Just When We Thought the Ohtani/Ippei Gambling Scandal Couldn’t Get Wilder… | The Rich Eisen Show

Rich Eisen and the guys react to the emerging details of Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara’s gambling and theft of $16M from the Dodgers star.
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[@stanendo3537]

Eisen should apologize😢😂

[@kellycarmona1737]

Apologize?!! He should get canceled!!! Ohtani was raised in Japan. He has integrity. He has humility. Do your research on gambling addictions, then talk.

[@pretzelhunt]

what did he do?

[@hisk9128]

You must apologize now. I don’t care if you’re shocked or how are you feeling about Ippei. Shohei is a victim not only by his interpreter but also you all media giving a bias everyday like Shohei is a liar and hiding something. You need to take a responsibility as a public figure or quit your job and never comment anything in public.

[@jeffsmith5196]

c'mon down off your moral high horse, sir. Rich was just asking questions

[@yup2393]

Rich, it’s not the fact that you “asked questions”, it’s the fact that’s all you did. You did not give Shohei any grace, you did not believe anything he was saying, and you constantly speculated about him lying or being deceitful. It’s okay to make mistakes man, just own up to it

[@NeilTruick]

Because the story changed in less than 24 hours. Ohtani made the first mistake in trusting Ippei to do anything for him. Then, he believed Ippei's story to point where he was ready to back his play. Where was the damn agent? All this money is going out and the agent doesn't question Ohtani himself or even try to get an impartial translator to confirm? What about the banks releasing hundreds of thousands of dollars based solely on a phone call? That much money, he needs to make an appearance at least once. This was a system-level failure, but it all started with Ohtani trusting too much and assuming the thief right next to him has honor.

[@merrittpalmer4349]

Well said.

[@robertpesa4157]

It's standard Rich

[@sweatyraider7241]

The pot stirring he does on twitter is real bad too

[@erikdayne5429]

Because Ohtani’s story is hard to believe. This guy got access to his bank accounts without his permission and then stole millions of dollars without him noticing? That goes against common sense. It’s not wrong to have common sense. What you’re basically saying is we should blindly trust famous people even if their stories make absolutely no sense, and that’s absurd. Also Rich is a journalist. It’s his job to ask questions.

[@trevorcarey3997]

The IRS, the homeland security agency and the FBI have all cleared Ohtani, and have evidence and recordings of Ippei on bank calls with employees. We all knew Ohtani is the real victim except the trolls and haters still trying to accuse him and making a fool out of themselves.

[@jakestar121]

source that the FBI was investigating Ohtani? the complaint document itself says the FBI was not involved in this investigation

[@jorgecgonzalez9976]

@@jakestar121 FBI is Investigating.

[@t-bone2019]

The numbers are staggering! I still have my doubts.

[@lochnessmonster5149]

Ohtani admitted upfront that he knew what the money transfers were for. That's enough to convince me.

[@solenstyle]

@@lochnessmonster5149 No he never said that. Ohtani's reps said that because Ippei lied that Ohtani told him that. That's how things work with an interpreter dude. Especially one that is also the best friend.

[@TheTruth-xp2of]

Is it so hard to just say "Ohtani was being honest all along. I was wrong. It was irresponsible of me to jump to imaginary scenarios based on nothing more than pure speculation. I should have been patient and waited for the feds to announce the facts."

[@nightstalker2929]

He does not possess such qualities

[@merrittpalmer4349]

Rich Eisen seems too much of a narcissist to do that

[@AlexandraM-je9zx]

When Colin Cowherd and Nick Wright have the proper takes and demonstrate that type of position from the start, and Rich has the irresponsible take, that’s when the character and integrity of the RES should come into question.

[@B.B.P]

It's impossible for a person who has continued this show wearing the armor of arrogance.

[@JJ-zr6fu]

He wasn’t though he first said he paid off a debt to now I was stolen from. He started out being dishonest

[@arjunvijay9484]

Bros trying to act like he’s happy Ohtani is innocent, as soon as the story came out you were leading the hate, and not only insinuating that Shohei was guilty, you didn’t even bother to think from the other side. Another disgusting member of the media who isn’t apologizing for their statements and is gonna pretend like they weren’t causing the unjustified hate that’s been on him for weeks, only to do the same thing again when the next story drops

[@artbrute1511]

Well said, bro ain’t even gonna apologize he’s just gonna act like he had been rooting for Shohei after changing his stance when the information came out this morning lol

[@jdrummerdd]

the story was bungled by ohtanis team, folks had every right to be weirded out till this report dropped

[@arjunvijay9484]

@@jdrummerddit’s justifiable to be skeptical when the story dropped, but someone in Rich’s position should be more neutral with a story like this, providing insight from both sides rather than feeding into one side of the story which drives his audience and the subsequent people they talk to, to follow that narrative which was being pushed by Rich as the truth instead of a possibility

[@JoshuaMartian-go3tm]

Falsely comparing Ohtani to Pete Rose and assuming he knew and actually bet on baseball gets more clicks, views and like than being fair and giving Ohtani the benefit of the doubt. It was more exciting for them to believe a known liar Ippei than to wait to make a judgement til ALL evidence is available.

[@Adrian_C_Perez]

The apology should be as loud as the disrespect

[@LateNightwithStudBuyers]

I don't think you can yell that loudly, though 🤔 a fun experiment would be to actually listen to this video to actually hear what Rich actually says. then your loud apology will likely be able to heard round the world.

