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ESPN發布這禮拜關於水原事件的時間線(到賽後球員會議為止
陳述這幾天下來的所有細節
以下日期均為美國時間


3/17

7:30 p.m. ET Sunday (8:30 a.m. Monday in Seoul, South Korea): According to a
Major League Baseball source, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, while in South
Korea preparing for the season-opening series between the Dodgers and the San
Diego Padres, learns something is happening concerning Ohtani.



A source would later say MLB started seeking answers from federal authorities
in California early Monday but received no response.

一位消息來源後來表示,MLB在週一一早就開始向加州聯邦當局尋求答復,但未獲回覆。


3/18

3 p.m. ET Monday (4 a.m. Tuesday in Seoul): ESPN contacts Ohtani's agent, Nez
Balelo, to ask about information it has found, including that Ohtani's name
appeared to be on two wire transfers totaling $1 million. The transfers had
been sent last September and October to the Southern California bookmaking
operation of Mathew Bowyer. ESPN receives no immediate response.



5:30 p.m. ET Monday (6:30 a.m. Tuesday in Seoul): A crisis-communications
spokesman for Ohtani, who had just been hired, responds to ESPN. Over the
next several hours, he and an ESPN reporter will talk at various times as the
spokesman says he is getting up to speed on information from the Ohtani camp.



8:30 p.m. ET Monday (9:30 a.m. Tuesday in Seoul): The spokesman for the first
time says Ohtani paid the debts on behalf of Mizuhara. He says Balelo, the
agent, went to Mizuhara, who "finally came clean to him and said that was the
truth," and that Ohtani told Balelo he had covered Mizuhara's debts in
$500,000 increments. It's not clear if the spokesman was saying Ohtani
communicated with Balelo through Mizuhara.



The spokesman quotes Ohtani as saying: "'Yeah, I sent several large payments.
That's the maximum amount I could send.'"

發言人引述大谷的原話:"'是的,我匯出了幾筆大額款項。那是我能匯出的最大金額。'"

The ESPN reporter, knowing the spokesman worked for Ohtani, wants to hear it
from Mizuhara. The spokesman says he will work on arranging that.

知道這名發言人是為大谷工作的ESPN記者,想要直接從水原一平那裡聽到這些話。發言人
表示他會設法安排。


3/19

9:05 p.m. ET Tuesday (10:05 a.m. Wednesday in Seoul): The Ohtani spokesman
confirms to ESPN that the gambling debt amounted to at least $4.5 million,
which ESPN had previously learned from other sources.

週二晚上9點05分(週三上午10點05分,首爾): 大谷的發言人向ESPN確認,賭債至少達450萬
美元,這個金額ESPN之前已從其他消息來源獲知。

10:30 p.m. ET Tuesday (11:30 a.m. Wednesday in Seoul): Mizuhara speaks with
an ESPN reporter by phone for 90 minutes from South Korea. The interview has
been arranged - and was attended - by the Ohtani spokesman.

週二晚上10點30分(週三上午11點30分,首爾): 在大谷發言人的安排和陪同下,水原一平在
韓國以電話接受了ESPN一個半小時的採訪。

Mizuhara tells ESPN he met Bowyer at a poker game in San Diego in 2021.
Atlanta Braves infielder David Fletcher, who was friends with Ohtani when
they both played for the Los Angeles Angels, had previously told ESPN that he
was present at the poker game, but he said he did not introduce the bookie
and interpreter. Fletcher and a source with knowledge's of Bowyer's operation
told ESPN that Bowyer gained admittance to the poker game at the team hotel
through an acquaintance of Fletcher's. Fletcher told ESPN he had met Bowyer
once before while playing golf, and that he had never placed a bet with
Bowyer's organization.


ESPN,Bowyer是透過Fletcher的一位熟人進入球隊酒店參加撲克賽的。Fletcher告訴ESPN,
他之前只在高爾夫球場見過Bowyer一次,而且他從未在Bowyer的集團下過注。

In the ESPN interview, Mizuhara says he started betting with Bowyer on credit
shortly after they met, placing wagers on several sports - but not baseball.
He says he had previously bet on DraftKings and didn't know Bowyer's
operation was illegal. At the time, his salary with the Angels was about
$85,000, he says, and by the end of 2022 he had lost over $1 million and was
borrowing money from friends and family.



"I couldn't share this with Shohei. It was hard for me to make my ends meet.
I was going paycheck to paycheck," Mizuhara says. "Because I kind of had to
keep up with his lifestyle. But at the same time, I didn't want to tell him
this."

"我無法向大谷透露這件事。我很難維持生計,我當時是勉強度日,"水原一平說:"因為我得
跟上大谷的生活方式,但與此同時,我又不想告訴他這件事。"

He describes his relationship with Ohtani, whom he first met in 2013, as
"brothers," and says he spends more time with Ohtani than with his wife.

