The Craziest Scandal in Modern Day Baseball
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- Thanks for watching! No one expected Shohei Ohtani, the best player in baseball, to be in this big of a controversy in 2024. This is easily, the Craziest Scandal we've seen in a long time... the LA Dodgers have announced they are investigating Shohei Ohtani this MLB Season.
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Title: The Craziest Scandal in Modern Day Baseball
By: Purely Baseball
Now the Red Sox are saying he never worked for them 😮
Update: The University of Riverside doesn't have any record of him attending their university, let alone graduate from there as he claimed.
Not even close to the craziest scandal. Astros is the craziest of ALL TIME.
they stole signs electronically big deal. i’m still mad they beat the yankees in 2017 because i loved that 2017 yankees team. but honestly their whole sign stealing thing was cool
All time? that would be the black sox
Son, sign stealing has been going on since baseball began. Stop listening to the media and start thinking for yourself.
And Peter Rose is more evil than ePay or Ohtani.
@@trentk268 the issue isn't that they stole signs, it's HOW they stole the signs. If a runner on second decodes the signs that's one thing, but Houston used their cameras to do it, which is bullshit because there's no way to counter that, hence why it's illegal.
The bigger scandal is that Americans making 500k a year in California aren’t able to live a luxurious lifestyle
Fair point
What do you mean? he's paid what he's worth, and 500k isn't THAT much given the concept of inflation. What's scandalous about that? The inflation? Or that the guy's underpaid? Can't have it both ways.
@@wreagfe can you read?
Ippei changed his name to ePay
😅
good one
I was laughing every time he said his name. It would be easier to say his last name.
Racist
@@wokeupmens I'm Japanese, but this was funny
“500k a year in California is not enough to live a luxurious life style” is a crazy thing to say
And very true. You can live comfortably but not luxuriously. Was just out in LA a few weeks ago for a conference and had a VRBO home we stayed in was 1100 sq ft, 3 bed, 2 bath in a not so good part of town and the house was worth 895K. My sister in Vegas has a 3600 sq ft home in a great neighborhood with a pool/jacuzzi and is basically a smart home and is worth 700K. California is a joke
@@graham5990 I live in Orange County and with a $500K salary, you can afford a very nice house. Not oceanfront, but VERY nice.
Define “luxurious”.
Ippei’s career before Ohtani was being a translator for ball players. So what dis he “give up”?
Not crazy at all. It’s one thing to live a nice life. Its another thing, to live like a mega millionaire
The MLB investigation will say Shohei is innocent, no matter what the actual situation is. He's too important to baseball for them to say any different.
That’s gonna make more people taint his career. Barry bonds never tested positive for Steroids
@@Cwe-35 Stop it
That interpreter is disappearing after the scandal broke out. 😅
@@graham5990 Ohtani Team changed the story from Ohtani giving Ippei the money to Ippei stole it, because it’s illegal to give someone money to pay betting debt.
Ohtani no bank would allow 4.5 Million to be withdrawn unless they had confirmation that it was him. That’s too large of a number
So Ohtani and Ippei is Lying, Ohtani was placing bets on games ever since his days on Angels. Ippei is the fall guy.
nah, FBI is in on this too so you can't cover this one up.
Mlb commisioner will clear Ohtani with the same vengeance as he blackballed Trevor Bauer.
Great comment. So true.
pretty sure mlb is going to suspend bauer for this one again.. He should have known better what the translator (& Ohtani) was/were doing.. 🤦🏻♂️🫤
lol
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You can bet the commisioner will protect Ohtani with the same vengeance that he had Bauer blackballed. He is as crooked as the letter z.
Bauer got railroaded and should sue
@@bobbyheenan4061 so you’re saying you beat your wife as well?
One clarification that should be edited: The term "bookkeeper" should be replaced with "bookmaker" in the video.
He'll be fine.
When $500K is not enough for you to live on, (even in California) you are doing something really, seriously wrong.
That’s more an issue of the state itself, not the person making 500K.
Yes your statement is correct when you state something is seriously wrong - in this case it's betting beyond your means.
Yes California is a POS I know I live in this hell hole. This has nothing to do with the state, it's personal choices.