[@nocapper5543]

Wise words of a Chicagoan

[@ivandesantis858]

Nobody listening to this would ever hand over their phone to the Feds. The fact that Ohtani did that shows the comfort he had in his innocence

[@charleslee8295]

Rich owes Shohei a massive public apology and a new Porsche

[@erikdayne5429]

Nah he doesn’t owe Ohtani anything. His story didn’t make sense and as a journalist Rich was well within his rights to say this doesn’t make sense.

[@biozio186]

A journalist doesn't give his or her opinion. They state the facts. Rich is no journalist. And I love Rich btw

[@anubizz3]

@@erikdayne5429 Whos Story Othani or Ippei?

[@saikong2553]

Just apologize and get it over with Rich. You assumed he was guilty before getting all the facts.

[@itsgingervitis69]

Not everything needs a formal apology. He just said what a very large majority of people were thinking. Which was the whole situation seemed fishy and had a lot of strange moving parts that made a lot of people look bad.

[@chrishernandez3473]

@@itsgingervitis69 correction...very large majority of Dodger-hating fans and/or conspiracy theorists/idiotis.

[@zaneplatt3533]

So many Yankees fans did (many still are). If he had signed with them, they would have reacted very differently

[@JJ-zr6fu]

I like ohtani but this story isn’t adding up and any other player would already be on leave.

[@jimwerther]

Rich never did that

[@Ko1962315]

I'm your fan Rich, but you owe an episode to apologize to Shohei.

[@erikdayne5429]

Absolutely not. He’s a journalist. It’s his job to ask questions, he doesn’t need to apologize for that. If the victim parade wants to actually help people, why don’t you try raising charitable funds for St Jude’s children’s hospital like Rich Eisen does every year. I can assure you that actually helping people is far more gratifying than hopping onto the daily victim parade.

[@LateNightwithStudBuyers]

​@@erikdayne5429💯 I do not understand this hatred and vitriol being levied at Rich. apparently some law went in effect April 11, 2024, that made asking questions a capital punishment. that has to be it, right?

[@ciello___8307]

@@LateNightwithStudBuyers he wasn't just asking questions. He was talking as if shohei was guilty. It was absolutely unprofessional

[@helloman3676]

@@LateNightwithStudBuyers Asking Question? No. He assumed guilt before evidences. Two very different take. He didn't outright said Othani was guilty but he heavily implied it. If Rich was no body, no one would care but as a person of vast influences, his bias take causes morons and sheep to leap to conclusion. Causing defamation to Ohtani name before investigation was concluded.

[@Detailingcrazy]

It still Ohtanis fault for allowing this to happen. $4.5 mil or now $16 mil out of his account without him noticing to allow someone to look like he was betting for him. It's his fault. One transaction you night miss but not 9 $500k transactions. If these ball players have that much money they don't care where the money goes then they aren't getting anymore of mine ever again.

[@neogeo4528]

Bad judge of character Rich....bad judge of character.

[@banuna1]

hes been in the sports world for a while Rich knows American athletes have been conned by their own financial advisors, Ohtani still needs a translator and every process in this country is foreign and new to him, wheres the logic?

[@dodger1214]

The apology better be as loud as the disrespect was.

[@joerose8702]

Love Ohtani but this is all a cover up to protect a multibillion dollar enterprise for the MLB and their biggest star. Open eyes

[@XxXDestroyer]

​​@@joerose8702 I'd agree if it were the MLB doing this investigation, protecting their interest. But this was a federal investigation by multiple entities, and they found no evidence of Ohtani's involvement. So no matter what, the argument against him now is paper thin.

[@kami_1789]

​@@joerose8702if Ohtani was guilty, the feds would rip him a new a-hole. They don't give a FK he could become a hall of famer.

[@binky310smith-ps4kc]

​@@joerose8702you think the FBI do covering ups? 🤡

[@erikdayne5429]

If journalists need to start apologizing for asking common sense questions about a story which strains every ounce of credulity, then we have jumped the shark as a society. That’s literally their job, to ask questions. A journalist asking questions doesn’t make you a victim no matter how much you need to tell yourself that the world has made you a victim.

[@user-ec8ox6wj2v]

Be a man and just apologize.

[@pretzelhunt]

for what? everyone says he needs to apologize to someone who doesnt speak English, and doesnt say why.. maybe you should?

[@user-tf3yi1kg6t]

@@pretzelhuntWTF?! Being not fluent in English is a reason to be falsely accused of some crime that you didn’t commit???? Disgusting

[@pretzelhunt]

@@user-tf3yi1kg6t who accused Shohei? the California Attorney General? the Feds? His mother? or are you triggered over nothing? What accusations did he lay? Rich never said anywhere that you can show me that Ohtani is guilty. I'll wait.

[@erikdayne5429]

Be a man. Don’t acquiesce to the victim parade. Never apologize for asking logical questions and certainly don’t apologize because a mob demands it.

[@user-dn8mw4uw7q]

Exactly!

[@yuyuhsiao1]

Hey, Rich. How about reading the 37 pages report before starting the show? You kept asking those so-called "questions" that have already been answered in the report.

[@LateNightwithStudBuyers]

he should've read a 37 page report that was released when his show was already going? okay, sure, fine, let's say he was able to do that impossible task. now tell me what's wrong with ANY single thing he said. Anything. How did asking relevant questions, in any situation, become the most heinous thing a person could do? it wasn't like this yesterday, so why is asking questions so wrong today? can your bot brain comprehend the question?

[@demi7733]

Dodgers should sue you and your team for defamation!

