PR people end interviews early all the time from what I understand (in the locker room if things get hairy). So to get some type of soundbite interviewers just play the game. I could see this sticking around for a long time unless Ohtani answers some questions. Like anything legal situation the devil is in the details but I have serious doubts that Ohtani is clean here. Worst case he's doing something illegal. To me best case is he was gambling through his friend. I'm not sure the bookie game but if the guy is making $500k a year which person is going to allow you to get into $4.5M in debt? If you can't pay you just claim bankruptcy and the bookie is out that money. Even if the bookie knew there's an affiliation with Ohtani there's no guarantee Ohtani will pay up for his friend. So it's either Ohtani gambling (which isn't a ton for his salary) or the bookies are using the debt to get a few favors thrown their way with insider info to even the score. The whole thing is shady. Imagine the #### hitting the ceiling if the Jays got him in the off-season?
Anyway, how MLB is not suspending him until further investigation, is crazy. They fire the bookie a few hours after the game, investigation wrapped up? The whole thing reeks of "fall guy".
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