Posted on 10/23/2025 12:34:00 PM PDT by equaviator
Denny McLain got himself into big trouble more than once. Had he not, he’d be in the MLB Hall of Fame.
the issue with rose was he did bet on his own games, which might influence decisions on which pitchers to swap in etc that otherwise would have been made differently if no side money on the line.
also didn’t his bookie later say (or have notes saying) he bet against his own team?
Trung Phan
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Unreal scene from ESPN Get Up this AM.
They’re talking the FBI’s arrests for NBA Sports Gambling. Mike Greenberg explains how ESPN used to shun sports gambling…while an ESPN BET promo is on the screen.
The graphics team realizes the disconnect and takes the chyron down lol
11:01 AM · Oct 23, 2025 1.1M Views
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Keep your eyes on the lower right hand corner.
The NBA is a criminal organization
Tattoos = gullibles travels ✖️
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I have DirecTV with Fanduel. There is so much visual information showing during MLB games that while I’m looking at it, it takes me away from the live action. Fortunately, I can get by with the sound off, but most of the graphics are there to encourage betting more than anything else. All I want to see is what tells me the inning, runs, hits and errors, current batting averages and season stats of players at bat and on deck, ball and strike counts, pitcher W-L records and ERA,...It’s so pervasive that I’ve come to the inevitable conclusion that any game I happen to be watching, whether it’s Fanduel or any other channel, is somehow rigged.
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