didn't know about this massive transaction of his money...until that moment. She already had a phone interview with Ippei before the first game and he told her that Ohtani had paid for his debt. So she called him and asked if he had lied to her. He said, yes. In her first interview with Ippei, she also asked him, "Have you ever taken Ohtani's money without his knowledge?" He didn't answer. Most people here in the US think that here is no way that Ippei has access to Ohtani's bank account. But I disagree. When Ohtani came to this country, he not only couldn't speak English, but also couldn't read English well at all. It's easy to imagine that Ippei helped Ohtani to open his online bank account, creating his username and password, stored that information somewhere both of them can have access to whenever they want to. Ohtani trusted Ippei 100%. And more.

Is anyone else shocked there isn't any other athlete linked to this bookie

I credit Rich Eisen and Dan Patrick for keeping a straight face and not simply pointing out it looks like the interpreter is the fall guy. It’s so obvious it’s almost hysterical 😂

the interpreter was probably placing bets for ohtani. he took the fall for him. the story changed for ohtani paying off debts to theft to distance ohtani as much as possible.

Gambling being embraced by all of the leagues is going to be a huge problem

Gambling is involved??? And people are surprised???

Dan Patrick you are absolutely the best. Wanting to uncover the layers of this story is something every journalist should want to get to the bottom of. It’s not going to happen. Michael Jordan, Phil Mickelson are examples of athletes with gambling problems. We never received the story on either. He is to big of a star. The leagues support gambling. What did they think was going to happen? Dan we will never get the true story.

I have a question about online betting. I tried one because it was dam near free to bet at first, but once I lost, I quit. They didn't, though, keep sending emails to getbme to bet again, so are there any laws that can keep them from doing this to people who have a gambling problem

Ohtani may just be in a tad bit of trouble here. Grab the popcorn and let's see where this goes.

What a joke. The dog ate my homework. 🤫🤫🤫🤫

sounds like ESPN is covering up also, otherwise they would release the interview.

Okay Manfred, time for a thorough investigation. If you find any of this flypaper on Otani, you have to ban him from baseball or reinstate Pete Rose.

Ohtani was framed. Yours truely, Pete Rose

Pete Ross is loving every minute of this.

According to ESPN, Ohtani didn’t find out about the major theft until after the game.

It's not the interpreter people, get real. It was Ohtani that did the wire transfers.

4.5 million in gambling debt? I wonder if the interpreter had to explain to Ohtani what "cement shoes" means in Japanese..

So where does the interpreter get the funds to rack up $4.5 mil in debt? Sounds like Shohei was funding the interpreter's gambling addiction.

How can an interpreter run up 4.5 million in debts?

Ohtani has been in the US for several years. How can he still need an interpreter? There aren't that many topics or words used in a dugout or interviews.

If you think Ohtani didn't know about this you're crazy.

MLB will never ban their Golden Child.

If he's been betting on baseball games, TREAT HIM THE EXACT SAME WAY YOU TREATED PETE ROSE........Ban him for LIFE. Who's got the balls to dispense equal justice???? And if he's been betting on baseball games and he gets a slap on the wrist, then MLB will be obligated to finally put Pete Rose in the Hall of Fame.

what a friend ohtani is. your boy covers for you and then you fire and snitch on him.

what probably happened is Ohtani did clear up the interpreter's debt. The mistake though was sending the bookie the money directly from Ohtani. That made Ohtani himself open to criminal charges. While Ohtani's PR team probably thought it was a good idea to let the interpreter give an interview saying that Ohtani was a good guy who bailed him out, Ohtani's legal team probably had a heart attack and told them to change the story. Hence, the change from "borrowed" to "stolen"

Ohtani better hope the paper trail doesn’t lead to him…. That 700 milli gone

Billions of people trying to get out of "guilty until proven innocent" systems yet here in America it's our go to move when judging others. Unreal.

To me the only 2 reasonable explanations are 1) Ippei said the bets were from Ohtani and they were actually from Ippei and since he had access to the account he could sort of prove they were “from Ohtani” to the bookie. OR 2) Ohtani was involved.

Treat him just like you treated Pete Rose

Hey EVERYBODY Dan is talking baseball..It took a gambling scandal but he's talking about baseball sort of..

When you're filthy rich you become a high risk gambler. It never fails.

Guess Dan effortlessly skipped what happened-Ippei had to come clean and told the truth to the Dodgers team in the locker room after the 2nd game, where he told Shohei and ppl in the locker room the truth that’s when Shohei found out the real details. Throwing and accusing someone before investigation is concluded is the ugliness of American media “journalism” The excitement from this staff while accusing Shohei is covering the gambling shows is true intent

MLB won’t do shit. They made an example out of Pete Rose but Ohtani will come out of this like nothing happened…

Ohtani doesn’t look like a gambler the guy is so focused on baseball, but it will be interesting to learn more about what really happened. The idea that Ippei gave ESPN an interview right away and then walked it back is crazy.

I'm sure the Feds will go easy on the bookmaker - wouldn't want him talking too much.

