Shohei Ohtani's assistant/interpreter fired for supposedly stealing $4.5m to gamble with illegal bookmaker

[BCR]

Asians love gambling

Genuinely surprised to see this though, close to shocked

I hope this doesn’t impact his career, it shouldn’t

This was my first thought. Ohtani is so pure, like I legit just think he is innocent of almost anything. PEDs, drugs, some freaky shit, you’d just say no way. Pretty much any vice you’d say no chance.

But all of us have sat many times next to some wealthy and normally reserved Asian at 4AM while they chainsmoked and pounded the BJ table yelling monkey monkey.

It’s probably the assistant who got caught up, but it’s not the no fucking way with Ohtani that you’d give him with almost any other vice. I think everyone cheats, but if it was PEDs, I’d say no fucking way. Not that dude. But gambling?

Just optics, it’s almost the worst scandal he could find himself associated with.

[Dan Druff]

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[gut]

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Much like the steroid era, when it was happening, I'm guessing this is gonna get swept under the rug pretty quickly. MLB can't lose Shohei right now.

I made the Pete Rose comparison earlier, but really that might become a common talking point 30 years from now about HOF appointments, like the steroid era. "He has the stats, but he bet on baseball".

Pete will get put in the HOF 20 years after he dies.

[Sloppy Joe]

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Much like the steroid era, when it was happening, I'm guessing this is gonna get swept under the rug pretty quickly. MLB can't lose Shohei right now.

I made the Pete Rose comparison earlier, but really that might become a common talking point 30 years from now about HOF appointments, like the steroid era. "He has the stats, but he bet on baseball".

Pete will get put in the HOF 20 years after he dies.

Big nothing to see here coming.

[Small_Banana]

Very confident it was Ohtani betting. And very confident he was betting on MLB. How can any degenerate gambler resist MLB? 15 games a day for 6 months straight. It's impossible to resist.

[garrett]

This is on CBS Mornings today

Watching it now and they're saying no evidence Ohtani is involved

[Texter]

Ohtani should announce he’s retiring to play basketball.

Then come back in 2 years.