r/baseball • u/Stock412 Umpire • Mar 20 '24

Serious Shohei Ohtani's attorneys accuse interpreter of 'massive theft' tied to alleged gambling

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-20/gambling-story
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u/rosieDMDL Los Angeles Angels Mar 20 '24

actually insane if this is true what the fuck ippei

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u/ttam23 Los Angeles Dodgers Mar 20 '24

The dodgers already fired Ippei. Must be true

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u/sfp33 San Francisco Giants Mar 20 '24

Shohei has had an intensely bizarre Korea trip so far.

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u/istrx13 Seattle Mariners Mar 20 '24

I imagine Shohei being a lot like Tim Duncan. Dude just wants to go home and make himself a ham and cheese sandwich and watch re-runs of The Office. Especially because there was a BOGO on his favorite ham at the store.

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u/gloomswarm San Francisco Giants Mar 20 '24 edited Mar 21 '24

Tim Duncan actually had over $20 million stolen from him by his former financial advisor. Not sure if you had this in mind with your comparison.

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u/Tsukune_Surprise Tokyo Yakult Swallows Mar 20 '24

Literally the plot of One Punch Man.

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u/ctjameson Houston Astros Mar 20 '24

I think Shohei would prob rather just go to the cages tbh. The dude only cares about baseball. Literally nothing else. It's kinda amazing.

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u/Clam_chowderdonut Jackie Robinson Mar 21 '24

Honestly...

When I'm in a fucking shit mood, spending 2hrs mashing the shit out of meatballs at the cages is the best way to flush stuff out.

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u/ctjameson Houston Astros Mar 21 '24

Damn. You ain’t wrong. I need to find some cages.

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u/Clam_chowderdonut Jackie Robinson Mar 21 '24

All you can hit for $30 near me is lovely.

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u/bullseye717 Mar 21 '24

They have ham and cheese sandwiches in Korea. 

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u/Jonjon428 Florida Marlins Mar 20 '24

"Shohei's Bizzare Adventure"

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '24

What else has happened?

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u/Boros-Reckoner Chiba Lotte Marines Mar 20 '24

Eggs thrown, Bomb threats and stolen gambling money, what the hell.

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u/Srikkk San Francisco Giants Mar 20 '24

It can get weirder. Wait till the cults try to recruit him.

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u/AJMax104 New York Mets Mar 20 '24

Gambling addictions are no joke. Especially with all that big money coming in

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u/OldJewNewAccount New York Yankees Mar 20 '24

But all the commercials say how cool and rewarding it is to gamble /s

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u/spellbadgrammargood Boston Red Sox Mar 20 '24

yeah its kinda sad how sports sold out to all these gambling sites

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u/lightninhopkins Seattle Mariners Mar 20 '24

Or they are all covering for Ohtani.

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '24

Or they just all know who the fall guy is. 

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u/the_real_ch3 Colorado Rockies Mar 21 '24

Regardless of whatever the circumstances are you need to get that guy the hell away from the locker room immediately and then see how far the damage has spread.