On Dan Patrick this morning they read some of what is not allowed by MLB, and that includes “financing” gambling. That word jumped out at me, and that is why the story changed from covering the interpreter’s debts (at first glance Shohei felt safe because he didn’t bet) to the new story that the interpreter STOLE the money. The interpreter will try to take the entire fall, but it’s hard to unring that bell.
So, that’s my guess.
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