Ohtani

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When Ohtani came over from Japan it became clear that he didn’t want anything to do with New York. He signed with the Angels and played with Trout for five years.

We didn’t see either of them in the playoffs, and he hit free agency.

Again, the Yankees didn’t get a sniff, and damn did he get a big contract.

$700 million for 10 years, and since he was recovering from a shoulder injury - that was a whole lot of money for season 1 for just a DH.

He did all right.

More than 50 homers and more than 50 stolen bases.

They’ve been playing baseball a long time…

…no one has ever done that.

His game on Thursday night was beyond ridiculous.

He went 6 for 6 with 3 homers, 2 stolen bases and 10 RBI…

…that was the sort of game that would get my buddy, Jeff Renaldo the Polly-O string cheese player of the game in our slow-pitch softball game.

Ridiculous.

The last homer came off a middle-infielder who was doing mop-up duty in a game that ended 20-4.

He’s going to be a problem when the Yankees sweep the Dodgers in the World Series this year.

Yet…

…far be it of me to piss on the parade but how did the gambling story get swept under the rug.

Remember that?

Before the season there was a story about how Ohtani was ripped off by his translator…

…who made millions of dollars worth of bets using Ohtani’s money…

…without Ohtani’s knowledge???

Kind of fishy.

Later on, a little reported fact was that Ohtani’s best friend on the Angels those years also made huge bets, despite the fact that he wasn’t a high-salaried player.

Was he also stealing from Ohtani???

A tad suspicious, no?

Yet, MLB quickly investigated and announced that Ohtani was just a stooge who didn’t pay attention to who was betting with his money.

50/50 is amazing.

Losing millions and having MLB just look away might be even more amazing.

You don’t see Judge embroiled in something like that, do you?

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