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FakeNoose

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27. This is so true! The sport of baseball needs to remain clean of the possibility of gambling

Reply to Wonder Why (Reply #24)

Sun Nov 9, 2025, 08:59 PM

Nov 9

There can't be any chance of collusion, and that's why these players were so short-sighted by getting involved.

I'm not saying they are guilty, because I really hope they aren't. But the problem with baseball is that there can't be any possibility of collusion. All the players know this. Anyone who ignores the safeguards is throwing away their career. These guys knew it and they did it anyway. Was is worth the risk? I doubt it. Just ask Pete Rose.

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MLB pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz charged with taking bribes to rig pitches for bettors [View all] Omaha Steve Nov 9 OP

Collusion is never a good thing FakeNoose Nov 9 #1

The precedent set from the 1919 Black Sox scandal Justice Brandeis Nov 9 #2

As it should be. paleotn Nov 9 #5

They rigged it and bet on it big time and thought nobody would notice? Well either I am wrong or ? twodogsbarking Nov 9 #3

How the heck would that work? LudwigPastorius Nov 9 #4

Micro-betting is a thing... GJGCA Nov 9 #8

Yes, but how would the pitchers indicate to the bettors what pitch they were about to throw? LudwigPastorius Nov 9 #9

A wink or a nod .. GJGCA Nov 9 #11

_ LudwigPastorius Nov 9 #13

Why? RandySF Nov 9 #6

They threw away their careers for this. Diamond_Dog Nov 9 #7

Hard to believe. Clase blew his chance at enormous wealth. Auggie Nov 9 #12

I will never understand it. Diamond_Dog Nov 9 #14

Partially True. Closers in general don't get big money contracts for as long of terms as starting pitchers Wiz Imp Nov 9 #16

Mariano Rivera deserved a lot more Polybius Nov 9 #17

Rivera apparently earned a total of approximately $170 million over 18 seasons Wiz Imp Nov 9 #18

He was so good, he deserved more Polybius Nov 9 #19

Partially true? Dead-on-balls accurate ... Auggie Nov 9 #23

Aren't you just the smartest guy in the world? Wiz Imp Nov 9 #30

Maybe it's not just money. LisaM Nov 9 #20

It's looking like professional sports, generally, are infested with gambling collusion Ponietz Nov 9 #10

Same thing the NBA player was arrested Deminpenn Nov 9 #15

It doesn't help that the announcers freaking dissect every pitch. LisaM Nov 9 #21

It's sometimes tedioius listening to the announcers I will admit FakeNoose Nov 9 #25

This beaks my heart. MontanaMama Nov 9 #22

If The Thing and his clowns and some SROTUS memers do, why not pitchers? Wonder Why Nov 9 #24

This is so true! The sport of baseball needs to remain clean of the possibility of gambling FakeNoose Nov 9 #27

Gambling is for suckers (n/t) PJMcK Nov 9 #26

SCOTUS opened the gates of corruption RVN VET71 Nov 9 #28

Already making $ each of us can only dream of wolfie001 Nov 9 #29