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The scheme involved rigged shuffling machines as well as X-ray tables able to detect face down cards on a table .ramfandan wrote: ↑23 Oct 2025 10:57 am Non-related to baseball but breaking sports news on TV .
https://nypost.com/2025/10/23/us-news/n ... -arrested/
Coach Chauncey Billups and player Terry Rozier two of those arrested
Shocking!!Ronnie Dobbs wrote: ↑23 Oct 2025 11:01 am Who would have thought that totally intertwining sports and gambling and sports networks would result in something like this?
Other pro sports pretty easy too if they wish to be crooked . On a long pass play the umpire can throw a flag for Off. Holding and negate the chance on a TD throw... they say 'holding can be called on nearly every NFL play 'ScotchMIrish wrote: ↑23 Oct 2025 11:15 am MLB needs to institute 100% electronic strike zone not the proposed 2 challenges per game for exactly this reason. Easiest sport to rig is MLB because the home plate umpire can fix the strike zone.
The excuse I saw was they didn't want to completely remove the "human element" from the game.
It's relevant to baseball because of the strike zone.scoutyjones2 wrote: ↑23 Oct 2025 11:06 am Can you give us the latest on Messi?
Keep this [shirt] to another forum.
Last I checked DeWitt was all in favor of gambling in baseball.Ronnie Dobbs wrote: ↑23 Oct 2025 11:01 am Who would have thought that totally intertwining sports and gambling and sports networks would result in something like this?
Okay??ScotchMIrish wrote: ↑23 Oct 2025 11:39 amLast I checked DeWitt was all in favor of gambling in baseball.
Why exactly was Pete Rose banned? If he was a MLB owner he would have been perfectly fine.
Spot On!!!Ronnie Dobbs wrote: ↑23 Oct 2025 11:01 am Who would have thought that totally intertwining sports and gambling and sports networks would result in something like this?
ramfandan wrote: ↑23 Oct 2025 11:37 amOther pro sports pretty easy too if they wish to be crooked . On a long pass play the umpire can throw a flag for Off. Holding and negate the chance on a TD throw... they say 'holding can be called on nearly every NFL play 'ScotchMIrish wrote: ↑23 Oct 2025 11:15 am MLB needs to institute 100% electronic strike zone not the proposed 2 challenges per game for exactly this reason. Easiest sport to rig is MLB because the home plate umpire can fix the strike zone.
The excuse I saw was they didn't want to completely remove the "human element" from the game.
In basketball the difference between a blocking call and charging foul is pretty subjective too.
The refs in WWE wrestling are the most trustworthy as the match is predetermined . So they just are in the ring to give time cues to the wrestlersas to when the match should be ended.
I hear ya, but isn't it safer in the hands of 1 human behind the plate? If there is egregious fraud it would be easier to find, trace, punish, etc.ScotchMIrish wrote: ↑23 Oct 2025 11:15 am MLB needs to institute 100% electronic strike zone not the proposed 2 challenges per game for exactly this reason. Easiest sport to rig is MLB because the home plate umpire can fix the strike zone.
The excuse I saw was they didn't want to completely remove the "human element" from the game.
why? because he was a piece of trashScotchMIrish wrote: ↑23 Oct 2025 11:39 amLast I checked DeWitt was all in favor of gambling in baseball.Ronnie Dobbs wrote: ↑23 Oct 2025 11:01 am Who would have thought that totally intertwining sports and gambling and sports networks would result in something like this?
Why exactly was Pete Rose banned? If he was a MLB owner he would have been perfectly fine.