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    Tanner Houck 2024

    I thought a Maddux was defined as a CGSO on fewer than 100 pitches. How is it possible to throw a shutout and lose? edit: BRef tells me Sheets had 4 career shutouts, 1 in 2001 and 3 in 2008. None of them were Madduxes. I think you have your definition and/or search terms wrong.
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    MLB suspends Trevor Bauer for 2 years with no pay

    She is. And on Taiwanese baseball, and in general. She is great and I've been following her for years. Singed indeed. He had a tweet yesterday or the day before saying he's signed to pitch for 5 games for the Mexican team and that he's got offers from several Japanese (mystery) teams. If he...
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    Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling

    Yes, people think that. I'm not sure why at this point, but they do. If there was no discussion of sports betting, you'd have put it more clearly than, "did not contain any messages that discussed sports betting"?
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    Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling

    How are we all feeling about these takes now? I'm not looking for internet points, and the whole saga isn't yet put to bed so maybe more details could come out that do incriminate Ohtani, though that seems unlikely now. I'm just flagging them in the hopes that maybe in the future we won't be so...
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    Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling

    It's pretty far down the list of unfortunate things in this whole saga but one thing I keep thinking about is that Ippei was basically the best actual translator any of these guys has ever had.
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    Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling

    Ah I see, that makes sense — thanks to you both.
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    Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling

    Sorry can you explain what you mean here — if the number was much higher, it is more likely to exonerate Ohtani? Or am I reading you wrong?
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    Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling

    You’re free to believe what you like, I just wanted to draw a distinction between saying there’s evidence Ohtani wired money as you did initially, and saying that money was wired from his account. The former is in dispute, the latter is not.
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    Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling

    If you’re going to tell him that he is making false statements, your wording should be better. Because it seems like we’re on the verge of all of Ohtani, Mizuhara, and various federal investigative bodies agreeing that Ohtani, in fact, did no such thing.
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    Complete "Win It For" Thread In A Bound Book - A Jimmy Fund Challenge

    $500
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    March/April 2024 MLB Gamethread

    This Betts guy appears to be a pretty good ballplayer?
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    NPB & other Asia-Pac leagues 2024

    I've got my tickets in hand for Yakult Swallows Opening Day, just a few hours from now and a few miles up the road, at historic Jingu Stadium. So it's time to get the annual thread rolling, though this a bit of a placeholder post. Jingu is, I believe, one of the last four stadiums still...
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    March/April 2024 MLB Gamethread

    Things have gotten away from the Rockies pitchers in the 3rd inning in Arizona. The DBacks have batted around, put up 10 runs in the inning, and are still going. Currently 12-1 Arizona in the 3rd.
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    Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling

    I don't know what to tell you guys. You're looking at this through every possible lens except the lens of who Ohtani was and is. It's great you set out on your own. I didn't get on a plane until I was 20 years old, then celebrated my 21st in a bar in Nagoya. It was awesome. When Ohtani was 17 he...
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    Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling

    Yes, we do not think that. Because we've never heard of any of his family members being involved in his affairs, ever. He probably wires (or asked Ippei to wire!) some money to his parents from time to time? I think it was only in the last year or so that he bought his parents a Porsche. Also he...
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    Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling

    What if you were a 23yo kid whose sole focus was playing baseball? And if you were the kind of 23yo who didn't care about the fact that you could have made tens or maybe hundreds of millions more dollars if you waited two years to make the move, because testing yourself against the best was the...
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    Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling

    Why worry about it at all if there were not millions in the beginning and Ippei was handling it smoothly anyway? Status quo is the path of least resistance even as circumstances change.
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    Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling

    ...correct? You think US banks send text alerts in Japanese? They do not, probably for Compliance reasons as much as technical or resource reasons. Regardless the more important point is that he probably can't be bothered to deal with such things anyway, and alerts in any language were as...
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    Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling

    I was pleasantly surprised over the weekend to NOT find this mentioned in the thread. It was so preposterous and so quickly called out as probable nonsense that I thought maybe someone posted it and Dopes deleted it before it went anywhere. If you'd like me to go into all the reasons why it's...
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    Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling

    Just kind of hilarious timing. In fact it was for opening online accounts *and* making online bank transfers via their new app. Story in Japanese for those who can read it: https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/1bbb02d8d9ec097517234d864f66c4eed2a3d8cf
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