How the f did his translator get access to his bank account?

Allowing ANY TYPE OF GAMBLING IN SPORTS IS A "HUGE JOKE". All GREED...America!

When you have gambling,corruption isn't far behind .

Timing is everything, not a coincidence story broke when all eyes on it! Bookie probably gave them time to pay in installments…report said Sept and Oct $500k was wired…Ohtani signed his mega-deal in early Dec…probably once the mega contract was secured, told bookie to go away…which he did until this AM! Lol! 😂

this is trevor bauer part 2..a lot of important people hating on the dodgers

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Where is the Commissioner?

Pete Rose should be reinstated into Hall of Fame. They're gonna do everything to let Ohtani skate . This is bullshit.

If the gambling is not on baseball, it doesn't really matter.

Why is Ohtani still not speaking a lick of English. How long has he been in MLB?

@Sakurajourneys 0 秒前 According to a Japanese TV program, Mr. Mizuhara was not only acting as an interpreter but also handling various tasks, such as contracts, sponsor selection, and even communication from Mr. Ohtani's family, in meticulous detail, almost like a secretary, to ensure Mr. Ohtani could focus solely on baseball. Speaking as someone who used to work as an executive secretary in a major corporation's executive , it doesn't surprise me at all that Mr. Mizuhara could manage Mr. Ohtani's affairs. Furthermore, since Mr. Ohtani was solely focused on baseball, it's likely that he struggled with tasks such as dealing with wires.

There's only one reason Ohtani would be gambling with an illegal gambling operation.

That was a close one!---The Angels.

Like non famous men, he should be deported. Come over here, has gotta abide by our rules and laws. As far as making the interpreter available, They dont have investigative journalism in Japan, ie holding the rich and famous ACCOUNTABLE. There is one rule of law for the rich man and the rest for the peasants. We have to show them what democracy and the rule of law is. Im tired of going global has been a race to the BOTTOM when it comes to culture/corruption/antidemocracy. This player gambling has GOT to stopped in the BUD.

the defense representing the interpreter during trial (there would be one if there's a crime of theft in the millions) will present evidence that might show that a lie has been made somewhere

Ohtani tried to bail him out and then had to back track to protect himself .... this story will be gone in a month... gambling in Ca. will be legal next year....and its all over the place anyhow. Michael Jordan ~ Phil Mick.... competitive guys love to gamble and I dont think Shohei is even a gambler myself .. but who knows.

Ohtani committed a crime by wiring money to an illegal gambling operation.

"Can't comment." Continues to asks questions 😂😂😂

Remember when sensible people warned about sports gambling but were shamed and dismissed as “out of touch boomers”

Remember when ohtani chose the angels for the laid back culture and pushover media in orange county and now look

I bet the interpreter did have access to Ohtani's computer for business transactions and emails.

Dan is speculating like crazy so cut the hypocrisy, Dan.

Book Maker knew that Ippei Mizuhara was the best friend of Shohei Otani. Ippei Mizuhara was not only Otani's interpreter, but also his only manager, and was apparently responsible for transferring expenses and other important tasks during Otani's hospitalization. ブックメーカーは、水原一平が大谷翔平の親友と知っていた。 水原一平は、通訳だけではなく、大谷さんのただ一人のマネージャーとして、経費の振り込み等、その他の重要な仕事を大谷の入院中にも担っていたとか。

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Strike three your interpreter is out of here.

The problem is the initial response was Ohtani covered his debts. Then the story is he stole from Ohtani. No way.

Where is the espn reporters RECORDINGS of her conversation with the interpreter??? Where???

One thing and one thing only, you can never do in baseball, be involved in gambling, come one, no cover up here with some interpreter story (runner cough cough), banned for life.

Ohtani paid an illegal bookie..by rule 21 he needs to be suspended for the year or more

Other questions: was MLB or any of its teams in specific aware of any of this during the offseason/free agency? Were the Angels aware? Isn’t payment to an under the table illegal bookmaker possibly incriminating, like in general, not just regarding MLB rules?

Dan Covers this but doesn’t bring up Anthony Edward’s paying a woman to kill his unborn child. Good Job Dan!!

2 guys attached at the hip and im to believe 1 snuck away with somewhere around 5 mil of the other guy's money . Riiiiiggghhht

What did the Angels know and when did they know it..

Yamamoto interpreter is there

Shohei didn't want the 700 million paid in the standard manner to have time to control his gambling addiction.

ESPN had a story...then spiked it to protect MLB, the Dodgers and sports betting.

Me thinking this “thief” will never be charged w/anything

To imagine how much good could have been done with 4.5 million? Lives could have been changed. So sad.

You can't do that under California law. That is the reason it was a change of a loan to stealing.

Why would you give an employee access to your bank account?? Or not notice millions of dollars missing....??

Apparently, a crime was committed. Ohtani may or may not have been involved. Seems to me that, until the issue has been resolved, and Ohtani's involvement is determined. Ohtani should be suspended with pay by MLB.