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  1. Bellhorn04
    When Devers wasn't playing third, our fill-ins like Dalbec were bad.
  2. Bellhorn04
    Investigations are closed. It would take some new evidence coming out for anything further to happen.
  3. Bellhorn04
    OK, but they did supposedly do some investigating of cell phones and so on and couldn't find any incriminating communications between Ohtani and the interpreter. I guess you're assuming Ohtani somehow brilliantly covered all his tracks. How would he have paid the interpreter off, in your theory?
  4. Bellhorn04
    Hugh, I'm talking about the part where Ohtani changed his story and said his friend was lying and stole millions from him.
  5. Bellhorn04
    16th is a perfect ranking for the masters of mediocrity.
  6. Bellhorn04
    It only makes sense if you think Ohtani and his people are basically the Mafia, and they told the interpreter his choices were to be killed or to go to jail and be looked after for it.
  7. Bellhorn04
    Understood. I just don't see how if it was Ohtani they couldn't find out it was Ohtani. And that leads to the massive coverup theory.
  8. Bellhorn04
    Rumor had it that last offseason when the Sox were making inquiries on trades for young pitchers, other teams weren't interested unless the Sox were willing to part with at least one of Anthony, Mayer and Teel, and talks ended quickly.
  9. Bellhorn04
    That scenario, that Ohtani was helping his friend until he found out the consequences, probably makes the most sense. Needless to say that doesn't reflect well on Ohtani either. Didn't seem to hurt his game much, that's for sure.
  10. Bellhorn04
    Ray Davis is going the John Henry route and wants to get under the tax threshold by any means. He's been reading moon's posts about nuttiness.
  11. Bellhorn04
    Just wait till John finds out they're going to need a large new building to house all the analysts and computers.
  12. Bellhorn04
    Andrew Bailey and the pitch mix revamping did have a sensational April. After that things got a little sketchy. And we hired former Yankee hitting coach Dillon (Hit Strikes Hard AKA Swing Hard In Case You Hit It) Lawson, and our offense went on to record a franchise record in strikeouts!
  13. Bellhorn04
    It would be a number that measures the relationship of cost to output.
  14. Bellhorn04
    I'm as cynical as they come. And I just think it's really hard to keep something as big as this covered up. Keep an eye out for people in Ohtani's orbit dying in mysterious ways, I guess...
  15. Bellhorn04
    It's how it works in we're actually paying for - if we're lucky.
  16. Bellhorn04
    The White Sox are surely a long way away from any possible window. I would think the only thing they're interested in right now is very young and very inexpensive talent.
  17. Bellhorn04
    We're gonna out-science everybody!
  18. Bellhorn04
    It all lines up with George Carlin's classic baseball vs. football bit.
  19. Bellhorn04
    Here's a wild scenario: -Dodgers win World Series as Ohtani rakes. -Some time after World Series, we find that Ohtani was guilty after all as new evidence comes forward. -Yankees get cheated again!
  20. Bellhorn04
    I'm not really assuming anything. I'm just saying none of it makes much sense. Like, after the first few transfers, if the bank believes it's Ohtani, wouldn't they suggest he come in for a face to face chat just to make sure everything's on the up and up? And as far as a coverup goes, I can understand MLB wanting one, but what about the FBI? Do we think they covered it up because they're big baseball fans? Or do we think they got paid off by Ohtani too?
  21. Bellhorn04
    None of it makes much sense. We'd have to assume Ohtani is certifiably insane to make several dozen bank transfers of $500 K to an illegal betting operation when he knows the bank is looking at each transaction, possibly recording phone calls with him etc. It's kind of baffling how it happened whatever you believe.
  22. Bellhorn04
    Yeah, I have to think you're right. All the bluster that came out at the time about how the banks have these tight rules in place was just kind of a joke.
  23. Bellhorn04
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesfarrell/2024/04/11/shohei-ohtanis-interpreter-charged-with-stealing-16-million-from-mlb-superstar-for-gambling-debts/ Mizuhara...allegedly posed as Ohtani in phone calls to the bank, convincing the bank to approve wire transfers to the bookkeepers. This would have been a few dozen transfers of $500 K each. You can't make this stuff up.
  24. Bellhorn04
    So the banks don't actually do s**t in the way of verification then. That certainly makes the most sense.
  25. Bellhorn04
    I realize that. But this was an extended series of large transactions. What was the front? How much checking does the bank do? I don't really know how exactly how the rules work, but there were a lot of comments about how strict they are. All I'm really saying is that part wasn't talked about much.
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