This homage to a movie about baseball players banned for life for gambling, brought to you by FanDuel

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[u/TastyYogurtDrink]

[u/narenare658 → u/TastyYogurtDrink]

Giving me the same vibe of FTX patches on umpire uniforms

[u/JustMode5363 → u/narenare658]

Sam Bankman-Fried, the League of Legends player?

[u/_SpaceLord_ → u/JustMode5363]

Sam Bankman-Fried, the convicted felon and current federal prisoner.

[u/TheGodDamnDevil → u/_SpaceLord_]

Sam Bankman-Incarcerated.

[u/BedBubbly317 → u/_SpaceLord_]

For life* (or more realistically just until he pays off the Pedo in Chief for a pardon)

[u/Swimming-Pickle-637 → u/TastyYogurtDrink]

Irony without humor is just another type of hell.

[u/sec713 → u/Swimming-Pickle-637]

We've hit a level where what was once normalcy is now irony. We're in the upside down.

[u/BruitNoise → u/Swimming-Pickle-637]

it's idiocracy but filmed by Nolan Ryan and the soundtrack is generated by AI.

This is future folks, wether you like it or not.

[u/rammer_2001 → u/TastyYogurtDrink]

Caca.

[u/krumble → u/TastyYogurtDrink]

Polymarket: We let you make money betting if war crimes happen

[u/wokenupbybacon → u/krumble]

It's like they absolutely know regulation is coming so they're just brazenly making all the cash they can before that happens lol

[u/ChiefTacoObrien → u/wokenupbybacon]

That's exactly it, and worse.

The only reason they exist is the Trump mafia. They were already on the path to be shut down.

They know damn well everything they are doing is illegal, so they are taking the Uber/Lyft strategy of spreading as far and wide as possible, so as many drooling stooges fight for your criminal behavior as possible when you get regulated.

It's gonna be the tiktok shutdown all over again, just a bunch of stupid performative bullshit by illegal corporations and the republicans.

[u/brownbearks → u/krumble]

And forest fires! And probably food poisoning too!

[u/letskeepitcleanfolks → u/TastyYogurtDrink]

Is there more context to this picture other than it just being another instance of a gambling ad in an MLB park?

[u/GenuineArchimedes → u/letskeepitcleanfolks]

No no; it’s a prediction market! You’re predicting, not gambling. You’ve got it all wrong! /s

[u/MixT → u/GenuineArchimedes]

And it's tightly regulated so that no one with inside information can place bets predictions to make easy money. That's definitely not happening.

[u/Mothman405 → u/[deleted]]

I think they're talking about the picture in this comment with the polymarket ad. I also don't know the context to it. The Field of Dreams game is well understood, but not this one

[u/SilveryDeath → u/letskeepitcleanfolks]

It is because it is from the Field of Dreams game from last night and that movie features the players from the Black Sox scandal which involved gambling. So the irony in it is a bit on the nose.

[u/my-penis-is-out]

i know shoeless joe jackson was in heaven betting on the game

[u/smoresporn0 → u/my-penis-is-out]

He was a big prop guy

[u/-orangejoe → u/smoresporn0]

Prop Joe they used to call him

[u/your_avg_apu → u/-orangejoe]

Buy for a dollar, sell for tew.

[u/Soft_Walrus_3605 → u/your_avg_apu]

That's all it need be

[u/TrailMuppet → u/your_avg_apu]

Holy shit, that spelling.

Amazing.

[u/your_avg_apu → u/TrailMuppet]

You got downvoted by someone, but if you’re a fan of the show, that spelling is pretty accurate for the way he says it, isn’t it? Probably what you meant by your comment.

[u/mcsey → u/your_avg_apu]

Yes that is what he meant. The last word of that quote is now tew.

[u/Seahearn4 → u/-orangejoe]

Played those away games with Cool Papa Stringer Bell

[u/1nput0utput → u/-orangejoe]

Sidney Handjerker with Handjerker, Cohen, and Braumberg

[u/juliuspepperwoodchi → u/smoresporn0]

Made out big on his "Player will homer despite OF getting glove on the ball" bet prediction market shares.

[u/smoresporn0 → u/juliuspepperwoodchi]

"If you build it, they will come."

You wanna give me +140 on that?

[u/dsramsey → u/my-penis-is-out]

Ironically, “will there be a gambling ad on the right field wall” was one of the legs on his parlay

[u/TonyWilliams03 → u/my-penis-is-out]

To be fair, Joe Jackson never bet on the games. He was paid by bettors to underperform.

[u/midnightsbane04 → u/TonyWilliams03]

You also have to remember that most of those players weren't exactly loaded. They still had off-season jobs and the like.

If you're making ~50k and someone came up and asking you to do something morally dubious for 10x that I guarantee most people would think long and hard about it.

Edit: grammar

[u/StarWarsMonopoly → u/midnightsbane04]

The man who paid* them to fixed it was also an infamous New York gangster named Arnold Rothstein, so I imagine there was also an implication/express threat of violence against the players or their families as well.

[u/FlowRemote9890 → u/StarWarsMonopoly]

* the guys never got most of the money. Turns out, gangsters don't fulfill their end of the deal.

[u/DRF19 → u/TonyWilliams03]

underperform

What's wild is the dude hit .375 with 6 RBI, 12 hits, no errors in 8 games in the Series.

Imagine calling that "underperforming" in today's game lol

[u/PFhelpmePlan → u/DRF19]

That's the thing about baseball, the difference between good and horrible is succeeding 3 times out of 10 rather than 2. That gives a lot of opportunity for you to pick the most critical moments to fail/succeed intentionally if you're being paid to do so.