他形容與大谷的關係就像"親生兄弟",兩人自2013年相識以來,他和大谷相處的時間比和妻
子還多。

Mizuhara's debt ballooned to $4 million by early 2023, he tells ESPN, and
that's when he went to Ohtani for help. He says he feared losing Ohtani's
trust, and he also feared for his safety, that someone might come to his
house.

水原一平告訴ESPN,他的債務在2023年初已膨脹至400萬美元,這才向大谷求助。他說自己
一方面擔心失去大谷的信任,另一方面也怕有人上門討債。

"I explained my situation," he says. "And obviously he wasn't happy about it,
but he said he would help me."

"我向他解釋了我的處境,"他說:"顯然他對此不太高興,但他說會幫助我。"

Asked if Ohtani knew the person owed the money was a bookie, Mizuhara says
his friend "didn't have any clue."

當被問及大谷是否知道債主是賭徒時,水原一平回答說,他的朋友"完全不知情"。

"I just told him I need to send a wire to pay off the debt," Mizuhara says.
"He didn't ask if it was illegal, didn't question me about that."

"我只是告訴他,我需要匯款來償還債務,"水原一平說:"他沒有詢問這是否合法,也沒有對
此多加追問。"

Mizuhara says that, after Ohtani agreed to pay the debts, the two of them
logged into Ohtani's bank account on Ohtani's computer and sent eight or nine
transactions, each at $500,000, over several months. They added "loan" to the
description field in the transactions. Mizuhara estimates the final payment
was made in October.



Asked by ESPN if he thought he would be putting himself or Ohtani at risk by
asking Ohtani to pay the debts, Mizuhara says, "I don't think either of us
thought about that at the time at all."

當被ESPN問及,向大谷求助償債是否會為雙方帶來風險時,水原一平說:"當時我們根本沒想
過這個問題。"

Mizuhara declines to tell ESPN the full amount he lost gambling but confirms
it's at least $4.5 million. He calls it "embarrassing."

水原一平拒絕向ESPN透露準確輸掉多少賭資,但證實至少有450萬美元,他形容這件事"非常
難堪"。

"My wife doesn't even know about any of this until even right now," he says.

"就連我太太到現在都不知道這件事,"他說。

He says he felt uncomfortable and guilty for a few weeks after asking Ohtani
to pay back his debts, but that Ohtani moved on. "It was hard to see him,"
Mizuhara says, "He's a great guy and pretty much he went on with his life
like nothing ever happened."



Asked if he intended to pay back Ohtani, Mizuhara says he told his friend he
would. He adds that Ohtani has never gambled and "thinks gambling is
terrible."

當被問及是否打算將錢還給大谷時,水原一平表示他有這個打算。他又補充說,大谷從未賭
博過,"他認為賭博是件壞事"。

"He sees that people, teammates would be gambling all the time, and he'll be
like, 'Why are they doing this? Gambling is not good.' He would make comments
like that. People would ask him to go to casinos on road trips, and he would
never go. No, he's not into it."

"他看到隊友總是在賭博,就會說'為什麼要這樣做?賭博可不好。'他會這麼評論。有人會
在外地客場邀他去賭場,他從不去。不,他對賭博絕無興趣。"


3/20

6:05 a.m. ET Wednesday (7:05 p.m. in Seoul): The Dodgers open the 2024 season
against the Padres, winning 5-2. Ohtani gets two hits and is seen in the
dugout laughing with Mizuhara in the final minutes of the game.

週三上午6點05分(下午7點05分,首爾): 道奇隊以5比2擊敗教士隊,開啟2024年賽季。在比
賽最後幾分鐘,大谷被看見在休息室和水原一平開懷大笑。

9 a.m. ET Wednesday (10 p.m. in Seoul): An MLB source says officials are
aware of what Mizuhara told ESPN the previous night - that Ohtani had covered
his debts. The source says MLB still has not heard back from federal
authorities.

上午9點(晚上10點,首爾): 一位MLB消息人士表示,官員已獲知水原一平在前一晚對ESPN所
說的內容 - 就是大谷幫他償還債務,但MLB至今仍未獲得聯邦當局的回覆。

10 a.m. ET Wednesday (11 p.m. in Seoul): After the game, the Dodgers hold a
meeting in the clubhouse, where team owner Mark Walter tells the players a
negative story is coming, according to a team official later interviewed by
ESPN. Mizuhara apologizes, according to the official, and tells the team he
has a gambling addiction. A Dodgers executive, Andrew Friedman, stands up and
says Ohtani had helped to cover Mizuhara's losses, the team official and
others present said.



On the way back to the hotel, Ohtani starts asking questions about what had
been said in the clubhouse, the Ohtani spokesman told ESPN, and that's when
his representatives say Ohtani told them he didn't recognize Mizuhara's
version of the events. According to the Dodgers official and Ohtani's
spokesman, Ohtani's representatives had continued to rely on Mizuhara to
communicate with Ohtani while they were dealing with the situation, and
Mizuhara did not tell Ohtani what was happening.



According to the Ohtani spokesman, Ohtani discovers for the first time
Wednesday that money is missing from his account.

