Deal Me In, A-Rod!

[MFS62]

Baseball has been very clear in its no gambling/ associating with gamblers stance since the 1919 Black Sox Scandal.
That said, that stance didn't seem to bother MLB when Del Webb and Dan Topping owned the Yankees. Their other buisness was building gambling casinos in Las Vegas.


I was hoping that one day we would see this kind of story about Jeter.
Sigh.
Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

You getting the idea that Ceetar was at the Beverly Hills game? And maybe brought the blow?

[Ceetar]

MFS62 wrote: Baseball has been very clear in its no gambling/ associating with gamblers stance since the 1919 Black Sox Scandal. That said, that stance didn't seem to bother MLB when Del Webb and Dan Topping owned the Yankees. Their other buisness was building gambling casinos in Las Vegas. I was hoping that one day we would see this kind of story about Jeter. Sigh. Later

Why do you think he's building a GIANT MANSION. he's trying to get away from prying eyes.

[Ceetar]

Edgy DC wrote: You getting the idea that Ceetar was at the Beverly Hills game? And maybe brought the blow?

I've never smoked so much as a cigerette in my life actually.

I'd love to go up against A-Rod in a poker game. Although I haven't played ina while and I'm locked out of playing at the sites I used to play at, thanks to the US government. But I'm going to Vegas in September, I probably should brush up if I want to win any money. Anyone have A-Rods number?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

This is funny. You guys are funny.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Ceetar wrote: Well what sports have an issue with is sports wagering. The concern they have with other forms of gambling is that it could be some sort of 'gateway drug' towards gambling on sports, or may put them in contact with gamblers who may, whether through greed or debt, convince a player to affect the outcome of a game.

The main concern, among other concerns --among obvious other concerns but why even bother, I ask myself as I write this post, why even bother? -- is organized crime's historical and undeniable connection to gambling of any kind, particularly high stakes gambling --- or wagering, if you will, and organized crime's ability to influence or compromise someone who might then be indebted to the mob through gambling losses. Perhaps baseball should exempt A-Rod because he makes so much money.

Baseball's ban on wagering is one of its first policies a professional is taught and one of the first things a baseball fan comes to learn.

[Ceetar]

You do typically find mob bosses at mansions in Beverly Hills, yes.

[batmagadanleadoff]

[Guest Edgy DC]

Bugsy Siegel, for one.

[TransMonk]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: This is funny. You guys are funny.

You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it's me, I'm a little fucked up maybe, but I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to fuckin' amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?

[Guest Edgy DC]

batmags... Whoah.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Edgy DC wrote: batmags... Whoah.

Oh, I got more. Arnold Rothstein lived at 912 5th Avenue, Manhattan's apartment version of Bev Hills.

[Lefty Specialist]

Regardless of the legality or illegality of these games, you know full well that A-Rod's only going to get....



.......a slap on the wrist.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

At best, it's reckless. He must not be especially smart. One would think that earning $25 million and year and having the likes of Cameron Diaz drop popcorn in your mouth would make someone want to keep that lifestyle going.

Maybe it's self-loathing for being a Yankee.

[ashie62]

Ceetar wrote: Edgy DC wrote: You getting the idea that Ceetar was at the Beverly Hills game? And maybe brought the blow? I've never smoked so much as a cigerette in my life actually. I'd love to go up against A-Rod in a poker game. Although I haven't played ina while and I'm locked out of playing at the sites I used to play at, thanks to the US government. But I'm going to Vegas in September, I probably should brush up if I want to win any money. Anyone have A-Rods number?

The sites you are locked out of were breaking the law. I believe you also by using them. Could that be why you have no issue with Arod?

[Ceetar]

Ashie62 wrote: Ceetar wrote: Edgy DC wrote: You getting the idea that Ceetar was at the Beverly Hills game? And maybe brought the blow? I've never smoked so much as a cigerette in my life actually. I'd love to go up against A-Rod in a poker game. Although I haven't played ina while and I'm locked out of playing at the sites I used to play at, thanks to the US government. But I'm going to Vegas in September, I probably should brush up if I want to win any money. Anyone have A-Rods number? The sites you are locked out of were breaking the law. I believe you also by using them. Could that be why you have no issue with Arod?

No they weren't, and no I wasn't. Although the actual legality of some of this stuff is still very much a gray area involving internet commerce. But I was gambling in other countries, via a website. I was transferring money into accounts (the part that was illegal in the US) that aren't US accounts.

but yes, my familiarity with poker has a lot to do with why I don't really care that A-Rod plays poker with some celebs in a mansion in the mountains of LA.

[metsmarathon]

well, what if he was doing other illegal things in mansions in beverley hilly, which he has been warned against in the past and which baseball has expressly forbidden?

why get hung up on poker?

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: ....Maybe it's self-loathing for being a Yankee.

I think it's stupidity for being a Yankee.