soxfan49

I couldn't have stated my thoughts any better

Marcus Thames is the hitting coach?

Is there a point of watching this OR even following this? I know someone will say "be a real fan" or some s%*# but this is atrocious. The owner either doesn't care or is a mindless jagoff. This team is a good 6-7 years from being average

I think I read Dave Roberts was happy he could finally speak with Ohtani once Ippei got canned because prior to that everything was done through Ippei

While I'm glad this is seemingly over and that Ohtani is innocent, it still doesn't make total sense to me for 2 reasons: 1) Ippei won ~140M and lost ~180M but only stole 16M from Ohtani. For someone who didn't make remotely enough for those debts, where did the rest come from? 2) How did a likely team of financial advisors & CPA's miss 16M being taken? They didn't balance the statements, whether they were monthly or annually?

Dippin Dots headquarters/factory is there. Make a stop They are hitting .091 with risp this year and have 16 runs in 10 games (6 came in one game). Garfien is on the postgame saying they're all pressing. No Chuck they just blow ass

What I wanted was for him to properly develop these "studs" the last 5 years as he oversaw the farm and he not only didn't but was promoted for his (s%*#) effort, so yeah, he's a bum

I'm sure every fan base of every shitty team ever says this at this juncture, but how is this team going to win 60 games yet alone 70? They are atrocious

Other than that..

That high?

Braves telecast saying it's something you see in little league

Yeah but he's a little full of himself for someone. I guess weasel would've been better than d**k

Here's a recap: 1.5 of the stars of the farm from 4-5 years ago is good and the rest are literally dogshit. The manager is in over his head. The owner doesn't care. The GM is a d**k. At least the $15 milkshakes or whatever are good

Wait, so I read he has an injured chest. He did that running to first? Take him to the glue factory already

Maldonado then Lopez is murderers row. I bet Chafin was shitting himself

Kopech still has no clue where the ball is going

I haven't seen it. Is that out there?

Very fair

I think they were talking about Sanders not Williams

It's certainly possible. Once again talking to compliance about a 4.5M wire isn't enough. Is it out of the realm of possibility he asked Ohtani for his expiration of his debit card and saw the security code that was texted? Of course not but again normally it requires something else like a sign into your online banking and/or lexus nexus (sp?) answers (what is your height according to your ID, what is the current loan amount on your home, etc). In my line of work I've dealt with a few athletes who are mostly dumb as hell but one thing they care about is money. If those questions were asked by Ippei and Ohtani answered without saying "wait what do you need those answers for"... yikes I hope I'm not implying this was Ohtani. People are slick as hell and I see it daily. It's just with wires *this size* it's not as simple as "Hi Shohei? This is Robert from Wells Fargo. Did you send this wire? Yes? Ok goodnight"

Don't mistake reports to the IRS and fraud. Depositing or withdrawing over $10k in cash isn't illegal or fraudulent, rather the government just wants to see if there's a pattern or something that doesn't make sense based on AML. If someone's employer is ComEd and they're receiving direct deposits of $10k biweekly from a Costa Rican company and the funds are being withdrawn in cash, that'll be a much bigger red flag than another individual withdrawing $20k to give to their son as assistance for their first home From my experience true bank fraud is very difficult. I see people falling for scams often and regular "I woke up and my debit card was used" all the time, but this kind of stuff we're discussing here takes so much time and effort and honestly pure back stabbing

If Shohei was the authorizing individual on the account (once again assuming this was a business), they would have called him to question the wire even if Ippei had the capability of sending them AND if he was the one who did it. So, the only way your proposition is possible would be is if Ippei had Ohtani's phone and answered it to act as him. Even then, normally the compliance team just won't ask "is this ok?" but they would ask answers for other security questions, like maybe the 3 digit code on the back of one of his cards (possible Ippei would have that), to send a notification to his device via text (again possible) or for Shohei to sign into his banking and approve a push notification (less possible because Ippei would have his own log in credentials in this scenario & wouldn't need Ohtani's)

I work in banking so let me give me two cents (I may be late but I'm too lazy to read the rest of the thread): What you posted isn't out of the ordinary at all. Most celebrities, athletes, people of high net worth don't have their money in personal accounts. Most create corporations/LLC's and have direct deposits to fund their personal accounts which also helps them not spend as much (ideally). It'd be very unsurprising if Ohtani didn't have some type of LLC set up with a few "signers" on it who can essentially do anything on an account with the exception of close it, open another inside of the entity, or add more signers. I'd assume in this case Ohtani's lawyer, financial advisor, and (apparently) his translator were signers, and therefore Ippei could've easily sent a 4.5M wire on his own My assumption is what's already been posted: Ohtani signed off on the wire or gave the approval for Ippei to send it and then retracted his statement when he realized there are laws against wiring money for illegal gambling FWIW, anything over 10k is reported, yes, but wires don't fall in that category. It's only if it's physical cash being withdrawn or deposited from an account. Even a $20k check/cashiers check/20 money orders totaling $20k ($1k max per money money is the rule) isn't reported unless the person getting the cashiers check/MO is giving paper cash in exchange Keep in mind in business accounts it's a lot more laid back. In a personal account I can't go to a bank and deposited paper cash into your account unless I'm on the account as an owner. It would have to be a check/MO/cashiers check. In a business though, anyone can deposit cash into an account. The only thing that prompts the report is over $10k of cash in a single day. If I went to a Bank of America now and took out $6k and then another branch tonight and did it again, that is reported, but if I wait for tomorrow for the other $6k, I'm good. Of course doing $9k one day and $8k the next and $9500 the next day is called layering/structing and is just as bad, but again, a wire for 4.5M is not reported

He signed Robert to an $88M deal

Maybe he can make up for his second TJ with another 1.000 OPS year