Shohei Ohtani stands alone in the spotlight amid Ippei Mizuhara gambling scandal | MLB on ESPN

lol

Reporters 🐀🐁

well technically, it does involve Ohtani :D

ohtanis name was was on the cheques...

They need it for Click and view

Good one

Hey look a Dodger fan!

I didn't realise you had 100% of the facts. Instead of just hoping he's not a raging gambler.

Then arrest the translator...you cant because he will admit Ohtani paid him.

It's up to the Fed's investigation. It's not up for you to say. ESPN is just presenting what they know.

Ippei is a thief

Cmon bruh your gonna leave an interpreter in charge of that kinda funds and responsibility no way

In terms of position, he's more like a secretary.

And Bauer was actually innocent Ohtani is not

it was trash

Baseball’s dead

Ohtani: “I bet you 1 million that you are not going to convince me to bet.”

only a problem gambler would know the true dangers of gambling

Yes, cause people would NEVER lie about what they actually do in private.

Yeah... I criticize gambling as well... (sir no phones at the table)

They just found two separate bets on Penn State games equalling 4.5 mill that happened months before the money was supposedly stolen ..ohtani is the next Pete rose

I speak Spanish as well as English with the other players.
He often has an interpreter at official press conferences.

And your team didn't.

You do not know Shohei. No one who posts here does. Stop assuming he's guilty or innocent before everything comes out. And no, him saying he didn't know doesn't count as proof.

@@baconatorrodriguez4651 The Japanese bank concerned confirmed Shohei's story . . . . FOUR DAYS AGO.
This was all over the Japaneese news and has been confirmed repeatedly by the financial institutions involved.
So tell me . . . why is ESPN still pretending that there are questions and uncertainties?
CLICKBAIT, folks. Thats all it is.

That's what a manager , agent , publicist etc are paid for not an interpreter lmao there's no way the Angels said come to America and bring an interpreter so he can be your manager , banker , driver , chef , publicist etc lmfao that's dumb as fooook my guy

He's the next Pete rose lifetime ban coming back to Japan for him

​@@smokedosia1723
Are you a Yankees fan?

Have you ever heard of a singer or actor who is unaware of a manager's embezzlement?
Do black card holders receive a call from their bank every time they make a large payment?

the wire transfers were made from his bank account no?

@@varunaX That's not evidence of him gambling lol its very viable he was robbed by his friend or gave him the money to bail him out. Until I see bet slips, texts or audio of Ohtani saying say i want x, y, z on the Angels during games he played I'm not taking shots at him

@@kurtrogers9658 that is the evidence of him gambling, irrefutable evidence needed to prove otherwise..got it backwards

@@xavierb9061 1) where's the bet slip (im sure it exists) 2) I need some tie to Ohtani being like " I want the under on 6.5 runs, Me under 5k's and _______ team v angels ML" to think Ohtani did anything wrong. If he's just a OD gambler who cares.... we aren't taking Ridley to this much task for being a gambler. 9 Wire transfers to a bookie Could be one a few things; i don't think its a stretch to ask more questions about this before slamming Ohtani

@@kurtrogers9658 right now he paid off bookie..right now. Future can try prove not him, but right now his account.

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Not over yet they found Penn State games that were being bet on for 4.5 mill the exact amount that was "stolen" air quotes ..so he's not out of woods yet

Have you ever heard of a singer or actor who is unaware of a manager's embezzlement?

Nope

@@smokedosia1723 go away hater

@@Shakazulu6.1 he's the next Pete rose

@@smokedosia1723 thats what you wish because you are a lunatic

@@smokedosia1723 you are a confused individual.

Tiger Woods-level downfall incoming

If he had stolen money from Ohtani, that is the biggest betrayal as a friend. He caused others to drag Ohtani's name down. As far as being an intepreter, I couldn't tell how accurate he was in translation. All I know is that he mumbles his words.

He paid the interpreters debt, Ohtani is responsible for any wire related transfers, if he violated any transfer laws or policies. The focus on him doing the betting is stupid and bait for idiots.

Oh. I don't didn't realise ESPN told Ippei what to say during his interview lol

@@baconatorrodriguez4651 ESPN ran with a story based on what Ippei told them. They didnt even ask Ohtani for comment before they printed it.
As it turns out, it has been confirmed ... REPEATEDLY ... that Ippei Mizuhara had Power of Attorney over an account with 10 million dollars in it -- a charity account which Ohtani hardly ever paid attention to.
The Japanese media has been reporting this FOR FOUR SOLID DAYS!
The Japanese media actually took the time to contact the (Japanese) banks and confirmed that Shohei had signed over Power of Attorney to Ippei. This is OLD NEWS and yet you want to continue pretending not to believe it. If the Japanese press can confirm the banking information (and who controlled the account) by contacting the bank, then there are only a limited number of reasons why US sources are not reporting the same information.
NONE of those reasons are particularly flattering to the US media (Im looking at YOU BSPN)

@@baconatorrodriguez4651So your close friend said you are responsible for stealing $ in Japan and media can run with the story he said to them. While you have no idea what has been told, you got fired from the job because of it. And reporter is asking you need to explain why the story changed? That is equivalent to what is going on.

@@befairmonk5988 lol, ok, if you say so. Have a solemn, blessed Ramadan.

yes this is a good point.

Thought so at first but looks possible be ause booker wws scamming

You don't think it's plausible that a bookie would give a tab to someone who was practically joined at the hip to baseball's arguably biggest star? It's been reported before that Ippei was not just a "translator" but almost like family. It's not outside the realm of possibility that he was given unprecedented access to even his bank accounts if he was trusted that much or Ippei was that manipulative.

@@ChonWang247 Ohtani admitted to wiring the money then changed his story once he realized he put himself in a bad position. Baseball is protecting its biggest star.

He is not overrated. I have stopped watching baseball for over 10 years. He brought me back to baseball. Go MLB!

lol jealousy alert

Ohtani not white nor black enough for this dude.

@@tonyswe9463He hasn’t brought baseball back. The sport is dying for the reason MLB would rather cater to the A$ian markets than focus in the US

The US Baseball market is dead. Too many ignorants.