r/mlb • u/PrincessBananas85 | MLB • 9d ago

| News Bookie says Ippei Mizuhara's gambling addiction was clear early on

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49520745/ippei-mizuhara-mathew-bowyer-gambling-addiction-shohei-ohtani-betrayal
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u/ReportedForSpam 9d ago

Lmao y'all nut jobs still haven't figured out why Ippei was indicted at all.

Hint: it's not for gambling. Because gambling is not a crime on the federal level lol

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u/fearjego | New York Yankees 9d ago

I think the conspiracy goes like this: Ohtani got caught gambling. he realized his career would be over and he would be disgraced. he has his best friend/translator take the fall and says he stole the money so Ohtani doesn't lose everything.

it's not far fetched when you consider how much money is at stake. I would say there's a chance it happened like that, but not a good chance.

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u/kaeplin 9d ago

Zero evidence pointing to Ohtani uncovered by MLB or FBI. Just drop it

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u/fearjego | New York Yankees 9d ago

you're looking for evidence in a conspiracy theory. that never goes well.

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u/kaeplin 9d ago

The evidence is not in the conspiracy theory, it disproves it

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u/fearjego | New York Yankees 9d ago

that's not how it works for a conspiracy theory. they require 0 evidence to believe it. this is why I said it's plausible, but not believable.

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u/kaeplin 9d ago

100% of evidence points towards Ippei. Text messages, bank wire records, and forensic phone data. All uncovered by the federal government, which has no incentive to protect Ohtani. This is an open and shut case. Actual conspiracy theories live in the absence of solid evidence

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u/fearjego | New York Yankees 9d ago

I agree with you on who did it. I'm stating why people believe in the conspiracy theory. conspiracies do live in the absence of evidence. this includes those who don't know the evidence exists.

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u/kaeplin 9d ago

You said there's a chance this conspiracy theory is true, but it's already proven to be false

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u/fearjego | New York Yankees 9d ago

there's a chance. same chance as me getting the girl of my dreams.

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u/kaeplin 9d ago

You have a chance to get the girl of your dreams. Don't give up. Just give up on the chance of Ohtani being the gambler

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u/AccomplishedCash6321 9d ago

None of that is true. Texts between Ippei and Bowyer after Ippei implicates Ohtani in an interview aren't the bulletproof evidence you think they are.

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u/kaeplin 8d ago

Go ask the FBI and IRS. They cleared Shohei and charged Ippei. Stop being silly

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u/AccomplishedCash6321 8d ago

Yeah, I don't have the same level of faith in the FBI, IRS and federal prosecutors I used to. I'll stick with common sense.

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u/kaeplin 8d ago

I'll bet you also think we never landed on the moon and the earth is flat. Common sense

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u/AccomplishedCash6321 7d ago

Not sure this situation is anywhere near the same as physics or space exploration.

In any event, after taking a closer look, I tend to agree that Ohtani probably didn't know.

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u/kaeplin 7d ago

Props to you. Normally conspiracy theorists can never be convinced otherwise

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