大谷發言人透露,直到週三,大谷才第一次發現自己的帳戶有錢被挪用。

11:32 a.m. ET Wednesday (12:32 a.m. Thursday in Seoul): Ohtani's spokesman
advises ESPN not to publish its story. "Ippei was lying," he says. "Shohei
didn't know." In a rapid series of phone calls that follow, the spokesman
emphasizes that all communication between Ohtani and his agent had gone
through Mizuhara.



1:15 p.m. ET Wednesday (2:15 a.m. Thursday in Seoul): Because of the
seriousness of that allegation and emerging inconsistencies in the accounts,
ESPN demands that Ohtani's spokesman go on the record with the theft
allegations and gives him a 1:45 p.m. deadline. The Ohtani spokesman says
Mizuhara is despondent and needs to explain his situation to his family, and
that attorneys are preparing a statement. The spokesman promises a statement
by 2 p.m.



2 p.m. ET Wednesday (3 a.m. Thursday in Seoul): Ohtani's lawyers at Berk
Brettler LLP issue a statement to ESPN: "In the course of responding to
recent media inquiries, we discovered that Shohei has been the victim of a
massive theft and we are turning the matter over to the authorities."



The Ohtani spokesman declines to answer further questions, and the statement
does not specify whom they believe perpetrated a theft.

大谷的發言人拒絕進一步回答問題,而這份聲明也沒有指明他們認為是誰挪用了資金。

2:30 p.m. ET Wednesday (3:30 a.m. Thursday in Seoul): The Dodgers fire
Mizuhara immediately after learning about the alleged theft, according to a
team official.

下午2點30分(凌晨3點30分,首爾): 在獲知指控後,道奇隊立即解雇了水原一平,據一名球
隊內部人士透露。

3:55 p.m. ET Wednesday (4:55 a.m. Thursday in Seoul): ESPN reaches Mizuhara
by phone. He says he had lied in his previous interview and walks back much
of what he had said. He tells ESPN Ohtani had no knowledge of his gambling
activities, debts or efforts to repay them.



Asked if he had been accused of theft or embezzlement, he says he has been
told not to comment, but he declines to say by whom.

當被問及是否被控盜用或挪用資金時,他說有人告誡他不要置評,但沒有說明是誰。

"Obviously, this is all my fault, everything I've done," he said. "I'm ready
to face all the consequences."

"顯然,這一切都是我的錯,我所做的一切,"他說:"我已準備好承擔所有後果。"

When did Ohtani become aware of the situation?

大谷是什麼時候獲知這件事的?

"They told me I can't answer anything," he says.

"他們告訴我,這個問題我不能回答,"他說。

Ohtani's representatives? Are they representing you?

是大谷的代表嗎?他們現在是否也代表你?

"No."

"不是。"

Are you taking any form of payment to tell me these things?

你是否有任何形式的報酬來對我說這些話?

"No."

"沒有。"

Have you made any kind of agreement to say these things?

你是否做出任何承諾來說這些話?

"No."

"沒有。"

You're doing this of your own volition and free will?

那麼你是出於自願和自由意志說這些話的嗎?

"Yes."

"是。"

Did you bet on baseball?

你有在棒球項目上下注嗎?

"No"

"沒有。"

Did you lie to Shohei?

你有對大谷說謊嗎?

"Yes."

"有。"

ESPN asks if he has ever purposely misinformed Ohtani while interpreting the
issues the reporter is asking about. Mizuhara says: "No, I have never done
that."

ESPN詢問他是否曾在擔任大谷的翻譯時,針對記者詢問的這些議題有意誤導大谷。水原一
平回答說:"我從未這樣做過。"

The ESPN reporter texts him with a final question: Did you take the money
from Shohei's accounts without his knowledge?

ESPN記者最後以簡訊問他:你是否在未經大谷同意的情況下,從他的帳戶挪用資金?

There is no response.
但這條訊息沒有得到回覆。

4:13 p.m. ET Wednesday (5:13 a.m. Thursday in Seoul): The Ohtani spokesman
tells ESPN that what has actually happened in recent days is that Mizuhara
has been able to control information to Ohtani in his position as the
interpreter, and that Ohtani hadn't realized what was happening until the
postgame clubhouse meeting, when a new interpreter was brought in.



"He didn't know any of it, didn't know there was some inquiry," the spokesman
says. "After the game, that's when he found out. ... He didn't know what the
f--- was going on."

"他完全不知情,不知道有任何調查,"發言人說:"直到賽後,他才發現到底發生了什麼事。
大谷他媽的完全不清楚到底怎麼一回事。"


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看完覺得超毛的阿

大聯盟在剛剛發表聲明，正式對此案展開調查

MLB statement: “Major League Baseball has been gathering information since we
 learned about the allegations involving Shohei Ohtani and Ippei Mizuhari from
 the news media. Earlier today, our Department of Investigations (DOI) began t
heir formal process investigating the matter.”


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