shohei ohtani alert

Shohei Ohtani came up with discomfort and was limping after this play and headed to the clubhouse.

pic.twitter.com/S0G3xVZwiw

— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) August 29, 2023

truly cursed organization

Today was Angels photo day. But Shohei Ohtani wasn’t available for it. So they used a body double, and will presumably photoshop him in. He was taken through a back exit by Angels PR. pic.twitter.com/5yFuDjLw4o

— Sam Blum (@SamBlum3) September 5, 2023

Ohtani hasn’t played in a game since the 3rd. :( he was supposed to be in the lineup yesterday but was scratched and wasn’t in it today.

The Angels medical team might be worse than the Yankees’.

Has he been spotted in the dugout? I'm curious if he low-key flew back to JP to get a second opinion on his injury.

Huh. I didn’t know the answer, last picture of him on Getty images is September 3rd.

He was "unavailable" for the team picture on Sept 5th.

Yeah saw that, but had no idea he wasn’t even in the dugout until you just brought it up. He must be back if they listed him as available but I haven’t seen mention if him being seen there on Twitter.

He was on the field in Philly on 9/8 so my theory is debunked.

Man needed to get a cheesesteak in, fuck it, seasons done

Shohei Ohtani’s locker has been cleared out. There’s a bag that’s packed.

The Angels have declined to say tonight why this is happening or what it means.

— Sam Blum (@SamBlum3) September 16, 2023

Welp... what a wacky ending to one of the most unusual seasons on record.

If the Angels actually ruined him by running him out every day & not treating him properly - can you fucking imagine

Just tallied his stats... bref has him at 10.0 WAR (6.0 batting + 4.0 pitching) which has him tied for 173rd in highest single season WAR ever (6th highest among active players, what is up 2009 Zack Greinke!?):

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/WAR_bat_season.shtml

wrong link there (that's just batters), correct link for pitchers/batters:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/WAR_season.shtml

West coast Mets

please. there is a nobility to the mets' failings that LAA can only dream of

On the IL with oblique injury, season officially done

glad I can say I saw him play, even if it was only hitting.

Shohei Ohtani had surgery this morning. Here’s a statement from his agent, Nez Balelo … pic.twitter.com/ES2RSp1rOJ

— Alden González (@Alden_Gonzalez) September 19, 2023

Worth noting that the MD who performed the surgery is the Head Team Physician for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Same doc who just worked on Aaron Rodgers as well.

he does all the big stars now that james andrews is in his 80s

xps yeah Dr Robert Anderson is the foot equivalent for a ton of teams as well

the lebron james of elbows

https://archive.ph/xmD9b

not quite the takedown i was expecting but still a good read

I'm not sure what you were expecting, I think the Angels got eviscerated in that piece. What a backwards, messed up organization.

The Angels now offer meals in spring training, and for all its flaws, the minor-league facility at least has an indoor weight room.

Shohei ohtani is now married ❤️

Rumors have it his wife is Mamiko Tanaka, former basketball star.

大谷翔平さんの結婚相手と噂の、元女子バスケットボール選手の田中真美子さん。

身長180cmの美女だ.ᐟ
でもどうなんだろ…動画は同一人物？

一般女性だと思ってたが…元バスケ選手
今日の囲み取材楽しみだねー

大谷の嫁になったらデコピンと遊べるw
もしそうならお似合いだなー https://t.co/V1mkYoRi7T pic.twitter.com/P5V3OYPAPB

— rila 𓍯りら (@rila_rila_ka) February 29, 2024

I'm happy not knowing. Guy obviously taking measures to keep his private life private, impressive he's been able to keep things under wraps so well with his stature.

What the fuck!

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-20/gambling-story

Representatives of Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani on Wednesday accused his interpreter of engaging in a “massive theft” of the ballplayer’s funds to place bets with an allegedly illegal bookmaker who is the target of a federal investigation.

Lawyers for Ohtani made that claim after The Times learned that Ohtani’s name had surfaced in the investigation of Mathew Bowyer, an Orange County resident. Ohtani’s representatives looked into the actions of the interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, in response to The Times’ queries, a source close to the matter said. Two sources told the newspaper that the money involved was in the millions of dollars.

In a statement, the West Hollywood law firm Berk Brettler, said, “In the course of responding to recent media inquiries, we discovered that Shohei has been the victim of a massive theft and we are turning the matter over to the authorities.”

Attempts to reach Mizuhara were unsuccessful. Mizuhara placed bets with Bowyer, according to the sources, who requested anonymity to share sensitive information.

The Dodgers on Wednesday fired Mizuhara, a team spokesman said.

Everything happens to him!

And on that bombshell

SEOUL, South Korea — Police in South Korea were investigating a bomb threat on Wednesday against baseball star Shohei Ohtani, who is in Seoul for Major League Baseball’s first regular-season games in the country.

They were alerted by the South Korean Consulate in Vancouver, which received an email written in English threatening to bomb the 18,000-seat Gocheok Sky Dome in the South Korean capital, where Ohtani’s Los Angeles Dodgers are playing the San Diego Padres.

