Why Baseball Was Once Afraid of Gambling and How Times Have Changed
Why Baseball Was Once Afraid of Gambling and How Times Have Changed
September 14, 2023
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Why Baseball Was Once Afraid of Gambling and How Times Have Changed
Since the middle of the 19th century, when owners realized they could make a profit from games, gambling has played a major role in baseball.
Why is gambling popular with baseball players? What are the gambling restrictions in MLB? Top baseball players who advertise online casinos.
One man’s choice for greatest moments in baseball history.
Moments we’d like to see as some of the Met all-time greatest players and fan favorites gather at Citi Field for the first Old Timers’ Game since 1994.
We pick the best baseball player born every year since 1861.
We examine the Hall of Fame case of former outfielder Bobby Abreu
Why is Jim Rice in the Baseball Hall of Fame, but George Foster is not?
In the history of baseball, since they began tossing a ball to a plate and someone with a stick was swinging at it, maybe no more than
This December, when a group of 16 baseball officials and historians meet for the Baseball Hall of Fame Special Eras Committee, you can expect that at least
This is the second article in a series on baseball style that we call “Fashion Plate.” When we look back at the 1970s there’s a lot to
What became known as the “Black Sox Scandal” rocked professional baseball. But it wasn’t an aberration in a sport that was otherwise clean. Baseball became America’s national pastime because of – and not in spite of – gambling.
Our selection of a 28-man roster for the Cincinnati Reds. Who plays center field? How many members of the Big Red Machine make the team? Where should
We honor the most accomplished man to ever throw a knuckleball.
It’s possible that no other position player has ever dominated a World Series to the extent Brooks Robinson did in 1970. That October, Robinson was dazzling in the field and at the plate as the Baltimore Orioles defeated Cincinnati in the Fall Classic.
Hall of Famer Joe Morgan, a two-time Most Valuable Player and the greatest second baseman in history, has died.
The New York spotlight was perfect for the kid from California: the team was woeful, expectations were low, every fourth day all eyes were on him. He was “Tom Terrific.”
What do people want from Joey Votto? The answer to that question will tell you what they think of him. But he doesn’t give a damn.
The greatest players in the history of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Be ready for lumber and old-time pitchers.
This is part of a series on the greatest players in the history of a franchise based on the advanced statistic called WAR (Wins Above Replacement). First
The sixth installment in a series that looks at the greatest players in franchise histories, based on Wins Above Replacement. 20. Jim Maloney Maybe only three or
In many ways, professional baseball mirrors America, for the good and the bad. Just like the history of the United States, baseball history has been scarred by
Morganna Roberts was only 15 years old when she kissed her first baseball player, Pete Rose in Cincinnati in 1969. But over the next twenty-plus years, she
There’s not much difference between Tony Perez and Fred McGriff if you look at the issue closely. Both Tony Perez and Fred McGriff were extremely popular, batted
Eddie Collins buried his bats during the off-season in shallow holes in his backyard that he called “graves” in order to keep them “lively.” That’s odd, for
This is the third installment of my “Top 20” series, looking at the top players for a specific franchise based solely on Wins Above Replacement. Quibble if
If there’s a baseball bat around it’s hard to resist picking it up and taking a stance. We’ve all done it. Some of us who played baseball
Harold Baines was on the Hall of Fame ballot for five years, never receiving as many as 50 votes. When he dipped below five percent in 2011,
If you ask me, there’s no better place to watch a baseball game than Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs played their first game at Wrigley Field in
Sadly, we lost Hall of Fame outfielder Tony Gwynn this week to cancer. Gwynn was without question the best pure hitter in the game of baseball in