You are such a f***ing tool. Or did you mean that being in office means the rules don't apply to you?
hey a-hole, quit interjecting politics into the Astros/baseball section. You did this once last year. I would have thought you would have learned your lesson.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...hara-gambling-allegations-angels/73073197007/ The Angels kept saying over and over, “Come on, there’s got to more to the story." Still, it’s hard for the Angels or anyone else who knows Ohtani to believe that this was a sheer matter of ignorance. How is it possible that Ohtani would be unaware that multiple payments of $500,000 were being wired to an alleged illegal bookmaker? They say it’s also unfathomable that Ohtani could be unaware of Mizuhara’s gambling habits after being almost inseparable since coming to the United States. No one is believing that Ohtani only became aware of Mizuhara’s confession because of the language barrier, either. Mizuhara may be his interpreter, but Ohtani certainly understands English and speaks English with teammates and Dodgers’ staffers. There’s also not a bookie in the land, gamblers will tell you, that would permit Mizuhara, who earns about $500,000, to accrue $4.5 million in gambling debts unless Mizuhara let them know he had the financial backing of Ohtani. While conspiracy theorists want to believe that Mizuhara is Ohtani’s Greg Anderson, the trainer who went to prison instead of testifying about Barry Bonds during the BALCO scandal, MLB officials want to believe it’s simply a matter of poor judgement. Provided the investigations don't reveal that Mizuhara’s gambling involved baseball, Ohtani unlikely will receive a punishment. The federal government, of course, can make its own ruling, but does anyone really believe there’s a prosecutor who’s going to try to put Ohtani behind bars? The biggest damage to Ohtani likely will be the blemish on his pristine reputation. We’re talking about the biggest star in the game, making the most money on the field ($700 million over 10 years), off the field ($65 million), and earning huge money for the Dodgers and MLB.
As an aside, anyone else tired of the integration of the legal sports books with the different professional leagues? I feel like as baseball fans we are lucky compared to other fans but I’m sure the broadcasts will begin incorporating that crap sooner than later.
I'm telling you had the Astros signed Ohtani, he would be in prison before the start of this MLB season.
