Posted on 03/25/2024 6:51:08 PM PDT by nickcarraway
It was only a matter of time before Pete Rose chimed in about the ongoing drama surrounding baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani and his former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, who is alleged to have stolen $4.5 million from Ohtani to cover his own gambling debt.
Rose, the all-time Major League Baseball hit king, commented on the matter in what appeared to be a sarcastic manner in a video that was posted to Instagram and spread across social media.
“Well, back in the 70s and 80s I wish I’d had an interpreter. I’d be scott-free,” Rose said in the 21-second clip. Rose is sitting next to a man identified as Matt Thrash in the video, though it’s unclear where or when the video was recorded.
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Charlie Hustle... what a character.
He just had to open his mouth.
Only if this interpreter gambled on baseball games instead of you
Pete, did he bet on baseball? Did he lie about it?
LOL!
Ohtani is likely the gambler and his interpreter took the fall for him.
Mariner is smellin’ what Charley Hustle is cookin’!
If he was white, he’d be suspended and banned from baseball
Well even though MLB has a vested interest in making sure he plays, there might be an investigation, and it might come out.
Does anybody remember when Michael Jordan retired from basketball for 2 years to play minor league baseball? Either that or it was an off the book suspension for gambling.
In this case, I don’t think it’s about race. I think it’s the fact that he’s the best and most popular player in the sport and he’s the face of the sport. And the sport really needs him. But we will see what happens.
“Pete Rose was always a dirtbag, but he makes a good point here.”
Yes, he does.
Can you imagine living with the pain of knowing Cooperstown will vote him in to the Hall of Fame ... just as soon as he’d dead.
Pete Rose... Now he had tools.
A friend willing to be a pathy wasn’t one of his tools.
I remember it... Jordan took a stab at Baseball because it was always a dream of his. At least that was the story, right? He did nothing of any interest in minor league baseball however, so he went back to hoops. I never heard of any suspension or gambling scandal.
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