Ohtani interpreter

[campyfan39]

Anyone see the video of Pete Rose saying he sure wish he'd have had an interpreter hahahaha!

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by campyfan39

Anyone see the video of Pete Rose saying he sure wish he'd have had an interpreter hahahaha!

Pete Rose is always happy to make light of his actions and even lie about them. He’s a piece of shit of a human being. Ohtani is not.

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Pete Rose is always happy to make light of his actions and even lie about them. He’s a piece of shit of a human being. Ohtani is not.

Wow. You are probably right, but I am impressed you can speak of Ohtani with such certainty, when his public exposure has been so shielded.


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[jingram058]

I lived in Japan 7 years. I learned to speak Japanese good enough to moonlight first as a bartender and later as a cab driver, and finally as a teacher of English to newly hired Japanese employees. I found learning Japanese to be fairly easy (it can be a difficult language), and it made it easy and fun to be a gaijin (foreigner). Maybe Ohtani could learn some English, the way Ichiro Suzuki did, with all of millions of dollars.

[GeoPoto]

"I am impressed you can speak of Ohtani with such certainty, when his public exposure has been so shielded"

I agree with this. How anybody can have a meaningful opinion about somebody they have never met, have never heard speak (excepting those who understand Japanese), and whose personal life is essentially unknown, seems odd.

I have no reason to doubt Ohtani's version of events, but I would point out that we have two versions of events: One that existed before the lawyers got involved and one that emerged after the lawyers got involved. The first one implicated Ohtani in a crime that baseball might not be able to ignore. The second one didn't.

It is also plausible that the cooperation of the interpreter in any scenario preferred by the lawyers could easily be purchased for a lot less than $700M. If this was an NBA player accused of an impropriety and a witness changed their story in a way that exonerated the player, would anybody doubt the witness had been "bought off"?

[hammertime]

Originally Posted by GeoPoto

I have no reason to doubt Ohtani's version of events, but I would point out that we have two versions of events: One that existed before the lawyers got involved and one that emerged after the lawyers got involved.

That's true, but only one we've heard directly from the horse's mouth.

[bk400]

Originally Posted by GeoPoto

"I am impressed you can speak of Ohtani with such certainty, when his public exposure has been so shielded"

I agree with this. How anybody can have a meaningful opinion about somebody they have never met, have never heard speak (excepting those who understand Japanese), and whose personal life is essentially unknown, seems odd.

I have no reason to doubt Ohtani's version of events, but I would point out that we have two versions of events: One that existed before the lawyers got involved and one that emerged after the lawyers got involved. The first one implicated Ohtani in a crime that baseball might not be able to ignore. The second one didn't.

It is also plausible that the cooperation of the interpreter in any scenario preferred by the lawyers could easily be purchased for a lot less than $700M. If this was an NBA player accused of an impropriety and a witness changed their story in a way that exonerated the player, would anybody doubt the witness had been "bought off"?

I frankly think that the about-face on the story was so abrupt, awkward, and suspicion-inducing, that I cannot imagine that any proper law firm would have advocated for that strategy.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by bk400

I frankly think that the about-face on the story was so abrupt, awkward, and suspicion-inducing, that I cannot imagine that any proper law firm would have advocated for that strategy.

One thing is for sure. If Ohtani retires and plays for the Wizards for a year and a half before returning to baseball we know he was guilty.

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by bnorth

One thing is for sure. If Ohtani retires and plays for the Wizards for a year and a half before returning to baseball we know he was guilty.

Ok this is the best reply in this entirely odd chain...you win hands down my friend.