[@pretzelhunt]

what did he say?

[@JJ-zr6fu]

Please do that discovery would be interesting

[@obione279]

Don't worry Rich , I'm sure Ohtani won't ask you to delete the photo he took with you and your son . 😂

[@pretzelhunt]

haven't met a bookie yet that takes pictures of children as collateral.

[@-.TS.-]

Rich, apologize already and make things right. Whatever respect someone may have left for you is slipping away.

[@kellycarmona1737]

Forget about an apology. Rich should get canceled!!! Research the Japanese culture. Investigate gambling addiction, then talk. He sounds ignorant.

[@erikdayne5429]

Totally agree. Rich Eisen, a journalist who runs the 40 yard dash every year to raise money for St Jude’s children’s hospital, should get cancelled for asking logical questions about a story which made no sense.

[@TheTrauben123]

You owe Ohtani a massive apology as loud as when you called him a liar. Take a moment before going full defense mode like you are right now. Put yourself in Ohtani's position and seriously consider what you did to him, the victim. Remember how kind he was to you and your son and think about what you did to him.

[@erikdayne5429]

Oh ffs here we go, all aboard the victim parade! The media didn’t blindly believe my story which makes absolutely no sense, wahh the world is so unfair. What a joke. Rich owes Ohtani an apology when he can explain why his interpreter had access to his bank accounts in the first place, and how he never noticed several million dollars being removed from those accounts.

[@exitscreaming4637]

He called him a liar ? When ?

[@LateNightwithStudBuyers]

​@@exitscreaming4637Rich never said any of the sht that these bots are claiming he said. I truly don't get their endgame, but they're so much smarter than you or I. they know what Rich says without even watching the videos! this world is so fkd

[@Defender88664]

@@erikdayne5429holy moly. Read the actual article before you need something

[@anubizz3]

@@LateNightwithStudBuyers Rich might not personally say that but his team are, just watch what David say and come back.

[@philipmccracken697]

This is why I have no respect for the media. Eisen won't apologize. They don't even care what aspersions they cast. Just in it for the money (via clicks and views).

[@pretzelhunt]

What di dRich say that requires an apology to you? everyone's so fragile these days as if theyre involved in national news themselves. Hilarious!

[@JJ-zr6fu]

I respect rush for doing his job as a media person and questioning the official narrative that so happens to benefit all the stake holders the most.

[@yoma32]

I was enjoying Eisen's show before this scandal coming up. Now I don't want to see his show anymore cuz he doubted Ohtani from the beginning before coming to know any detailed facts. Dissapointed.

[@ekoboyz757]

How you know Ohtani didnt bet, where there is smoke there is fire. Ohtani bet and now he is paying off everyone off. Media usually is good at uncovering crooks

[@dhoang622]

Please delete the photo of your son and Shohei 😅

[@pretzelhunt]

You sound like Putin 😅😅😅 or Kim Jong Trump

[@Jews_C0ntr0l_daa__worldd]

@@pretzelhunti think he sounds like Nuttyahoo

[@doubledown8229]

Rich Eisen needs to apologize to Ohtani.

[@pretzelhunt]

for what?

[@erikdayne5429]

@@pretzelhuntfor being a journalist I guess. For asking common sense questions about a story which seemed to make no sense. But most importantly he needs to apologize for being the target du jour for the victim parade. It’s ok though, I’m sure tomorrow someone will feed their cat dry food instead of wet food and they’ll turn their outrage to them. The good thing about a mindless mob is they always find a new target to attack.

[@bryansmith7490]

This is total bulls__t and disingenuous. You and your crew were accusatory, and it was evident that you didn't believe Ohtani. It's time to apologize!!

[@pretzelhunt]

What did rich say? no one seems to know, but man are they complaining!

[@KeepItReal213]

👀 Eisen should apologize. He made Ohtani seem guilty from the beginning. Shame on you‼️

[@Tank4Life]

Literally didn't do that. I'm sorry your public school education failed you.

[@RunForPeace-hk1cu]

@@Tank4Lifeyou really failed little bruh 😂😂

[@Dodgers_2]

Him and his Boston homie were trashing him last month.

[@jimwerther]

​@@Tank4Lifeyou are correct. Rich did nothing wrong. He asked questions.

[@KeepItReal213]

@@Tank4Life If you listened to all his shows speaking on the matter before the results came out, it was all skepticism and negativity. Did not give Ohtani the benefit of the doubt one bit. Go back and watch any of them. I just did again to confirm and I’m right.

[@QuikLosAngeles420]

Bro can’t accept the fact that Ohtani is innocent 😂 go cry about it dude lol

[@jerseystef640]

He’s not innocent, to be oblivious to getting scammed out of millions of dollars would make Ohtani an idiot, and Ohtani isn’t an idiot.

[@Lumi-oz6nd]

Shohei won, you Lost.

[@skillethead15]

Not sure how having 60 million stolen from him by his interpreter is winning.

[@danielashford2430]

If you need to see evidence you shouldn’t comment until you see that evidence you speak to a large audience…

[@dayanasantillan1946]

All these sports analyst better start cleaning up their accusations and start apologizing

[@jneo5963]

I'm with you

[@mikeellis4345]

So .. your humble apology to Ohtani ? Rich ? Hello ? Rich ??

[@erikdayne5429]

Apologize for what? For being a journalist? Or for hurting the feelings of the victim parade?

