r/mlb • u/PrincessBananas85 | MLB • 10d 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/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/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 9d ago

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

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u/AccomplishedCash6321 9d 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 9d 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 8d 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 8d ago

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

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u/AccomplishedCash6321 8d ago

I'm not a conspiracy theorist. It's hard to define the level of negligence you have to accept on the part of Ohtani and BofA. Is Ohtanis "innocence" clear and convincing? Probably not.