The Dodgers’ trip to Asia has drawn legions of fans, with Ohtani the headline act.

After searching with sniffer dogs, X-ray detectors and other equipment, police said no sign of a bomb had been found and that they were providing additional security at the season opener on Wednesday, which is reportedly sold out.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/shohei-ohtani-bomb-threat-mlb-baseball-south-korea-rcna144197

This story is insane

https://www.espn.co.uk/mlb/story/_/id/39768770/dodgers-shohei-ohtani-interpreter-fired-theft

Ippei Mizuhara, the longtime friend and interpreter for Ohtani, incurred the gambling debts to a Southern California bookmaking operation that is under federal investigation, multiple sources told ESPN. How he came to lose his job started with reporters asking questions about the wire transfers.

Initially, a spokesman for Ohtani told ESPN the slugger had transferred the funds to cover Mizuhara's gambling debt. The spokesman presented Mizuhara to ESPN for a 90-minute interview Tuesday night, during which Mizuhara laid out his account in great detail. However, as ESPN prepared to publish the story Wednesday, the spokesman disavowed Mizuhara's account and said Ohtani's lawyers would issue a statement.

"In the course of responding to recent media inquiries, we discovered that Shohei has been the victim of a massive theft, and we are turning the matter over to the authorities," read the statement from Berk Brettler LLP.

The spokesman declined to answer any further questions, and the statement did not specify whom they believe perpetrated the alleged theft.

When asked by ESPN on Wednesday afternoon -- after the Berk Brettler statement -- if he had been accused of theft, Mizuhara said he was told he could not comment but declined to say by whom.

After Ohtani agreed to pay the debts, Mizuhara said on Tuesday, Ohtani logged onto his own computer and sent the wire transfers under Mizuhara's supervision in installments over several months last year. They added "loan" to the description field in the transactions.

"We had to add a description for the wire," Mizuhara said. "I think Matt (Bowyer)might have told me to just put 'loan.' You had to put something."

Asked why Ohtani didn't simply give him the money instead of paying Bowyer's associate directly, Mizuhara said Ohtani didn't trust him with the money.

"He didn't want me to gamble it away," Mizuhara said.

Mizuhara said he told Ohtani he would pay him back.

When an ESPN reporter asked Ohtani's camp about the allegation from Mizuhara that Ohtani was present and helped move the funds and that he was going to be paid back, the spokesman contacted Ohtani's attorneys, who then issued the statement saying he was the victim of a "massive theft."

Mizuhara, though, Wednesday afternoon, walked back much of what he had said late Tuesday, saying Ohtani had no knowledge of his gambling activities, debts or efforts to repay them.

"Obviously, this is all my fault, everything I've done," he said. "I'm ready to face all the consequences."

He said he did not have legal representation but was "working on it." He said he spoke with ESPN Wednesday afternoon on his own free will.

He reiterated, though, that he had never bet on baseball.

lol

but not even the biggest scandal in japan headlines today if you can believe that.

:(

xp it’s going to be really bad for Ippei in Japan, he’s nearly as famous as Ohtani himself

From last month:

Gambler Matt Bowyer, whose Cali home was raided by federal agents last month, the same day his @ResortsWorldLV
host's phone was seized by feds, is being represented by Irvine federal criminal defense attorney Diane Bass, a source confirms.
11:00 AM · Nov 16, 2023

This is tied to a federal investigation and Ippei got mixed up with the wrong dudes. Yikes.

"Shohei Otani" is visible alongside various bank account and wire-transfer information and the word "loan."

I've seen enough, this thread needs to get locked and the other thread needs to be resurrected:

let's get excited about...shohei otani

Definitely fishy that Ippei's story keeps changing though, smells like there will be more news to come...

Why would Ohtani’s spokespeople arrange an interview with ESPN with one story and then he walks it back the next day and they publish both?’

*dons tinfoil hat*

Ok, let's say Ippei is the fall guy and Ohtani got outed by the Feds who let the MLB know and then MLB/LAD agree that his punishment is Ohtani's contract gets structured so that he doesn't earn $fuckyoumoney until 2033 when he's matured and grown out of some irresponsible bad habits...

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Or can’t gamble it away

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Damn that's some real tinfoiling. I love it

I don’t know anything about the actual gambling aspect of it, is it feasible one could use a dodgy bookmaker and think it’s legit? Though maybe you have to go to a dodgy one to lose that much money?

Welcome to the podcast, we're going to be talking about Shohei's gambling scandal today... first a bit of business.. we have new merch sponsored by DraftKings

rules for thee but not for me

Let the man bet on himself, he's making peanuts! He's got a wife and dog to feeed!

if he was betting on the Angels he probably needs the $700 mil

You’ll recall that he deferred it for ten years so he can’t…even if he wanted to…which he definitely doesn’t

shohei: yeah I'll just take 2mil right now, I'll make the rest through..... "endorsements" ;)