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Kevlar v2.0 posted:https://www.si.com/mlb/cubs/news/chicago-cubs-world-series-veteran-placed-on-il-again-dylan9 I am very sad
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MLB: Blame Nike for the uniformsquote:"Nike chose the letter sizing and picked the fabric that was used in these jerseys," MLB said, per The Athletic. "Fanatics has done a great job manufacturing everything to the exact specifications provided by Nike. As part of this significant transition, Nike will continue to explore necessary adjustments to certain elements of the new uniforms to meet the needs of MLB Clubs and players." How much does MLB have invested in Fanatics again?
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R.D. Mangles posted:I am very sad 
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Forrest on Fire posted:Tungsten Arm O/U'Doyle Kevlar v2.0 posted:Shohei the Money Line These posts are a George Carlin HBO special compared to what passes for an Ohtani joke reply on Twitter
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Captain Log posted:While I'm not particularly a Cubs fan, reading the Cub's posting is a daily highlight for me. Same here friend 
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anakha posted:MLB: Blame Nike for the uniforms I know this seems like rear end-covering but they are using the same factory that Majestic used when they had the contract, so I really do believe it's down to Nike. And I don't think Nike was trying to cut costs, I think they are trying to transition to more proprietary "athletic performance" materials with trademarks like UltraDri or WickWear or whatever, it's just that these materials don't look good and suck.
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bawfuls posted:These posts are a George Carlin HBO special compared to what passes for an Ohtani joke reply on Twitter It was that or Tungsten Arm O'Foiled
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anakha posted:MLB: Blame Nike for the uniforms It's absolutely Nikes fault
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zoux posted:I know this seems like rear end-covering but they are using the same factory that Majestic used when they had the contract, so I really do believe it's down to Nike. While I'm perfectly fine putting the blame on Nike, the fact that Fanatics owns the former Majestic factory doesn't necessarily shield them from criticism since it's just a building. Are the workers the same? Are they following the same QA standards Majestic did?
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:https://www.si.com/mlb/cubs/news/chicago-cubs-world-series-veteran-placed-on-il-again-dylan9 The only source listed in this article is a tweet made yesterday by some rando in the middle of the game so uh, I'd say this one's probably fake news.
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:It's absolutely Nikes fault Break up both companies and have the executives imprisoned just to be sure.
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https://twitter.com/kileymcd/status/1778461032647622717 Hopefully every other Boras client follows suit.
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mcmagic posted:https://twitter.com/kileymcd/status/1778461032647622717 I dunno he's gotten $25 million to play for the reigning NL champs, seems like Scott did him a favor  If this was an actual coordinated effort to gently caress over Boras, he seems like the litigious type
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:https://www.si.com/mlb/cubs/news/chicago-cubs-world-series-veteran-placed-on-il-again-dylan9 drat I'm sad.
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Anyone else here playing Helldivers 2 and did a double take when the new order was on planet VERNEN WELLS?
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Notes from the Fed investigation - Ippei stole $16 mil - Ippei impersonated Ohtani in phone calls to Ohtani's bank - Ippei admitted to the bookie, in text, that he was stealing from Ohtani lol
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explosivo posted:Anyone else here playing Helldivers 2 and did a double take when the new order was on planet VERNEN WELLS? I knew it was striking me in a weird way, and now I finally put 2 and 2 together
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$16M??? Who the hell like, was doing Ohtani's taxes and wealth management? Those assholes need the loving boot as well.
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https://twitter.com/BillShaikin/status/1778481855509246161 Bookie: whoa, you seen the reports? Ippei: I did all the crimes. Shohei did none of them. I am the criminal. I am going to jail forever.
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Are those quotes or paraphrases? Because if quotes that plays pretty hard into the hypothesis that Ippei is Shohei's fall guy tbh. If paraphrases though, that plays pretty hard into the hypothesis that Bill Shaikin, whoever he is, is perhaps maybe shading things just a little to create a story
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R.D. Mangles posted:Vernon Wells, the actor? Why not both
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Eric the Mauve posted:Are those quotes or paraphrases? Because if quotes that plays pretty hard into the hypothesis that Ippei is Shohei's fall guy tbh. lol holy poo poo more from that thread: https://twitter.com/laura_nelson/status/1778486392361832646 plus this: https://twitter.com/Alden_Gonzalez/status/1778477821112770949 sounds like this is an account Ippei set up for Ohtani for the purpose of shielding it from his agent/accountant/other advisors bawfuls fucked around with this message at 19:22 on Apr 11, 2024 |
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This mfer lost $52k per day for 26 months straight holy poo poo
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bawfuls posted:how much money would you take to spend years in federal prison for a crime you didn't commit, lose your career, and have your spouse leave you? sounds like he was being a really good friend and Ohtani is loving him over here
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So Ippei is simultaneously a scheming mastermind who managed to siphon $16M away from Ohtani over 4+ years without Ohtani, any of his financial people, or his agent cottoning on, and also a complete and total dipshit who openly confesses to his shady bookie that he's dogshit at gambling and good for his debts because he's stealing. Okay.
