Ohtanis translator fired for stealing

[seanrs1]

Originally Posted by Triple B

I’m curious how the suspension thing works out, because they’re doing their best to bury the poop. I do believe he gambled and his boy is taking the heat.



100%

Didn't you at one point have one of the best Ohtani collections in the world? Why did you sell?

[vwnut13]

Originally Posted by Archangel1775

But yeah, Ohtani is going to be paying hundreds of millions in state taxes the next few decades. He's not going to jail and MLB isn't going to suspend let alone ban him.

Ohtani is making $2 million per year for the next 10 years.

His contract was written to avoid California state taxes.

[anusinha]

Triple B is the bookie.........

[anusinha]

Originally Posted by vwnut13

Ohtani is making $2 million per year for the next 10 years.

His contract was written to avoid California state taxes.

Interesting political effects here, is the state govt pissed off at him enough to go after him? Or do they let it slide to let their political friends (the Dodgers) make a pile of money?

[asujbl]

Originally Posted by vwnut13

Ohtani is making $2 million per year for the next 10 years.

His contract was written to avoid California state taxes.

This is 100% accurate

The amount of CPE’s I’ve listened to about this is fascinating

They are going to go after him

[Bosoxfan5990]

Originally Posted by fishepa

Anybody know when the Topps NOW card for this is coming out?

Topps NOW

[Triple B]

Originally Posted by seanrs1

Didn't you at one point have one of the best Ohtani collections in the world? Why did you sell?

Wrong guy.

If Vladimir Guerrero Jr ever makes his translator a scapegoat for his illegal gambling in California, my collection will be worthless.

Originally Posted by anusinha

Triple B is the bookie.........

I wish. Props to that guy for catching himself a big fish like “Ohtani’s translator”. A round of boos to that fella for getting caught.

[Retired hobbist]

Originally Posted by majestik101

Breaking:

Ohtani's new bride Mamika Tanaka's family maybe has connections to the Yakuza

Is this a legit rumor or a joke?

[majestik101]

Originally Posted by Retired hobbist

Is this a legit rumor or a joke?

Meant as a joke.

Shinji Tanaka is a character in the Yakuza video game franchise.

I made the fatal mistake of assuming some in the baseball forums would get it, but the average age of the average baseball fan is 65

[Bunny Hop]

No wonder he didn't want to tell people his dog was named "Parlay"

[base set]

Originally Posted by Archangel1775

If the terp plays NL Hold'em, there are some big high stakes games in the local casinos with minimum buy-ins of 10k-100k. Then there are the underground private home games with 100k-500k stacks. If its only been 2 years, I wouldn't be surprised if most of the $4.5 million in losses were from poker, assuming he plays. Those home games are known be shady and it wouldn't surprise me if the bookie "invited" the terp to them. There were allegations of marked cards recently where a player lost $1 million in one night.

IFFFFFFFFF this story were to travel into this direction - that the debts largely came from Poker - a whole lot of people would breathe easier on it.

[JRX]

Originally Posted by base set

IFFFFFFFFF this story were to travel into this direction - that the debts largely came from Poker - a whole lot of people would breathe easier on it.

Yes and no, there's still the issue of having a guy connected to a star player with a huge gambling debt with an illegal book maker. That's a problem for any sport.

[bub838]

Originally Posted by anusinha

Interesting political effects here, is the state govt pissed off at him enough to go after him? Or do they let it slide to let their political friends (the Dodgers) make a pile of money?

Nah, nothing new there. Go read about Riviera Country Club and what they do to avoid taxes. No one cares.

[Archangel1775]

Originally Posted by vwnut13

Ohtani is making $2 million per year for the next 10 years.

His contract was written to avoid California state taxes.

Damn, I just read up on it. Apparently it would be only $30 million. He will still brings in a lot more than that to the state with him on the Dodgers and more after he retires. There is just so much long term money involved, its not worth trying to go after him for anything other than being a victim.

[jlzinck]

I see Ohtani took Chris Carter's advice.

[NickyCards]

Of course the lawyers aren’t going to say my client had knowledge of illegal gambling activities. That’s the point of having a defense. His name is still listed on the wire transfers according to ESPN. That is a crime itself. I promise you if this happened to a lower tier player, they’d be under investigation right now. They absolutely have to investigate it, and honestly prosecutors are always trying to make a name for themselves, I wouldn’t be surprised if this became a huge deal. I can also totally see them sweeping this under the rug. Back to the wire transfer, even if he wasn’t doing the betting himself, his funds were sent to an illegal bookmaking operation. I don’t see how he doesn’t get suspended, unless he is holier than thou.

[JWBlue]

Blowout on brand in this thread.

[speedyjg13]

Originally Posted by JWBlue

Blowout on brand in this thread.

You ain't lying!!!!

[KhalDrogo]

Originally Posted by JWBlue

Blowout on brand in this thread.

The angriest are the fans of the teams he snubbed.

[callou2131]

I Just really hope Vegas dave makes an appearance in all of this.

[kooky4cards]

Don't miss the latest episode of Spin, M.D.

[awz50]

This thread has become special

[Stifle]

Give Ohtani Dodger stock and his classification changes from
a player to a player with ownership. A owners / executives are held to different standards of accountability.

[JRX]

Here's the thing, if he's down 4.5M is he like whatever I can just get the money from Ohtani regardless orrrrrrr is he like "I really need a win" and did bet on baseball using his inside knowledge?

[kooky4cards]

Originally Posted by awz50

This thread has become special