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@Bovidae said in MLB thread:
Crazy money for a 29-yr old.
Ohtani will earn more each season than the current Oakland and Baltimore squads.
A player you could build a squad around if you had any money left...
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@antipodean said in MLB thread:
@Bovidae said in MLB thread:
Crazy money for a 29-yr old.
Ohtani will earn more each season than the current Oakland and Baltimore squads.
A player you could build a squad around if you had any money left...
They've actually deferred the vast majority of Ohtani's contract so that they can build around him.
Only $2 mil per year of Ohtani's contract will be paid over the next 10 years - the remaining $68 mil per year is to paid out between 2034-2043.
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@KiwiMurph Clever retirement plan (assuming he's alive).
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Opening Day for 2024 season is underway.
Betts & Freeman both homered for the Dodgers, while Ohtani 'only' had a single and a double.
Dodgers beat Cardinals 7-1.
Other significant scores on opening day were the Orioles beating the Angels 11-3, Mike Trout hit a home run for the Angels. Blue Jays beat Rays 8-2 with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hitting a massive home run for Toronto. Reds beat Nationals 8-2 & Yankees getting up over the Astros 5-4 after trailing 4-0 midway through the game.
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So it turns out Ohtani's former interpeter ripped off $16 million without Ohtani's knowledge - lying to Ohtani's financial advisors, changing access to Ohtani's accounts and impersonating Ohtani to banks.
Feds accuse Ohtani ex-interpreter of $16M theft
The former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani stole $16 million over more than two years from Ohtani to pay off gambling debts to an illegal sportsbook, according to an affidavit filed by federal authorities Thursday.
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@KiwiMurph financial advisors and banks will be sweating
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Unreal performance by the Sho today.
Going into this game he only needed 2 home runs and 1 steal to get 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases for the season - he got both today with a video game type performance.
Having this type of season while healthy would be insane, but he did this while still rehabbing from an elbow injury.
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@Dice said in MLB thread:
Unreal performance by the Sho today.
Going into this game he only needed 2 home runs and 1 steal to get 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases for the season - he got both today with a video game type performance.
Having this type of season while healthy would be insane, but he did this while still rehabbing from an elbow injury.
So many traditionally non-baseball people watching baseball because of this guy (like me). He makes it look easy. Shohei mania is in Japan obviously but have been to Taiwan and Malaysia recently, and his face is everywhere.
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Was at the Mariners game last night - to watch them clinch the Division; as well as Cal Raleigh hit not just his 59th, but also 60th, home run of the season, along with all sorts of other records.
Was rather fun... never been to a World Series?... THIS is our year... Seize the Moment, Tridents Up, "Might as well go win the whole fucking thing", and all of that.
Pretty gutted I had a rather high-profile meeting relatively early this morning - town was going off. But I was sensible, and was home in bed by 1am. -
Nice. I've always had a soft spot for the Mariners, and used to like watching them with Junior, Randy Johnson and Edgar MartÃnez. My only live MLB game was Seattle@Toronto so I got to see Ichiro Suzuki. The Blues Jays being the team I first followed from the early 1990s.
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@Bovidae I was with a pretty die-hard Mariners fan - pretty fun to watch her enthusiasm, along with the crowd's, but also - her absolute detest of the "fair-weather-fans".
MANY Ichuro shirts around the stadium.
The "M.V.P." chants around the stadium whenever the Big Dumper even appeared on camera, let alone hitting HRs... fucking amazing.
I'm definitely on the band-wagon...
I really need to go see a match somewhere else to see if it's anything like the atmosphere that Seattle puts on. It's fucking ridiculous. It takes the complaints about music being played at rugby games above and beyond and beyond multiplied by bajillions until the point of.... okay, maybe... just fucking live with this.
"Foul ball dance party" - what the actual fuck - even my local guide was "yeah... don't know about that, just deal with it..." -
Been following the Raleigh run.
Up there with Ruth and Maris now, very very cool.Saw an interview with him mid-season.
One thing I found really interesting.
He was asked about calling strikes, and bust ups with umpires.
But he said most catchers actually carry on a quiet conversation with the umpire thruout the game.
Sort of comparing notes.
Some times the umpire will quietly ask him if he got a call correct.I think the electronic system coming in next season will help the HR hitters.
