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  1. Bellhorn04
    It would be a number that measures the relationship of cost to output.
  2. 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...
  3. Bellhorn04
    It's how it works in we're actually paying for - if we're lucky.
  4. 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.
  5. Bellhorn04
    We're gonna out-science everybody!
  6. Bellhorn04
    It all lines up with George Carlin's classic baseball vs. football bit.
  7. 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!
  8. 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?
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Bellhorn04
    So the banks don't actually do s**t in the way of verification then. That certainly makes the most sense.
  13. 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.
  14. Bellhorn04
    The Yankees and Dodgers are kicking our asses these days. The only thing that is keeping a lot of Sox fans from being miserable about it is the Four Rings and now the Fab Four. I get your position too, moon. I just like stirring up some controversy!
  15. Bellhorn04
    I thought the story was that when transfers of that size are made, the rules are that the bank is obligated to verify that they're legit transactions (money laundering concerns etc.). These transfers were made to an illegal betting operation.
  16. Bellhorn04
    No, it's a serious question. Regardless of whether it was Ohtani or the interpreter making the transfers, why didn't the bank flag and investigate them?
  17. Bellhorn04
    And the Dodgers did get off pretty cheap with what we got for Betts, when you look at what the Padres got for Soto. They got big-time pitching! We got scraps. And if the reason we got scaps was the Price inclusion, Bloom should have left that out of the deal. Just one blunder after another since Bloom was hired.
  18. Bellhorn04
    Possible sub-title for this series: Lucrative Lumber AAVs Ohtani 46 mill Judge 40 Soto 31 (last year of arbitration) Betts 30 Freeman 27 Stanton 22 (25 - 3 subsidized by Marlins) Total 196 mill - avg 33 per Nutty! (Sorry moon.😁)
  19. Bellhorn04
    The Dodgers haven't missed the playoffs since 2012. Maybe they have a clue what they're doing.
  20. Bellhorn04
    The reason I'm defending the Dodgers is that they've been the most successful team in MLB the last 5-10 years, based on regular season records. I think Andrew Friedman is pretty good, although he's had his share of questionable ones just like all the big spending teams do. And the ownership is obviously committed hard. They're paying a lot of tax and invoking other penalties but they're not backing off, and here they are in the Series. Maybe it's nutty, but if I was a Dodger fan I would love the aggressiveness.
  21. Bellhorn04
    As for the Bogaerts signing, I've said more than once that it might be the worst contract of all time. The consensus was $200 million tops, and he got 40% more than that. It would have been interesting to find out which other teams were involved in the bidding. Boras must have laughed his ass off at the Sox last offer. They only fell short by $118 million! The whole thing was just humorous. I loved Bogaerts when he played for us, but San Diego is going deep underwater on this one.
  22. Bellhorn04
    OK good one. That betting thing was so bizarre. I fully understand anyone thinking the interpreter took the rap for Ohtani. The one thing I can't figure out about it - we heard about all the safeguards banks supposedly have in place now, and how large transfers of cash would have caused alerts. So why didn't the bank catch onto this sooner? That's a puzzler to me.
  23. Bellhorn04
    Ohtani's AAV is 46.1 million and his 2024 FanGraphs value was 72.6 million. So they're nicely ahead for 2024 at least. And that doesn't factor in his impact on their postseason run, marketing etc. His deal might end up looking nutty, but calling it nutty at this early juncture just because it's an extremely large amount doesn't make much sense to me. What about Devers's extension? Ohtani's total AAV is 158% of Devers's. Are you going with nutty on Devers's extension?
  24. Bellhorn04
    Yeah but at least I tried to explain it.
  25. Bellhorn04
    It all comes down to how you define nutty, I guess. To me nutty means irrational. If you invest $700 million and it turns into $1 billion, that would be a good thing, wouldn't it? You seem to be saying Ohtani's contract is irrational no matter what.
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