Shohei Otani's former Angels teammate, and close friend, caught making illegal bets to same bookmaker his interpreter used

[duckbutta]

So all his closest friends are degenerate gamblers who just happen to use the same bookie but Shohei himself don't gamble huh

 

[Cladyclad]

If he ain’t bet in games he played or his team

 

[In The Zone '98]

Some people are too big to fail

Until they're not

 

[mastermind]

This was an FBI investigation, not some MLB disciplinary procedures.

Most of these posters live in a world they’ve created in their minds where they make six figures, own six mansions and have six 2000 era Melyssa Ford’s at the call. They live in a fantasy world and can’t be rationed with. @BigMoneyGrip lives in a world like this.

 

[Eye Cue DA COLI GAWD]

they are gonna end up legalizing this

California probably should legalize sports betting first before even addressing making bookmaking legal

 

[Bubba T]

they are gonna end up legalizing this

They'll never legalize players betting on sports they play in.

 

[Eye Cue DA COLI GAWD]

So all his closest friends are degenerate gamblers who just happen to use the same bookie but Shohei himself don't gamble huh

"Me no English. Me no American tomodachi"

 

[Brehcepticon]

So all his closest friends are degenerate gamblers who just happen to use the same bookie but Shohei himself don't gamble huh

Nope

 

[Braman]

Been saying the interpreter was the fall guy



Shohei after he gets caught:

Ahmad Rashad had me weak on last dance w/ this.

Hit his maaain man with the

 

[chineebai]

Damn we got the irs, doj, fbi, multiple people, all working together to make sure shohei is the victim as opposed to a gambler. Amazing.

 

[Derek Lee]

This Ohtani story got completely swept under the rug

 

[Mister Terrific]

 

[Eye Cue DA COLI GAWD]

Reading my OP again and the "interpreter stole 17 million to feed his gambling addiction" part is just too much to process and believe

Not 170k... not 1.7 mill... but 17 mill and Otani didn't know about it

 

[Eye Cue DA COLI GAWD]

Baseball should've just suspended him for a year and KIM. Now the evidence is going to drip drip drip out and baseball will be complicit in the cover-up

 

[mastermind]

Damn we got the irs, doj, fbi, multiple people, all working together to make sure shohei is the victim as opposed to a gambler. Amazing.

they work against each other on most things like national security, law enforcement, etc. but they are aligned to help a Japanese baseball player.