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  1. Fear The Chorizo
    yeah...most of it is a string of texts between the bookie and Mizuhara related to fronting money/delayed repayments/and once it was within the timeline of the fed investigation into the bookie it was the rush to get wires processed from Ohtani's account. The last text exchange listed in the complaint reads a ton like a haphazard effort by the bookie to get Mizuhara to confirm this is a 'cover job'....the "technically I did steal from him. it's all over for me" response from Mizuhara is a nothingburger. also, real shocker that Mizuhara refused to allow the finance managers and Ohtani's agent access to the account being used to pull funds for sports betting on illegal sites from, and Ohtani is claiming to be unaware of that fact. The fact Ohtani had other accounts being managed by those groups and not the one he was being paid his MLB salaries into, and somehow Ohtani wasn't aware of that fact makes zero sense. Google translate has been around quite awhile, it's not like his agent can't at any point ask Ohtani in some form why he won't let them have access to that bank account at any point over the 6-7 MLB seasons he had it without having to run it through Mizuhara.
  2. Fear The Chorizo
    Saw that Montgomery fired Boras after his last free agent saga that led to basically a 1 year contract. Particularly for pitchers, Boras' tactics have burned enough mlb teams where I'd think rally hard about going with him as your representative. Hoping Montgomery stays healthy this year.
  3. Fear The Chorizo
    Ohtani has been playing stateside for SEVEN years now - it's not like he's still kicking off the jet lag and waiting for the rest of his things to arrive in the mail to unpack like it's spring 2018 and doesn't know anyone else. I can see needing some assistance initially getting settled in the US from a trusted friend and assistant you've known 5-6 years prior to that point, but eventually when you realize the dollars flying in the door probably exceed the financial expertise of your interpreter you'd think it might be a good idea to set things up a bit more ironclad than what is being made out to have been the case. That is, unless the story isn't being completely truthful. To me, it's still alot more believable that Mizuhara was Ohatani's middle man when it came to making bets on the scope and scale that appeared to have occurred, and they were smart enough to not text each other about it largely because they're practically inseparable and could just as easily talk about making bets, money transfers, etc. using the account Mizuhara had ready access to. Once they realized the entity/bookie they were using was under investigation by the Feds, suddenly it was time to craft this story. Ohtani simply doesn't come off to me as a doe-eyed, gullible, victim who's clueless to what's going on around him financially.
  4. Fear The Chorizo
    For starters, $$$$$$$$, much of it funneled in some way/shape or form through the most populous and tax-heavy state in the country. Ohtani is essentially a larger-than-life, too big to fail entity in terms of celebrity status that also transcends international borders. You really think the govmint would be just fine with the blowback they'd receive by coercing a smoking gun amount of proof out of someone tied to this mess that would effectively send Ohtani back to Japan? Based on how the Feds typically operate during these investigations, I'm certain you can't be that naive.
  5. Fear The Chorizo
    Navarro?
  6. Fear The Chorizo
    Yep....exactly. If people want to believe Ohtani had nothing to do with this, there's enough cover in the results of this investigation for them to cling to. Then the best case scenario is Ohtani is a complete buffoon when it comes to taking care of his personal finances. Reality is this newish information really means zilch in terms clearing ohtani, and as long as his buddy keeps his mouth shut it won't matter
  7. Fear The Chorizo
    Shocked that any gambling winnings were never directly transferred back to ohtani...and that all transfers from ohtanis account weren't made directly by him. Just so totally surprised by that... And no direct texts about gambling were ever exchanged. Ironclad proof that ohtani isn't at all implicated since they never were around each other directly. Oh wait...
  8. Fear The Chorizo
    It doesn't have much room to go further up after those happenings, obviously, but the cupboard isn't exactly bare, either. Already rumblings about Yophery and last years draft class is already all over various minor league levels. Could care less about a snapshot farm system ranking compared to hoping Quero just loses 1 year with this injury. He's still just 21 and the silver lining is that the Brewers aren't exactly bard up for catcher at the MLB level for a few more seasons.
  9. Fear The Chorizo
    is it just me or do the Brewers have at least one critical player/prospect tear a shoulder apart sliding into a base every year? Dammit this sucks - that being said, he's still a young buck and hopefully the surgery/recovery gets him back fully healthy headed into next season. Missing this year of high minor league seasoning is still brutal, though.
  10. Fear The Chorizo
    but what would be considered overly high at this point, when many people are already beyond the breaking point with current prices, and even the "ideal" inflation rate between 1-2% year over year still keeps ratcheting up those costs while the true labor market is contracting? I agree rate cuts should be completely off the table, but standing pat seems alot like this to me, too:
  11. Fear The Chorizo
    Policy is driving all of the sustained inflationary pressures, unfortunately - we are long past self-correcting supply and demand cycles. What really sucks is the policies driving things over the economic cliff won't change until after the crash landing, in large part because those policies are the only thing still propping up sectors that have to this point prevented an official macro economic recession. When those sectors run out of gas and the rest of the sectors are still suffering/stagnant due to price pressures....ish. When you look at it, we're getting pretty darn close to celebrating the 100 yr old birthday of the worst economic period in US history....and this current period actually has alot of similarities to those roaring 20s.