[@user-ll9qk2el4d]

Stop trying to cover your behind, Rich. You weren't simply asking questions. No one faults you for doing that. We all should be critical. What you did was to take a stance before knowing the facts and accused Othani of lying. You need to apologize for that... and delete those pictures of you and your son with Ohtani. You did him dirty.

[@anthonylai2249]

I 💯 agree

[@MichaelScott-uv1bt]

Agreed

[@JoshuaMartian-go3tm]

What gets more clicks, views and Likes? Jumping on the Ohtani/Pete Rose bandwagon or believing someone is innocent until proven guilty? He squeezed a lot of attention for his channel. smh

[@miyo522]

Yep, one of the first thing I thought

[@AlexandraM-je9zx]

The lack of integrity by Rich shows just how small he actually is. The irresponsible nature of this man’s position, and lack of apology in the face of the evidence and conclusions by the DOJ has cast a permanent dark cloud over the RES.

[@DieHardEddieEdwards]

People should be embarrassed for publicly crucifying Shohei for being robbed and then saying they were “just asking questions.” I hope media moves on from that.

[@youreadork]

Lost all respect for The Rich Eisen Show! Removed!

[@youreadork]

@sk1nz28 Obviously you do! Stupid is, stupid does!

[@SiliconValleyMillennial]

⁠@@youreadorkthe quote is: “Stupid is as stupid does.”

[@cg5471]

​@@youreadork living up to your name I see

[@youreadork]

@@cg5471 Y'all just mad because y'all got duped into adopting said person's views. Pathetic! I'm out!

[@fjinnw3019]

Your wish of Ohtani is guilty, just ridiculous and you are not going to get it.

[@refusetolose05]

We all knew you were a narcissist but damn dude, just apologize.

[@LateNightwithStudBuyers]

for what, exactly? or just generally. "I'm sorry for asking questions, the same that anybody would ask in a situation like this. I'm not sorry for being as dumb as your uninformed comment, though." good apology!

[@user-vf5rh2tu3x]

You guys and many others in the media owe a huge apology to Ohtani.

[@jneo5963]

I'm with you

[@SleazyDonny]

Rich neglected to mention that the Feds have recordings of Ippei pretending to be Shohei when the bank called about suspicious wire transfers.

[@JJ-zr6fu]

So the guy hired to speak to Americans for ohtani is recorded speaking to Americans as ohtani this isn’t exonerating evidence

[@SleazyDonny]

@@JJ-zr6fu There is a big difference between speaking on behalf of someone and pretending to be that someone. The Feds said the recordings indicate Ippei did the latter. It appears no exonerating evidence is good enough for you.

[@wonshiin]

Americans simply can't comprehend that maybe Ohtani just doesn't care that much about money. Maybe he knows that he will make more than he and his descendants will ever need. He just wants to play baseball

[@antonioduverge3558]

Apologize now! Or you are going to end up losing audience, I’ll be one of them!

[@jerseystef640]

Bye ✌🏽

[@spicyjuniormint]

You lost a massive amount of credibility throughout this entire saga, the way you fanned the flamed of the baseless conspiracies, and hid your journalistic irresponsibility behind the guise of just asking questions. I hope the extra engagement was worth it because your reputation isn’t coming back from this.

[@photoguy4212]

For you. I actually became a fan of Rich for asking questions. Blindly following what the mainstream media tells you makes you look more like a fool. You had no idea if Ohtani was guilty or not. You didn't know anything at all. Stop pretending that you had any knowledge that he wasn't guilty. You only stuck up for him because you were star struck.

[@spicyjuniormint]

@@photoguy4212Federal investigators found no evidence Shohei knew of any gambling behavior, and no evidence he participated in betting of any kind. The feds have access to phone records of Ippei, Shohei and the SoCal bookie. The amount of information they have access to is thousands of times more than you or I or anyone in the media. And the federal authorities do not care about protecting Shohei because he’s a global star. It’s overwhelmingly obvious at this point Shohei was the victim of theft by a close friend. This happens to celebrities all the time, there are numerous examples. If you continue to believe Shohei was involved, you simply believe whatever you want to and no amount of evidence will change your mind. Which just makes your entire opinion flawed and irrelevant.

[@pretzelhunt]

what did he say? you sound triggered over nothing, Karen.

[@uptoti81]

@@photoguy4212 I believe he means that Eisen should have been more careful of his statements and looked at all angles of the story before coming out with his opinions - as a supposedly neutral pundit should. Nothing wrong with asking questions and being cynical. But disguising insuantions of wrongdoing as questions by simply adding a question mark at the end of the statements is typical fox news propaganda technique. Jon Stewart showed this in one Daily Show episode.

[@erikdayne5429]

Tbh the “cancel culture” crowd is always looking for an excuse to play the victim card anyway. I wouldn’t lose one second of sleep over losing the trust of people like this. Sane people know Rich Eisen is a responsible journalist and they’re not hurrying to hop onto the victim parade.

[@cmills1234]

Rich, you sensationalized this topic and now you're back pedaling saying how you were burned in the past by Mark M. You could've prefaced your perspective by mentioning your experience with Mark to begin with. You weren't as bad as Michael Kay, but you still didn't discuss this topic in a neutral manner.

[@bballmemories]

I completely agree.. Rich claims he's not an Ohtani hater but he was just a skeptic. You can be a skeptic but don't be pushing false narratives without facts. Facts matter! Wait until the facts come out without making wild speculations. That's basic journalism 101. Tisha Thompson should also be ashamed of herself for calling herself an investigative reporter.

