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To: God luvs America
Manfred caving on gambling is like Apple or Hollywood or the NBA caving to China. Keenesaw Mountain Landis banned Jackson and the others to restore public confidence in the game. That confidence seems to no longer be a concern.

Jackson? Without the lifetime ban, he would be just like the other big names from that era. Now he has lost the thing that separated him from those others. Everybody remembers his name, but .... quick .... name one of the other 7 who were banned.

Rose should have known better but must have thought he was smarter than everybody else and would not get caught, or maybe it would just blow over. Looks like he wasn't wrong, just ahead of his time.

54 posted on 05/13/2025 2:01:51 PM PDT by Bernard (Issue an annual budget. And Issue a federal government balance sheet. Let's see what we got.)
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To: Bernard

Eddie Cicotte is basically the equal of Stan Coveleski or Dazzy Vance! Not an inner circle guy, but probably HoF caliber if not for the Black Sox.


58 posted on 05/13/2025 2:08:34 PM PDT by Capn Hayek (Capital is not responsible for Labor's lack of planning)
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