  12. Fear The Chorizo
    CPI higher than expected, inflation for March higher than expected.... shocker
  13. Fear The Chorizo
    Yep...a 725 OPS Turang is a borderline all star with his defense. Right now he's in the unsustainable 1.000 OPS range - great to see him start the season hot and hoping the adjustments lead to the eventual cold streaks keeping him at or above that level
  14. Fear The Chorizo
    It will be more than a $0.45/gallon increase this summer, and the only way it won't be is if the economy goes in the crapper sooner than what many are expecting and demand craters.
  15. Fear The Chorizo
    When the people who made performing TJ surgeries famous are flat out saying it's because pitchers are starting out far too young trying to max out velocity and spin rates of breaking balls, I don't really see the need to keep digging much deeper looking for other root causes. In a way it's similar to when football players were first wondering how bashing heads together constantly somehow led to CTE - unnatural physical actions performed either too often or too hard lead to those body parts breaking. A generation ago many of these guys who throw upper 90s would've been down around 90 mph, based on how they learned to pitch without going max effort in order to stay healthy and durable given the innings load that was going to be expected of them - particularly starters. The progressive expansion of MLB pitching staffs, including having a 26 man roster, has also led to teams having no issue stockpiling a ton of high 90s arms and just churning through them as they get injured or prove that they can't get MLB hitters out - to the point where most starting pitchers aren't expected to log much more than 125 innings pitched in a healthy season.
  16. Fear The Chorizo
    Maddux pushed the limit with his command, for sure - but it's not like if umpires weren't giving him 4 inches off the plate that he couldn't locate his same pitches to get called strikes, either. I don't buy that today's strike zone would make Maddux less effective. People don't realize how effective a pitcher can be that doesn't throw high 90s if he has the right mix of movement and command on multiple pitches and can also change speeds. And who also can take the ball every 5 days, give a team 7 +ip consistently, and not spend half the time you have him under contract rehabbing from injuries that are primarily caused by excessively high velo.
  17. Fear The Chorizo
    I get your points, all of them - and to an extent I agree that there is a wide gap between main street and wall street in terms of what this economy feels like....and the biggest problem in my opinion is the fact prices have solidified at levels that aren't sustainable and the only way to drive them back down to a decent level is for wall street to get the same kick in the teeth that main street has had to deal with. That means a significant recession and all that comes with it, too....but I think that's better in the longterm than propping up a stagnant economy everywhere else with monetary policy focused far more on benefitting wall street than it is on main street.
  18. Fear The Chorizo
    If Greg Maddux was in his early 20s right now he would be lucky to sniff MLB in today's game....yet he would likely replicate his career in todays game if given the chance because he would eat up launch angles and the current overarching hitting philosophy.
  19. Fear The Chorizo
    1000% this....if pitchers worked more on pitching rather than defying the laws of biomechanics to the point of blowing out their arms, they wouldn't get injured as much. Pre Tommy John surgery, if you blew out your elbow by overthrowing, your career was done. I'm not saying it's a bad thing pitchers careers are lengthened by surgical advancements, but at some point if your body physically can't stand up to the strain overthrowing puts on your arm, maybe you shouldn't be striving to throw triple digits and instead improve command and secondary pitches. The pitch clock shouldn't get altered because pitchers are refusing to adjust not having 1 minute between pitches to allow them to throw max effort every time.
  20. Fear The Chorizo
    I think the biggest issue is the fact there's an election in about 6 months and regardless of what party is in control of washington, the govmint will be leaning extremely hard on the fed not to do what they should be doing right now (continuing to RAISE rates, not stand pat and definitely not lower them) so the economy doesnt cycle into the recession it needs to get prices back in line with reality before votes start getting cast. It's the status quo to keep kicking the can down the highway and hope it doesn't get smashed by the oncoming semi truck when they kick it one time too far and can't get it back.
  21. Fear The Chorizo
    This all assumes that people don't act like, well, people and that technology doesn't break down. Because when they do, this process turns into a cluster. If any part of the system isn't functioning well, lines pile up and it's more of a hassle because there aren't the same number of staff to support what is supposed to be an automated process. To me, this sort of new system adjustment should be rolled out gradually - perhaps introducing it on a few early spring homestands/weeknight games with lower crowds to work out the kinks than just throwing it out there on Opening Day and dealing with a sellout crowd right from jump.
  22. Fear The Chorizo
    The ball is already smaller, so I don't think lowering the hoops/shortening the court to further congest things would improve the aesthetics of watching women's games very much - and it may make it even more awkward and limit the opportunities for skill to show out. Trying to alter things to resemble the gameplay/pace of a D1 or professional men's game is never going to work and never draw more eyeballs to the television. They are two completely different games due to the difference in athleticism, and they should be viewed as such. I'm not certain about what Clark is making by being all over TV commercials at present and any NIL funds, but it's way more than any WNBA salary. I think the highest WNBA salaries are around $250K per year right now, and the #1 overall draft pick starting salary is like $80K - last I checked Clark has over $3M per year in NIL money. Only LeBron's kid, Deion's kid, and Olivia Dunne make more in NIL money than Clark.
  23. Fear The Chorizo
    An awful lot of the Caitlin Clark hate is actually coming from women. It's tough for women to 'win' when they're constantly kneecapping each other.
  24. Fear The Chorizo
    UConn looks like the obvious choice to win twice more and cut down the nets....which is why I'm taking the field. For as dominant as the Huskies have been through most of the season, they've still found a way to lose 3 games.
  25. Fear The Chorizo
    There's a reason why he's in the comparables conversations with guys like Acuna, Soto, Harper, etc when it comes to rocketing through the minors and debuting in MLB as a kid. He is different.
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