[@DOXO881]

Eisen can probably relate to Ippei; he gambled heavily on Ohtani being guilty and lost.

[@pretzelhunt]

What did Rich say?

[@sushi-love]

Well said

[@JJ-zr6fu]

@pretzelhunt he didn’t run cover for their idol after he tried to cover up something that is still unclear

[@DOXO881]

@@pretzelhunt Eisen all along has cast doubt on Ohtani and his camp's integrity. He said the fact that they would not disclose which federal authorities they had reported Ippei's crime to was suspicious. He asked why Ippei was not already in jail if they had reported the crime, as if federal investigations get completed in a week. After Ohtani had his press conference, Eisen said it's hard to believe him, not considering how irrational it would be for Ohtani to directly lie about a case under federal investigation. Eisen essentially ignored Ohtani's explanation about Ippei fabricating a story to his agents and reps, and kept asking why the initial story would change. Then this morning, after yesterday's media reports that Feds have uncovered evidence of Ippei stealing Ohtani's money, Eisen STILL was asking why Ippei has not been charged yet if he is guilty, why the initial story changed, etc. Tl dr; Eisen has always been eager to cast doubt on Ohtani's integrity but never eager to consider plausible explanations that align with Ohtani's version of events.

[@DOXO881]

@@JJ-zr6fu The Feds cleared Ohtani of any wrongdoing and yet here you are making false accusations of a cover-up.

[@ryansmith17s]

The people who call Ohtani "fool" in this case are ordinary people who care more about money than baseball. Ohtani is a strange guy who values ​​baseball more than money. No more than that. But you know what? So he has a special talent. And I want to tell the skeptics. You should know that not everyone looks at the numbers in their account every day and grins.

[@jneo5963]

That's exactly right

[@Daniel-lu7ck]

Just admit it Rich, Ohtani is a better person than Mark McGwire on both baseball talents and personalities.

[@mambalife7037]

Rich stop it. You need to apologize to Shohei.

[@Iolo3]

Its already too late. You bashed and doubted Ohtani from the beginning and NOW you are just worried because YOU WERE WRONG.

[@LateNightwithStudBuyers]

please point out how not having blind faith in something negates.... whatever tf you think you're saying. I mean, I know you're not responding to anything RE actually said, or you wouldn't have taken the time to comment in the first place. wait, do bot comments actually take time to type? I'd wait for an answer, but I'll be waiting for an answer longer than you'll wait for whatever you think RE owes you.

[@cdog3114]

You made a pretty stupid comment Rich. You should always get all the information before comments like that. Ohtani has a language barrier, so he wouldn't know that his interpreter(supposedly best friend would do that to him.

[@GhostRider-il8en]

Bullshit

[@hardcoreep]

Not surprised. Happened to my father. Several of his business partners took money and property without his knowledge. It happens when you trust people. You believe it's two way, but it's one sided.

[@mp0wa]

It happened to me as well, trusted a business partner too much. He was managing the company's finances and I found out later he was embezzling money

[@jack90054]

It happens even more often to pro athletes too, as many of them went Pro when they were still teenagers/in their early 20s and don't know how to handle money (very large amounts of money too). Not that long ago, Tim Duncan lost over 20M because he trusted a friend to handle his financial investments.

[@Great1Duane]

Yeah, these cases of fraud are more common than a lot of these armchair investigators/accountants think.

[@biozio186]

It happened to me too. My partner stole 27 million dollars from me.

[@DW-op7ly]

Ohtani needs to grow up though He is 30 and not a kid use to having people do things for him

[@geraldlowe8218]

From day 1 I said Ohtani cant even speak English or know American customs- how the hell would he hook up with an illegal gambling bookie

[@onlydbrasko]

The conspiracy theorists fantasized that Ippei was placing the bets for Ohtani's calls and became the fall guy. What said theorists failed to explain is how Ohtani found time to learn what and who to bet on when his season, practice, training, and endorsement engagement schedules take up most of his free time. lol Hollywood isn't going to run out of screenwriters anytime soon apparently!

[@Wangmhon2023]

Stephen hater smith ghosted too. Can’t accept the fact Ohtani innocent

[@kayfolson378]

Rich, I wish you would apologise to Ohtani man. You were very cold hearted and sarcastic, when he was at his lowest low.

[@peterporker7432]

This show has assumed Ohtani guilty, before any confirmation. You are a Shohei Ohtani hater. He will never guest in your show ever.

[@bristolpete]

He did not at all ever say shohei is guilty. Listen to every time he has spoken about shohei. You cannot name a single time that he has done that. You are accusing Rich of something without doing any research. You are doing the same thing you are accusing him of. The hypocrisy is INSANE.

[@RunForPeace-hk1cu]

@@bristolpete😂😂😂😂 we all got ears little bruh It’s ok, you ain’t running cover for Rich He said what he said, and has lost a lot of respect amongst his fan base Too bad 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@bristolpete]

@@RunForPeace-hk1cu you also just admitted you didn't listen to what he said then. Little dogs yap the loudest.

[@pretzelhunt]

What do you think he said? you sound triggered over nothing, karen

[@RunForPeace-hk1cu]

@@bristolpete I listen to all his Ohtani news 😂😂😂 He kept saying “I’m skeptical” and “seems impossible that Ohtani wouldn’t know about it” “How can someone not know money was stolen” Then proceed to talk about what happens if Ohtani was involved 😂😂😂😂😂 Baseless conspiracy theories….

[@losdoyers3660]

Please, just say "Sorry Ohtani".

