ESPN's 30 for 30 Explores Otani's Gambling Scandal

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So let's go to this new 30 for 30 that's coming out.
So I really love the 30 for 30 series that ESPN has.
It's one of the very few things that they do well
is the 30 for 30.
And there's gonna be one coming out on Shohei Ohtani
and his interpreter, The Betrayal of Shohei Ohtani.
The series will feature never before heard
or seen video and audio of his interpreter
and talking about the gambling scandal.
I'm sorry, I'm not buying it.
You've got 17 million reasons not to believe this.
Isn't it funny?
That's the number on his gear, 17.
Supposedly that's the number that the interpreter stole.
Now, I don't know about you,
but I just asked all my producers,
how many times do you check your bank account daily
or weekly?
Everybody says, well, I check it.
You're telling me that Shohei Ohtani
didn't see $17 million out of his bank account
on placing illegal gambling bets?
Major League Baseball has covered this story up.
And I can't think that this 30 for 30
is something that Rob Manfred wants out there
showing Major League Baseball's incompetence.
Pete Rose must be rolling over in his grave right now.
You're talking $17 million
with the best player in the sport
and a unicorn in the sport
and one of the absolutely greatest players
that we've ever seen.
And he's also a Japanese player,
which brings tremendous revenue over from Japan
to Major League Baseball.
No wonder they want to keep this thing quiet.
Nobody in their right mind can believe this story.
$17 million of illegal gambling debt
and Major League Baseball
has just brushed this under the carpet.
You know, we're in an era now,
we see this all the time,
especially with these storylines
that are going in the NFL and in college football
when it talks about gambling.
Major League Baseball has their biggest star
wrapped in a gambling scandal
and they just blew it off.
They blew it off because he is the golden child.
He's a guy that everybody looks at right now
and I can't believe it.
They just pushed that entire story under the table.
$17 million?
Give me a break.
I check my account daily like every other American does
to see where we are and I get it.
By the way, that $700 million was deferred
and most of the money that he's going to make
is gonna be after he leaves the game of baseball.
It's pretty crazy to think that Major League Baseball
just took a blind eye to this story.
I can't wait to see this 30 for 30,
but I'm sorry, I'm not buying.