@@rsuriyop You can live on a modest salary in California and be just fine. I'm talking way below $500K. Living in California may be more costly to live in than say states in the mid-west or the south, but that is because of the more desirable features here than you would find in let's say in a a state like Idaho.
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California is doing something really, seriously wrong.* There I fixed it...
Shohei is having his life pulled apart for helping his friend? That sucks. Sounds like he just wanted to help and got caught up in the investigation. Shohei is a legend and I cant wait for him to start throwing again.
MLB and Manfred arent gonna do anything about it they know Ohtani is too valuable and the face of baseball they'll sweep this one under the rug just like the 2017 Astros
Its so entertaining to see so many losers simply wishing Ohtani to fail 😂
Ohtani will keep on playing nobetheless lol
Agreed man. Literally conspiracies being made up just to make the guy look bad. 😂
Appreciate the content. Just a suggestion - you should really try to get the pronunciation of some of the names involved.
Jokes on the world: The "bomb threat" which did happen and was channeled through higher ups in the brass circle, was actually a foreshadowing and meant to be a metaphorical allegory alluding to the Ippei gambling scandal -which happened afterwards
Shohei Otani is a pure baseball boy.
The betrayal must really suck though. It's really unfortunate.😢
I highly doubt Ippei actually stole the money from Shohei. I don't see any betrayal going on here.
Ohtani gave him the money to bet games for him
Wake up! Ohtani guilty....ban him like Rose
Well, Ippei lied about his university degree, he actually went to dealer’s school for gambling.
He had an access to Shohei’s charity account which had about 10 million…
This guys upward inflection at the end of every sentence....
People here really think ohtani is the one gambling don't compare yourself to ohtani lol
Damn I got a padres ad before this vid
Lets go Padres!!!!!!!!
If you believe Ohtani wasn't Gambling you Dumb. He was gambling and MLB is going to protect him! He the face of Baseball. Investigate him!!
oh i assumed this was going to be a 2017 Astros video, maybe change the title
The main thing is if Ohtani bet on baseball personally or through a proxy? I admit it does sound weird that at first it was Shohei loaning a friend money to it was actually stolen from him. I think what makes this story a scandal is we may never know the whole truth as to what really went down for years to come.
Another proof that MLB is the crappiest league in all American sports.
Ohtani is probably going through language & cultural differences. Ohtani might not get into the Baseball Hall of Fame whenever he retires due to the current situation. The Baseball Hall of Fame is like a club. No everyone can be voted in.
Well, Ohtani said that he would talk to media tomorrow. It's going to be a big day!
Where is this 90 min interview with ESPN with Tisha?
There is no scandal here. Shohai is innocent and all the fault lies with the interpreter?
Not the craziest if all of the information hasn't come out yet to make that determination
Me and the rest of the giants fans are rubbing our hands like birdman right now.
Pete Rose needs to be reinstated if nothing is done to penalize Ohtani.
No he shouldn’t. He bet on baseball. End of story.
If you have that big of a contract. wouldn’t it be better to get him English classes so he can learn English and not need an interpreter
It seems like Ippe lied to Shohei, while standing next to him, in what he told Ohtani what was said.
That’s why the other interpreter had to fill in Ohtani on the way back to the hotel.
Apparently, Ohtani doesn’t really even pay attention to his money, since his mother took most of it for savings while he was the highest paid player on his team in Japan.
My guess is the new person in his life, his wife, probably noticed something, but it wasn’t until the interpreter for Yamamoto, who is now there thanks to Ohtani getting him on the Dodgers.
Teammates have stated Ohtani does not gamble at all, and barely does anything that’s not focused on his baseball career. The guy is obsessed with being the best ever, and this is just a distraction.
That said, no bets on baseball makes this a real non-issue.
No betting on the gamers, then stfu.
Ohtani has a case about being a victim of a crime, but he has not committed one, and the thought he is involved is ridiculous, since his Angels teammates have said he didn’t gamble at all.
Regardless of how things are what’s more important is how things look like. The astros situation shows that. The sign stealing was only done at home and was so ineffective they played better away. They didn’t even do any of that in the playoffs. With Shohei it’s so open to interpretation that everything is fair game at this point. This story has more holes than the astros one for example.