[@nathandrane4423]

Say sorry!

[@yaniyuhara8165]

I remember what you said about Ohtani, Rich. You are just average human being and broadcaster without deep insight into a person. AVERAGE

[@user-dr6yo2rn1e]

間違ったことをしたら子供でも謝れるよ。 あなたは大人。謝罪することがそんなに難しいことですか？

[@sorasophy0112]

Apologize and delete the photo with Otani. this is what you should do Rich Eisen

[@LateNightwithStudBuyers]

why?

[@doris31882]

Rich, you should talk to gambling addiction experts. Apparently, they become pathological liars. There are many x posts by former addicts/ families of addicts, and say “yeah, that’s exactly what gambling addicts would do”

[@edgardorodriguez3710]

I play Poker in LA once in a while, and if you go to any of the casinos its full with Asian people. Gambling is a big problem in the Asian community. I've been at a table playing and seen a guy lose his pot going all in. then 45 minutes later he is back with 10 g's because he went outside and pawned his car at the pawn shop. Next time you go to a casino look around it and I'm sure you are going to see at least one pawn shop saying we take tittle loans. It's really sad if you think about it, there no better than drug addicts if you think about it.

[@Edninety]

100%. These are called "addictions" for a reason, this has nothing to do with rationality. That is also not a ticket to excuse what Ippei did, but definately an explanation. I hope he betters himself and comes through at the other end though, I don't wish him to be marked with that for the rest of his whole life, although it might be too late for that. What's exhausting to me is how everyone rages at Rich right now, like, judging by the comments you'd think Rich himself gambled with Ohtani's money. It gets blown out of proportion imo

[@nelsonhamilton8262]

Or just watch Uncut Gems

[@kermit1]

@@edgardorodriguez3710crazy stuff.

[@metaplanetharmony]

I came here to see if Rich would be honest and apologetic. Nope. He basically blames McGuire for his take on Ohtani? Dude, that is like having a bad experience with a person of race X, and then living life thinking all people of race X are no longer trustworthy. (In this analogy, of course, race X is a person of athletic persuasion.) How can you equate the two? You have lost ALL credibility with me. I will no longer watch your podcast. You showed your true colors. "Best Dad Ever" it says on that placard? I hope you have better parenting skills than this and teach your children how to be fair in life. Nothing you say about sports or anything has credibility with me anymore. So why watch. If you had been honest and apologetic, I might see where this would go. People make mistakes. But when they do, they should make amends for them. That is good parenting. See ya...

[@kpsjtr665]

I'm disappointed in you. Public speaking carries responsibility. If you can't discern the nature of things, what's the difference between you and an ordinary person who just spreads rumors from right to left?

[@LateNightwithStudBuyers]

he has a 3 hour daily show talking about things related to sports. since you haven't actually listened to Rich (and because you're a bot), you're not able to comprehend such complicated subjects as wondering what really happened, and asking aloud the questions that you ponder. ooooh, what a mean thing to do 😢 good luck with the coming summer, ❄️

[@LateNightwithStudBuyers]

and what tf does it mean to "spread rumors from right to left"? is that something lost in translation in your bot brain?

[@kpsjtr665]

@@LateNightwithStudBuyers so what? Ohtani was innocent and Rich made a mistake. He trusted someone who lied about his background more than Ohtani. That's all we know for sure.

[@vespamike]

So a non apology apology

[@pretzelhunt]

What did Rich say you think he should apologize for? lots of cryin' in the comments but no paper trail or sources...

[@helloman3676]

Hope Ohtani will never give this two time dude and his family his time of day ever again.

[@erikdayne5429]

How could Rich possibly interview him now that he’s lost his interpreter and suddenly doesn’t speak a word of English?

[@roooosieful]

Ippei is an absolute fool. The texts in the court docs show true idiocy and brazenness for sure.

[@Harcorwrestler]

He had the job of a lifetime, making $300,009 a year and the ear, trust and best friend’s of the biggest sports star in the world and he blew it all. Unbelievable.

[@HZAres]

think the man was just bored, he makes 300k just doing a few translations

[@JoshuaMartian-go3tm]

Gambling addiction + Resentment + Arrogance = $16, 000, 000

[@laconfidential8504]

@@HarcorwrestlerHe also completely lucked into that job, he lied about his education and employment history to get a job with the team in Japan. That’s where he met a teenage Ohtani and was able to befriend him. Should have counted his blessings and been content with the good fortune he lucked into instead of gambling and stealing from the hand that fed him.

[@VidaBlue317]

​@@HZAresI would like to have that guy's boredom.

[@golfgrouch]

I never understood why it was so hard to believe that Ippei, as Ohtani's mouth and ears, could impersonate Ohtani and make covert wire transfers.

[@rubaiyat300]

There are none so blind as those who will not see. It was pretty interesting to see the weird political alliance forming as this story first broke out. Yankees fans resentful their god, the Sultan of Swat, was getting compared unfavorably to a currently active player (let alone their current golden boy Judge), Mets fans that got hoodwinked by talking heads wanting their eyeballs and clicks, but now misdirect their anger at Shohei rather than ya know the folks that tricked them into thinking they had a shot, jealous fans of NL West and small market clubs resentfully resenting, and weirdly Pete Rose fans coming out of the woodwork. All of them rushing to use this story for their own ends. And now it amounts to nothing and they either quiet down or have to loudly double down lest they actually have to admit to jumping to conclusions and being wrong.

