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[ESPN] Shohei Ohtani stands alone in spotlight amid gambling scandal: Ippei was more than an interpreter who managed his training tools & workout schedule. They used the same locker, ate at the same table, sat on the same bench in dugout. They carpooled together. Nobody knew if they lived together

  • March 27, 2024


[ESPN] Shohei Ohtani stands alone in spotlight amid gambling scandal: Ippei was more than an interpreter who managed his training tools & workout schedule. They used the same locker, ate at the same table, sat on the same bench in dugout. They carpooled together. Nobody knew if they lived together

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  7. I wonder if this is what Dave Roberts was referencing when he talked about the “buffer” issue yesterday

  10. Ohtani literally referred to the guy as a brother way back in 2013. They were incredibly close

    Edit: This is the most important aspect in understanding how this whole mess came to be. Ippei was not just an interpreter, he was a very close personal friend and someone who Ohtani trusted dearly

  13. ESPN may not give a damn about baseball, but they did present us with some nice pasta material with this one

  15. “What if gambling???” has run its course, so now we’re on “What if GAYYY???”

  16. “Nobody knew if they lived together, but his Angels teammates assumed they did.”

    And here I was told I was weird for assuming the same thing as his *own teammates*!

  17. What if the out of nowhere news of him getting married just weeks ago was just a cover up to get ahead of the story of Shohei and Ippei potentially being roommates??? 

  19. I think they had kids together. I’m not sure which one gave birth though.

  21. “Sat on the same bench in the dugout” is a stretch and a half to make them seem inseparable lmao

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