Stopped when you said Red Sox
He’s a baseball legend, a high roller, and he *is* the moment
Ohtani is fucked, there's no way he can come out clean from this mess.
Was the Dodgers organization aware of this situation and is that the reason so much of Ohtani’s contract money deferred?
The deferred money wasn’t the Dodgers idea. It was Ohtani’s camp’s idea and apparently he pitched it to every team he met with
He deferred the money so when he inevitably got suspended he wouldn't lose much salary 😅
Don't steal or lie the FBI IRS and MLB hate competition
this karma on mlb. the mistreatment on rose is now going to cost mlb heavily for othani suspension. they have no choice but to suspend him.
his first explanation was the true story. once lawyers got involved it changed. ==it's bookie not bookkeeper.===if you can't live on 500,000 a year something is very wrong.
MLB should definitely investigate with the FBI. Probably Ohtani helped Ippei pay off his debt, so he innocently committed a crime to help his friend. Punishment by both the Federal government and MLB(if the bets aren't baseball related) is paying a fine for transfer wire fraud/illegal betting.
Ever since othani was with the dodgers, bad things happened, hope othani never gets a bomb threat or his best friend betray him. *Padres fan.
The interpreter is going to fall on his sword for Ohtani and nothing else will happen. He is far too important, read $$$$, to MLB to allow him to fall from grace. Done finished.
astros redsox cheating and winning the world series is way worse
I think it comes down to whether Ippei can wire $500k multiple times from Ohtani's account without his knowledge, right? Those who have experienced with paying downpayment or such would think it is impossible. But I don't know do rich people have a different type of bank account allowing them to wire the massive amount of money just like Venmo??
I don't think anyone outside of the Dodgers subreddit is really buying the theft thing, but it might protect Shohei to claim he didn't send those transfers.
@@danweston6109 I saw something like check writing privilege theory.
The interpreter has the full discretion because Ohtani cannot be trusted on dealing with massive amount of money due to his lack of English communication skills. The bank must have too much faith in his interpreter who turned out to fake his UC Riverside diploma...
It is kinda funny that any defense on Ohtani will conclude him to be a complete idiot.
@@tatsuyaarai6029Maybe he should hire Shaggy as a legal representative.
Likey Ohtani was gambling. He is highly competitive athlete like Michael Jordan or Wayne Gretsky -- adrenaline junkies who love action and competition. His interpreter who makes 300K a year (is is really 500K?) probably couldn't afford to gambe up to 3M. That amount of money sounds like someone who can afford to lose that. Sort of like Ryan Garcia in boxing worth 100M and losing a few million.
You know damn well that the mlb investigation, they're going to look for ANY reasons to protect their golden goose. I think it should be an outside group doing it, if they really do an investigation
there's no evidence that ohtani did anything wrong yet though, people are going to pretend he did something wrong whether the MLB finds something or not.
What would you do ? He's the face of baseball... plus this is not harming any human or affecting MLB ratings.
The feds are investigating
Why is everyone whining so hard in the comments rn? You guys sound like kids complaining on a subway surfers UA-cam short.
it's not even a scandal. his interpreter did something stupid and ohtani had nothing to do with it. i hate when people dont read beyond headlines and suddenly start pretending that ohtani bet on baseball when HIS LAWYERS are the ones that brought the situation to light,.
Or his lawyers knew what impact the truth would do to ohtanis career so they fabricated a lie, made it seem like ippei stole the money and ippei is on board in order to save his buddy's Image. The truth is we don't know. I too love Ohtani but we have to wait and find out
@@j-quiz292 you’re literally making up a scenario that you have no evidence of, how about we wait until the full truth comes out before trying to slander a player? Imagine if you’re in his position, did nothing wrong, and got 4.5 million stolen by a close friend, and thousands of people start thinking you bet on your own games. Absolute 0 IQ
We don't know yet if Ohtani is involved or not. It's still being investigated. Ohtani's interpreter could be his "fall guy." MLB, the sponsors, and all the popularity & money that follows him, will be protected! Shoei is the face of the league. "They" are going to protect him. I sure hope he's not knowingly involved.
