“Don’t trust everything you see, salt also looks like sugar”Anonymous“
Betting on baseball games is in fashion because today, with the approval of Major League Baseball, the passion of balls and strikes inside and outside the lime lines dominates throughout Uncle Sam’s territory.
On November 2, 1986, the Secretary of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (Sedefir), Andrés Vanderhorst, announced the legalization of sports betting banks in the Dominican Republic.
Betting and baseball have gone together since the mid-19th century, when owners realized they could make a profit from the games. But baseball also has a complex history with betting, with scandals that occurred at various points in history, most notably the Black Stockings of 1919 that damaged the image of this pastime.
Some of baseball’s most famous players and managers have been involved in betting on their own teams and similar clandestine activities, leading to a complex relationship between baseball and gambling.
There have been many cases throughout history of betting scandals in relation to baseball, such as occurred in 1905, when John McGraw, manager of the New York Giants won US$400 while betting that his own team would win the world Series. McGraw had kept the team out of the previous year’s series against Boston due to an argument with American League president Ban Johnson, who had publicly suspended and demoted McGraw for his on-field behavior. The Giants won five games and McGraw got the money from him, at which time the winnings were known to the public.
Another major scandal that shook the MLB shoe was that of Pete Rose all-time leader in hits and games played, was suspended in 1989 for betting on the outcomes of games, many of which he had bet on while manager of the Cincinnati Reds.
Fixing games, betting, and making offers of bribes were common practices during the Dead Ball era of the early 20th century, and these were just the strategies initiated by the players.
Baseball’s powers that be implicitly encouraged this behavior because attendance was increasing. Even when their own players were involved in game-fixing, baseball executives turned a blind eye.
Today all that is in the past and Major League Baseball and the Betting Houses manage the same Data.
I reiterate that betting on baseball is not a game based on luck, it requires before “jumping in” to do a study of each component of the teams, to see if I bet on the Male or the Female.
A day like today
1862: Connie Mack is born in East Brookfield, Maryland. He is the creator of the postulate: “Pitching is 75% of the game.”
1921: The Cincinnati Reds trade Greasy Neale and Jimmy Ring to the Phillies for Eppa Riley.
1993: The Kansas City Royals trade infielders Gregg Jefferies and Ed Gerald to the St. Louis Cardinals for outfielder Félix José and infielder Craig Wilson.
1999: Talent scout Howie Haak dies, at the age of 87. Among the players he signed are Roberto Clemente, Manny Sanguillén and Tony Peña.
2014: The Baltimore Orioles sign free agent Nelson Cruz, a native of Montecristi, for US$8 million.
Sports reporter. Baseball lover and his experiences.
2024-02-22 11:58:32
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