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Should have Mookie Betts as promotional spokesperson..🤪
Should install the betting parlors in the famed Bleachers. Then they can really say that they have bets playing in the outfield.
And, Paul, a guy named “Bookie” Mets will be taking all wagers.
Fascinating story, Gary.
Good thing they didn’t have the proliferation of gambling opportunities when I was making daily “investments.”
Even on the Mets TV post game show, Gary Apple reviews the various propositions, “If you had bet $100 with Fanduel, that Jeff McNeil would hit a home run in tonight’s game, you would have won $525.” Yeah, so easy. But how much would you lose betting the next propositions with those odds?
Hey Bill- would you be interested in a follow-up piece talking about your experiences with sports gambling?
I think it’s pretty apparent that there were a lot of shenanigans going around in the first two decades of the 20th century, maybe even longer. Sounds like some of this was almost innocent, small-time gambling. On the field it was probably different with the outcome of games at stake. And it’s amazing what it’s come to today. Anything to take more of the fans’ money, including gambling, which had fueled the NFL for years.
Yes, Gary, I’m working on it. Thanks for your interest!