@@midrangetorque again, you’re making things up with no evidence when you admit you don’t know
@@Lingboysc2 how do you know ohtani had nothing to do with it? I don't want that to be the case as much as you don't but the truth is we know nothing
did you call this man pepe lol
cant wait for the 30 for 30 on this
4.5 hrs for 4.5 mil edition
LET'S GO ANGELS!!
How is someone getting paid 500000. A year living pay cheque to pay cheque that’s like doctor money
Only answer, is he lived with Ohtani. Mega millionaire who apparently lives like one.
What's Japanese for I fucked up? And if they let this go Pete Rose better get a Hall Call
Is Shohei Otani's interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, a Korean resident in Japan?Is he pretending to be Japanese by using a Japanese name?Most of Japan's anti-social criminal organizations, or yakuza, are Koreans living in Japan.Japanese people rarely drive Korean cars.Did Ippei Mizuhara first drive a Korean car?Most of his history is full of lies.Was he sent to destroy Shohei Otani and become a parasite?Did Ippei Mizuhara realize that he had a weakness for gambling, yet he repeatedly incurred huge debts?
Baseball should make the season shorter and schedule double headers so traveling a minimum of 2 hours for a 2 hour game isn’t a total waste of my time. Mlb ruined my favorite thing to do. Go to Phillies games. for what? So ppl who don’t gaf ab this sport will maybe leave it on in the background sometimes? I have to travel a minimum of 2 hours to watch baseball. Why do they want to make games shorter than 2 hours? We have to pack snacks before because I will miss half the game trying to get a damn Cheese steak. LOWER TICKET PRICES or something. This is garbage. I pay so much money and invest so much of my time into baseball and they screw me
I'm with you brother, under Manfred MLB has lost the very little credibility this league had.
Is Shohei Otani's interpreter Ippei Mizuhara a Korean resident in Japan?Is he pretending to be Japanese by using a Japanese name?Did he drive a Korean car at first?Most of Japan's anti-social criminal organizations, or yakuza, are Koreans living in Japan.In Japan, very few Japanese people drive Korean-made cars.Ippei Mizuhara's career is full of falsehoods.Was he sent to destroy Shohei Otani and become a parasite?Did he intend to ruin Shohei Otani by incurring huge debts and forcing Shohei Otani to take over his duties?
if MLB find out that Ohtani was betting would they really expose him?
Well, no authorities are investigating Ohtani, so not sure how MLB can get this straight out. Given that the season is about to start, the league will be pressured to address this matter ASAP with limited information. At least one person will come out as a winner here as Pete Rose will appear to various shows while collecting some allowances.
MLB will open an investigation?
Hilarious....regardless of whatever, MLB will always make their money....
This whole thing is a big nothing burger.
Only a moron would think this 😅
1st 4 minutes completely useless.
It was a slow off season. Media needs a story. Might as well be about Ohtani.
If a country is gonna pay you damn near a billion dollars…. You should probably take an off season to become fluent in that country’s language.🤦
This country is not paying him they are taking from him. Only reason why he is taking the 680 million at the end of 10 years.. taxes. Don’t be mad a Japanese dude is the face of the MLB
How many American players can speak Japanese who play there?
@@marumarusensei1 Almost all of them… especially Trevor Bauer
American’s playing in Japan don’t have interpreters… Nor have you ever seen on with them💯
@@gimletinf69
They have otherwise they can't do what they need to do.
@@gimletinf69
Do you speak Japanese？If you don't,
how do you know almost everyone does?
You can't judge their Japanese capability. Any way, Trevor doesn't speak Japanese.
Out and out! That’s it ! No Bullshit
This has nothing to do with baseball. If there was no betting on baseball, you scavengers are looking for clicks.
“Scavenger” for making a video on the most popular subject regarding MLB right now.
Shohei Ohtani, the face of baseball who generates more cash than any other baseball player, is currently being investigated.
@@PurelyBaseballYTit’s ok he’s just an angry person
Ask A-roid what he thinks or MaguireRoid! Or ask Lance roidrage Armstrong for their opinions!😂
it's pronounced artee moreno
Its pronounced post-see-suhn, not sure if Arte's heard that word before tho 😼
Bro on video also ends every other sentence with a question inflection.