[@jesseperez7431]

It’s convenient for ratings to feed a polarizing story

[@erikdayne5429]

Because that’s not how the world works. You can’t just walk into a bank and impersonate someone else and get access to their bank accounts. That’s absurd. There’s no way this guy could have gotten access to Ohtani’s accounts without his permission. That’s just not possible. Period.

[@moonlight1998ma]

⁠@@erikdayne5429It's totally possible. Ippei helped Ohtani set up the account.

[@Dbo_Sports]

And never once did that bank ask Ohtani in, to personally sign off on those checks? Absolutely ridiculous… and if that is so then it’s not true. We’ll never know the name of the bank, because there would be a “run” on that bank so fast, they would be bankrupt in a week. Ohtani signed off on those transactions.

[@user-cv3wp5dc1s]

If you don't believe in Ohtani, don't talk about OHTANI. You have no eyes for people. You should apologize to him. Did you throw away that photo？

[@gameboyn64]

Not sure why people are surprised that someone with access to your finances can steal extremely large sums of money from you without you knowing. When you watch crime documentaries, it kind of happens all the time especially between spouses.

[@mkate1947]

Shohei is INNOCENT! You could’ve asked questions but not question the man’s integrity. Several people reported facts without making him the bad guy.

[@Tickie82]

Now get Michael Kay and his clowns to apologize!!!

[@stevest8675]

Yes

[@ArcadeGame5]

💯💯

[@ericjeller]

Kay has been the worst, all but outright blaming sho even after the criminal complaint was released.

[@tokihikaru-ve7wb]

Do you understand his pain? He was betrayed by the person he trusted the most, and the media also treated him as a villain. Shohei Ohtani has not trusted people much since his time in Japan. Why is that? Because almost everyone in the baseball world was against it, saying that it was impossible to be a two-way player. Of course, including the media, he was betrayed by the first person he probably trusted, and including you, he was in a situation where he had only enemies, just like in Japan. The action you should have taken was to be on his side. It's a shame, I'm disappointed. Including those who criticized him. From Japan. Please forgive my poor English.

[@trevorcarey3997]

It's reported now the FBI have recordings of bank calls that IPPEI made with bank employees, and he was pretending to be Ohtani to the bank. Ippei also changed Ohtani's account to his name so he would not get statements and notices.

[@DW-op7ly]

the most telling is when Mizuhara did make a profit those funds went to his own bank account and not even to payoff the money he stole in Ohtani’s account

[@ericjeller]

don’t blame mark mcgwire, stop rationalizing and apologize

[@jackson3579]

Nothing will satisfy the Ohtani haters!!!! They just want to see him fall! They can do all the investigation and find him innocent and find him to be the actual victim but they will still have 'so many questions!!!

[@pugilist102]

You have to understand that some people still think the earth is flat, despite the evidence. Don't worry too much about the fools.

[@obscurereference6298]

calm down

[@mochipopstar]

I love how Rich takes one last shot at Shohei about changing his passwords before walking it all the way back. Classless.

[@erikdayne5429]

Yeah that’s right the guy that runs the 40 every year for St Jude’s charity is classless. So says the guy who’s never donated a penny to charity in his life, but he can post critical comments about people on social media and I guess that’s more important.

[@viktorstagnetti7491]

@@erikdayne5429 Imagine thinking charity makes you a saint. Plenty of scumbags and criminals donate to charity for public image.

[@Poppiedee]

So it’s guilty until proven innocent now?seams to be the norm when dealing with American sporting media

[@trevorcarey3997]

I agree, this is why people don't respect or trust the media, they spread propaganda and lies for the ratings, and then have the people believing the misinformation and the trolls coming on with the lies, Sad.

[@bluetrex2]

Hey Rick Eisen! Just because you have doubts or unanswered question does not make this revelation suspicious. It only means you don’t have ALL the info that instigators have. So don’t turn and twist the story.

[@LateNightwithStudBuyers]

what did he twist in the story? in your wide breadth of knowledge, what would you do differently in this situation? I'm sure your answer will be very similar to the exact things Rich actually said, and not what you're imagining. but then... *do* androids dream of electric sheep?

[@steveanderson8826]

Look, I don't think Eisen is an Ohtani hater. But you can't tell me he wasn't riding HARD on the bandwagon of this story, and enjoying keeping the Ohtani conspiracy angle going. He wasn't "rooting" against Ohtani, but all of his entire schtick was just asking snarky questions and saying "how can this possibly be?!?!" Finally someone on his show said "hey, I mean, Bernie Madoff ripped off a lot of people" and it was like "ohhh yeah, uhh, I guess, huh yeah." Even all the commentators on this thread who STILL think "its fishy" don't have a shred of evidence to back up any conspiracy, other than apparently questions = suspicions and suspicions must equal that something is definitely up. Its such sad commentary on the lack of critical thinking that exists.

[@kushy9]

Yes! You articulated this perfectly!

[@long-time-first-time]

Sports journalists act like this type of fraud is unheard of, when it happens every day to individuals and businesses of all sizes.

[@LateNightwithStudBuyers]

straw man much?

[@Breathe64]

Rich looks disappointed

[@mirais3250]

大谷さんを犯罪者のように言うのをやめてください。そして謝罪して！

[@pzx0810]

Cancel Rich!!!

[@anngene5753]

Its likely those that are unable to accept the outcome is due to having a character that is more aligned to that of the interpreter than that of shohei

[@JJ-zr6fu]

It’s because the story still doesn’t add up.

[@uptoti81]

@@JJ-zr6fu i think the indictment is available online. it may help you add things up if you read it.

