Gambling isn’t doing anything to baseball’s integrity. Baseball has no integrity. Not anymore. Indeed, many of the ills plaguing baseball are caused by everybody’s refusal to acknowledge this glaring fact.
Honestly, I never thought there’d be an audience for this. But since the wildly successful WNBA, maybe there is!
It’s been nearly seven decades since women in the U.S. have had a league of their own.
By summer of 2026, however, the organizers of the newly announced Women’s Pro Baseball League (WPBL) hope to have six teams of women in caps and cleats. https://t.co/WO69uOvs1B
It was 1980, and the Phillies won the World Series against the Kansas City Royals. My brother and I drove downtown to take part in the insanity, and we didn’t leave to go home until almost 3 in the morning.
We were driving down Lombard Street when some guy cut us off, and my brother was pissed. He pulled up next to the car at the light, and there was Pete Rose. Not driving (his agent was at the wheel), just sitting there.
And he looked scared. His son, Petey Jr. was in the back seat with Bob Boone’s kid. He probably stayed at the stadium until the streets died down.
I leaned past my brother and made the universal signal to roll down the window. Pete did, and I said, “Yo Pete, nice catch.” I was referring to this.
14 GAMES ABOVE .500 10 STRAIGHT HOME WIN 6 WINS STRAIGHT 4TH SWEEP OF THE SEASON 17-3 IN OUR LAST 20 GAMES BEST RECORD IN BASEBALL 3 GAMES CLEAR OF ATL TOPPING MOST STAT CHARTS
So Ohtani's interpreter tells ESPN Ohtani paid off $4.5M of his gambling debts. Then Ohtani's reps say Ohtani is victim of "massive theft." Then interpreter recants everything he said. (1) this is the start, not the end, of the story. (2) there have been, are and will be lawyers.
I remember watching those games with the cardboard people in the seats and the recorded crowd noise, and I just didn’t care. I was just so happy to have baseball again:
🏝️⚾️👎OTD 2020: Phillies play their final spring training game as MLB closes the sport due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Phils would not play again until the season opener on July 24. #philliespic.twitter.com/wmh4OVH2lj
