Listen "Microbetting is a Huge Problem in Major League Baseball"
Episode Synopsis
Are the scandals involving Cleveland Guardians' pitchers Luis Ortiz and Emmanuel Clase, who suspiciously threw several pitches well out of the strike zone with the identical count of 0-0 on the leadoff hitter in the inning the result of satisfying bets for their own benefit? This podcast does not answer that question. Instead, it offers a simple solution for rendering these incidents as moot: ban legal gambling from the landscape of Major League Baseball, after "scraping to the bottom of the kettle" to eradicate such possibilities -- for the integrity of the game and potential well-being of MLB players, who could be at the mercy of similar nefarious forces who fixed the 1919 World Series. Will MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred follow these recommendations? I wouldn't bet on it.
Special guest appearance by Vern, our Briard puppy, who we adopted from our late son, Stuart. May he rest in peace.
In Memoriam: Stuart Mitchell Copley, January 4, 1989 - June 27, 2025.
Gus Sands vs. Roy Hobbs in The Natural
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Music: "Field Grass," by Sergei Pavkin
Special guest appearance by Vern, our Briard puppy, who we adopted from our late son, Stuart. May he rest in peace.
In Memoriam: Stuart Mitchell Copley, January 4, 1989 - June 27, 2025.
Gus Sands vs. Roy Hobbs in The Natural
[email protected]
www.byroncopley.com
Music: "Field Grass," by Sergei Pavkin
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