[@JJ-zr6fu]

@uptoti81 Contradicting stories from the start with ohtani names in a bookies records. Then an indictment that puts it all on the guy who’s job was to be Ohtanis proxy to America. This started out as a coverup by Ohtani

[@uptoti81]

@@JJ-zr6fu whose stories are contradicting? Ohtani just gave one statement. If it started out as a cover up by Ohtani, then how did it end with the indictment by the feds; the feds were in on the cover up too? There are also reports that Ippei is willing to make a plea deal. Ohtani sure is one lucky person to have somebody willing to go to jail for him. Wish I had one too.

[@trevorcarey3997]

Eisen sounds like the real fraud or just in denial.

[@rdpaik]

Eisen wonders how an interpreter can have the time to make 25 bets a day, but in the back of his mind, he still thinks Ohtani is the one betting? How would a professional ballplayer have time to make those number of bets. And also, Eisen, money isn’t being wired after each bet. The bookie gives a credit line and then Mizuhara makes bet after bet. Once in awhile, the bookie will ask for money, and then a lump sum wire is made.

[@keithdefreitas3399]

Why does Rich seem like he is still reaching? The authorities went through EVERYTHING. There is no maybe this or what if’s anymore. When I first heard this story I knew this was a crock of sh*t! To do this you have to be really dumb, or a straight up addict which Ohtani is none. Disgusting in the beginning when people were already throwing Ohtani under the bus with no evidence at all and now ALL the evidence has been sifted through. You should be ashamed of yourself Rich.

[@Great1Duane]

This guy’s ego won’t let him apologize 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@youreadork]

The perfect response from Flippin' Bats with Ben Verlander.

[@obione279]

It's not the first time we heard a crooked employee embezzled millions of dollars from their boss without anyone finding out right away . 🤔

[@mnplumberman]

Eisen was implying a lot of things in the "Questions" he was asking. Anybody watching his videos could see he was 100% believing Ohtani was guilty of something. He is still doing it in this video. Don't try and rewrite history like you were "Just Asking Questions." It would be easier to react to the situation properly if they were actually informed and not reading headlines from Buzzfeed. The running theme of the smooth brains in this story is "I don't understand it so he must be guilty."

[@zaneplatt3533]

Rich lost all logic on Ohtani early. Why would someone with as much money as Ohtani, someone who has never done anything negative beforehand, gamble all day every day? It always made more sense that Ippei was the one doing it, but Kay and Eisen didn't want to hear that (and both are conveniently Yankee fans). I like Rich a lot but his handling off all of this been really silly

[@jerseystef640]

You don’t know Ohtani personally you don’t know what he’s done.

[@kevincywu999]

At 8:16, I am leaving this show…. Stop trying to make something when there is nothing. The more I listen then more I feel it is a culture issue for Rich not understanding Ohtani is a true Baseball MONK, that’s all in his mind is Baseball! Ippei took advantage of a zen Monk Ohtani! End of story!

[@pretzelhunt]

Bye, enjoy LOL "colin cowherd" hahahahahaha

[@Sunygal95]

Now we have all facts and evidence, if we hear ONE more word criticizing or humiliating Ohtani’s reputation, the country of Japan will sue you clowns!!!!

[@jneo5963]

That's exactly right

[@PAVANE317]

年俸先延ばしは大正解。一平が一番悔しがったんだろうな..

[@rismari9545]

You’d better apologize to Ohtani‼️😡

[@sushi-love]

It was all clear that Rich wanted to bet on Ohtani being guilty. As much as Rich misdirected ppl, he needs to apologize, instead of saying in need of evidences and hard to believe. Somewhat similar to Ippei. bet on the wrong thing at ESPN interview and hoping not to be punished.

[@philipmccracken697]

You gave Tisha Thompson a platform to spread lies. Shameful.

[@mocochan]

Why would you gamble with someone’s money? Mizuhara’s fool. Mizuhara was basically like wife to Shohei handling payments and doing everything. When Shohei got married, Mizuhara knew that stealing money is over because his real wife is gonna check his account sooner or later. People don’t understand this are checking their account every week but Shohei doesn’t. He used to gave all money to his mom and used to get $1,000 a month and he couldn’t even spent all in Japan! 😂 His mom is saint and she saved the rest all for Shohei. Only weak point of Shohei is that he trusts people too soon.

[@noobtlfrom6007]

man, but it can be strongpoint sometimes.

[@JJ-zr6fu]

Lol that’s not what happened. Ohtanis name was on an illegal bookies files. That he then said was to pay off a gambling debt then changed and said I was robbed when the facts didn’t line up with his first story

[@trevorcarey3997]

How dumb are these media and trolls making assumptions accussing someone of gambling. Forget the haters but the media accusing him do it for the ratings. He should sue all these bias medias.

[@banuna1]

seems like they just regurgitate info circling around no fact checking or investigations

[@pretzelhunt]

What did Rich say?

[@jorgecgonzalez9976]

Rich you are not an Atty, Law Enforcement or whatever. The media doesn't deserve nothing except what the Authorities tell you.

[@steveanderson8826]

Rich Eisen: I just need to see the evidence! NY Times: Here is all the evidence and exactly what happened, including FBI case details. Rich Eisen: Yeah but Mark McGwire made me cry once, and I really really really want this story to keep going!

[@user-yf8sx2tl8p]

You should take responsibility for what you say.

[@imbatmanbuturnot]

APOLOGIZE TO OHTANI