2024 MLB season news and notes

[Bellhorn04]

If it was Ohtani doing the gambling, how dumb would he have to be to keep making bank transfers to a bookie that as we can see, were easily identified as such.

[bkzwhitestrican]

Athletes do tend to be dumber than average. But yes that would be very dumb.

[Dipre]

Athletes do tend to be dumber than average. But yes that would be very dumb.

Do they though?

[Bellhorn04]

Do they though?

In terms of actual IQ, I'd say no. But the athletic life tends to keep a lot of them from advancing intellectually, let's say.

[Dipre]

In terms of actual IQ, I'd say no. But the athletic life tends to keep a lot of them from advancing intellectually, let's say.

I'd say it's about having all that money without financial education a lot of the time (which is not a problem of intelligence, but rather information) and a disconnect with the actual cost of things.

[mvp 78]

Frankly, the only thing that makes sense is that Ohtani was absolutely in the know about the money going to the bookie. And as seems to be the consensus, the best story for Ohtani was actually the first one, that he did it to bail out a friend, even if that story has some nasty legal consequences of its own.

Between this and Yamamoto giving up 5 runs in an inning, that was one heck of a bad day for the Dodgers.

Better to not lie and hope for a slap on the wrist from MLB.

[dgalehouse]

Ohtani has become one of the faces of MLB , both here and on an international level. They will try to ignore or cover this up and hope it goes away.

[dgalehouse]

Gambling often becomes an addiction, a sickness. Look at the NCAA tournament. You have people betting their paycheck on a game of hoops , played by a bunch of kids they never heard of , with a point spread they don't even understand. It's crazy.

[a700hitter]

I saw Hazel Mae on the Blue Jay postgame yesterday. Time has not been kind to her. She used to be cute, but now she makes Suzynn Waldman look like a Vogue Model.

[notin]

In terms of actual IQ, I'd say no. But the athletic life tends to keep a lot of them from advancing intellectually, let's say.

Well, a lot of these guys go to college essentially to major in baseball. There’s no Master’s degree in baseball…

[Bellhorn04]

Well, a lot of these guys go to college essentially to major in baseball. There’s no Master’s degree in baseball…

Thanks for the insight, Cap'n.

[Bellhorn04]

Second start for Yamamoto tonight.

[mvp 78]

@BigBobsCards
Here’s a hilarious MLB conspiracy theory for you.

Last Dive Bar is an online store that describes itself as a “premier online store for unique and stylish apparel that celebrates the iconic Oakland Coliseum”. Go to the website and you’ll see that their apparel seems to have a central theme…

Their homepage features shirts and hoodies that read “Boycott” and “Sell the Team”. There’s also a shirt depicting A’s owner John Fisher playing with a puppet that resembles A’s President Dave Kaval. Last Dive Bar hosts a yearly Fans’ Fest that is openly anti-ownership.

Now the fun part. Their Twitter account tweeted pictures of 4 A’s players wearing their wristbands…

Esteury Ruiz - demoted
Brent Rooker - benched
Cristian Pache - traded
James Kaprielian - released

[notin]

RIP Larry Lucchino

[Jasonbay44]

MLB Leaders:
OPS: M.Betts, 1.686
AVG: M.Betts, .485
OBP: M.Betts, .595
SLG: M.Betts, 1.091
HR: M.Betts, 5
RBI: M.Betts, 11
Runs: M.Betts, 14
Hits: M.Betts, 16
XBH: M.Betts, 9
TB: M.Betts, 36
TOB: M.Betts, 25
Walks: M.Betts, 9
WAR: M.Betts, 1.5
oWAR: M.Betts, 1.2
dWAR: M.Betts, 0.3
OPS+: M.Betts, 337

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