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Sydin posted:So Ippei is simultaneously a scheming mastermind who managed to siphon $16M away from Ohtani over 4+ years without Ohtani, any of his financial people, or his agent cottoning on, and also a complete and total dipshit who openly confesses to his shady bookie that he's dogshit at gambling and good for his debts because he's stealing.
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Sydin posted:The only source listed in this article is a tweet made yesterday by some rando in the middle of the game so uh, I'd say this one's probably fake news. Sports Illustrated doesn't seem like a source that would just make poo poo up, but I'm having trouble finding another source to verify it.
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Sydin posted:So Ippei is simultaneously a scheming mastermind who managed to siphon $16M away from Ohtani over 4+ years without Ohtani, any of his financial people, or his agent cottoning on, and also a complete and total dipshit who openly confesses to his shady bookie that he's dogshit at gambling and good for his debts because he's stealing. It sounds like the old goon joke of "my ISP is angry at all the Linux ISOs that I torrent", except it's "these wagers which are totally mine and not my mysterious benefactor's"
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Sports Illustrated doesn't seem like a source that would just make poo poo up, but I'm having trouble finding another source to verify it. The old SI maybe, isn't it just AI generated articles now that it's owned by some licensing company?
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bawfuls posted:what is your occam's razor theory Sydin? Please fill us in Honestly it's the opposite: I'm unconvinced that this one guy managed to steal this much money over this much time without the presumably dozens of people and organizations with some kind of eyes on Ohtani's finances not catching wind. Like okay he set up some super secret account that he had access to and could then draw from, but the money going into that account had to come from other accounts Ohtani has that have legit eyes on them, and they would have seen these massive shifts in money. Ippei was supposedly impersonating Ohtani to his bank, but was he also doing that to his accountants? Tax attorneys? Wealth and investment managers? Or does Ohtani really just dump all of his earnings into a checking account and call it a day? tl;dr Look honestly I can believe that Ippei was able to keep Ohtani specifically in the dark, but I cannot believe he managed to keep everybody that way. Somebody else knew, probably multiple other somebodies, but Ippei was at the center of it and is getting set up as the fall guy. Even in the best case scenario for Ohtani where he was 100% not in the know, he really needs to take a long hard look at everybody else he's got managing his money and allowed this fraud to go on.
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Dog Faced JoJo posted:The old SI maybe, isn't it just AI generated articles now that it's owned by some licensing company? Yes. Yes it is.
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Sydin posted:Honestly it's the opposite: I'm unconvinced that this one guy managed to steal this much money over this much time without the presumably dozens of people and organizations with some kind of eyes on Ohtani's finances not catching wind. Like okay he set up some super secret account that he had access to and could then draw from, but the money going into that account had to come from other accounts Ohtani has that have legit eyes on them, and they would have seen these massive shifts in money. Ippei was supposedly impersonating Ohtani to his bank, but was he also doing that to his accountants? Tax attorneys? Wealth and investment managers? Or does Ohtani really just dump all of his earnings into a checking account and call it a day? Ohtani's agent repeatedly tried to ask about that account but was told by Ippei that Ohtani wanted it private. Presumably it was getting some percentage of regular deposits from his income. At several points in this saga, Nez Balelo has shown himself to be a pretty lovely agent. Both in this example and when the story first broke, he kept communicating through Ippei instead of trying to speak directly with Ohtani. We heard years and years of stories about how close Ohtani and Ippei are, how trusted he was, how much communication with Ohtani was filtered through Ippei. Why is it hard to believe that even Ohtani's agent etc were subject to this same filter?
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Sports Illustrated doesn't seem like a source that would just make poo poo up, but I'm having trouble finding another source to verify it. SI fired almost all of their writing staff and are just churning out AI slop these days, they are absolutely not a reputable source.
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https://twitter.com/jmjones/status/1778491856411623782?t=UzXturFQSSZ8dy7lWEh6TA&s=19 Rob Manfred, as punishment you must do the needful and get Shohei on a place to Toronto for real this time.
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bawfuls posted:what is your occam's razor theory Sydin? Please fill us in Ohtani did the cans
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