@@egret4393 i'd imagine not
Whoever did it needs to find another hobby this ones not working out.
Shohei Me the Money
Ohtanigate 2024
Let Pete rose in the hall of fame
Shohei me the slap on the wrist
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 lmao. Biggest Cover up ever.
I'm guessing that knowledgeable baseball people had the inside scoop on this. Why didn't the Dodgers?
Bauer was innocent also doesn't seem to matter and ya Pete Rose hmm i say this guy is guilty
Y’all reaching hard for content 😂
Dude, ippei wasn’t Ohtani’s personal interpreter during Nippon ham fighter. Ippei was the team interpreter. Ohtani is rich doesn’t mean he lives in a extravagant way. All he’s clothing and cars are sponsored. Stop making things up and speculation. To be fair, I think Ohtani should be investigated. Ippei is now disappearing after the Seoul Series and he also lied about his resume that no one actually back ground checked before hiring him. 😂
Somewhere in heaven Pete Rose is laughing at MLB. 😅
There, this interpreter, would blend, right in. No?
It was clearly ohtani and he’s paying his homie to be the fall guy. Ray Lewis entered the chat…
This is all on ohtani no way he have someone access to his bank account come on people !!!
The Blue Jays had the inside scoop that’s why they didn’t make the deal.
Chess, not checkers
It's crazy because they both are lying.
If Bauer got suspended, Ohtani 100% NEEDS TO BE SUSPENDED ALSO !!!!
😂
Ohtani was the one gambling is my bet
MLB has to investigate this matter because it is a serious offense, but also they have to either clear Ohtani's name or find out he was involved in the illegal betting and violating the MLB rules. Ohtani is worth a lot of money to a lot of people so his innocence or guilt has a lot riding on it. It really is a shame that this is happening just as he was starting out with the Dodgers to begin a potentially bright and successful career with a winning team. The hype surrounding the Dodgers signing him was very dramatic and climactic. And now this dark event has overshadowed everything even before his first home opener in LA. If Ohtani is guilty, it will be a black eye on the Dodgers organization considering all the hoops they had to jump through to procure him. Even if he is innocent, it is just bad optics. But if we know anything about sports is that the one thing that will make people excuse bad behavior, it's WINNING. And that's why the Dodgers got Ohtani in the first place. They want to win and he wants to win and get championships. I guess we will have to wait and see how this drama unfolds. I hope that Ohtani is innocent. Talent like his is a once in a lifetime occurrence and for him to be possibly banned from baseball would be a tragic state of affairs.
Your inflation is to much bro
If he's not suspended and banned there are a lot of guys waiting for reinstatement. PETE ROSE ❤
Onisoeaks fluent English. Why does he need an interpreter?
Showhe was always too perfect, best player, good looks, I knew there had to be a deep down secret and apparently its his gambling addiciton and now his interpreter was the fall guy for it
Why would Ohtani gamble himself lol u can rule that one out clearly
Why would Michael Jordan gamble?
Even if you are rich. You will know if you are missing an extra 4.5 million in liquid assets. Cover up
Why, can't two Japanese gay lovers gamble together anymore? Japanese gay lovers lives matter too!
Ohtani should be suspended and banned from baseball
Depends on what he was betting on (if he was placing bets at all). If he was betting on baseball, for sure yeah. But if it was on something like horse racing or some other sport, I don’t see why it would be THAT big of a problem. Maybe a fine and a short suspension would cut it. But we don’t know all the details yet.
well If they didn't Kick any of the trashstro 🗑️ players out For there far more serious Charges they better not Do that to Ohtani
🇺🇸TRUMP 2024🇺🇸
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Ohtani is innocent and won't have any problems.
Ohtani is guilty
@@Cwe-35 you should change your name to CTE because you have brain damage.
His interpreter is the fall guy and the MLB will pantomime an investigation while not holding Ohtani responsible even if he was knowingly involved. Ohtani is too big a star and cash cow for the MLB for them to punish him. Ohtani should be suspended until the “investigation” has been concluded. Also the MLB shouldn’t be the ones conducting the investigating.
He should not play in MLB. He should return to NPB and play for Chunichi Dragons.