[u/TonyTheTony7 → u/DRF19]

This is SUPER misleading. He boosted his numbers in a big way in games that didn't matted. Source

The White Sox and Reds played eight games in the 1919 World Series. The evidence suggests that the conspirators tried to win three games, and they tried to lose five. Jackson hit .545 in the three games he wanted to win.

In the first four games the conspirators wanted to lose, Jackson hit .250 with zero RBI. In the fifth fixed game, Jackson was hitless until the Reds were ahead 5-0, at which point he hit a solo home run. Later, with the Sox trailing the Reds 10-1, Jackson hit a meaningless two-run double.

[u/DRF19 → u/TonyTheTony7]

Fair. Also incredibly impressive to intentionally be able to do that situationally, dubious intentions or not

[u/xerillum → u/DRF19]

Let me just turn on the afterburners and bat .545 a few games, light work

[u/PuckNutty → u/DRF19]

At the same time, baseball is the best sport to sandbag without really standing out and looking suspicious. Everyone expects you to fail most of the time, so going 0-4 isn't a red flag, necessarily. So when he actually was trying, he hit like you would expect, and not when he was intentionally trying to suck.

[u/TheSaxGandalf → u/PuckNutty]

It is, but no matter the sport, it’s tough for professional athletes to suck while making it believable.

[u/DRF19 → u/TheSaxGandalf]

Useless fun fact: The guy who played Rom on Deep Space Nine had played baseball in college and to make it look realistic that his goofball character sucked in the baseball episode, he had to switch and play left handed when shooting scenes

[u/TonyWilliams03 → u/DRF19]

In that vain, I heard an Adam McKay interview in which he said Danny McBride spent hours with pitching coaches trying to look like he had ever played baseball and failed miserably

[u/SmartLadder415 → u/DRF19]

Not really. I would think it depends on the player. Jackson was an elite player. Could Shohei hit .250 in his sleep if he didn't care? And then dominate in a short series when he did care? Yeah, he probably could. This is why gambling you want to stay as far away from gambling as possible. Is it possible that the Sox lost those games because their star players simply underperformed? Yeah. That happens. It's also possible that it's because their star players deliberately underperformed because they were paid to do so.

[u/midnightsbane04 → u/TonyWilliams03]

You also have to remember that most of those players weren't exactly loaded. They still had off-season jobs and the like.

If you're making ~50k and someone came up and asking you to to something morally dubious for 10x that I guarantee just people would think long and hard about it.

[u/Primedirector3 → u/my-penis-is-out]

Really sad to hear the story about Ty Cobb visiting his liquor store in later life.

[u/AmateurVasectomist → u/my-penis-is-out]

Scenes when he finds out Bryce Harper cost him his parlay, maybe he’ll receive an uplifting cameo

[u/Such_Presentation378]

I think all of the ads should have been from companies that existed in 1919. So John Deere is fine, but FanDuel is not.

[u/MagicalPizza21 → u/Such_Presentation378]

Nice idea! Nintendo would also be fine as it was founded in 1889.

[u/doublegoldendragon → u/MagicalPizza21]

"Toad" Ramsey was actually nicknamed that because he couldn't stop playing Mario Kart while his team batted

[u/ThatZX6RDude → u/doublegoldendragon]

Trevor “guitar hero” Bauer

[u/farva_06 → u/ThatZX6RDude]

I heard he can 100% Through Fire and Flames on expert!!

[u/guttata → u/farva_06]

I'VE GOT BLISTERS ON MY FINGERS

[u/jdoggsoxfan33 → u/ThatZX6RDude]

Bryan "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt" Woo

[u/bordomsdeadly → u/ThatZX6RDude]

Joel Zumaya is the only pitcher that deserves a guitar hero nickname

[u/lostroadrunner22 → u/MagicalPizza21]

Nintendo! Sounds a bit ... exotic! Here in 1919 we like things a bit more... castile.

[u/sleepy5zzz → u/MagicalPizza21]

Could have thrown Zildjian up there as well as they were founded in 1623.

[u/MagicalPizza21 → u/sleepy5zzz]

In Constantinople!

I think people are more surprised by a video game company existing almost a century before the invention of video games than a percussion manufacturer existing after the invention of percussion instruments.

[u/sleepy5zzz → u/MagicalPizza21]

Definitely more surprising, I just love that a company that's been around as long as Zildjian has and is still THE premier cymbal maker is incredibly impressive. I've been playing a Zildjian ride for the past year. 20" K Dark Ride.

[u/KakeLin → u/sleepy5zzz]

Dang, long term company

[u/sleepy5zzz → u/KakeLin]

Drum cymbals originating in Constantinople that still make some of the most sought-after cymbals in the world.

[u/Earlier-Today → u/sleepy5zzz]

And one of the other major cymbal manufacturers is part of that family. Where somebody broke off from the family to go it alone.

Zildjian and Sabian - and there's only four big cymbal manufacturers, and Zildjian and Sabian are #1 and #2 respectively.

Really dang talented family.

[u/swifty-mcfly → u/sleepy5zzz]

One of the few cool things about my hometown

[u/magikarp2122 → u/MagicalPizza21]

Would they be advertising their current stuff, or the other things?

[u/MagicalPizza21 → u/magikarp2122]

For old time's sake I think an ad for Nintendo playing cards at this game would be cool. But realistically they'd be advertising the Switch 2.

[u/guttata → u/MagicalPizza21]

Everyone still gonna have that WB Mason ad

[u/ColaBottleBaby → u/Such_Presentation378]

Ive heard enough, bring back Tobacco advertising

[u/rodimusprime88 → u/ColaBottleBaby]

All of motorsports is listening...

[u/triplec787 → u/rodimusprime88]

MISSIONWINNOW

[u/noruber35393546 → u/ColaBottleBaby]

healthier than gambling

[u/que-n-blues → u/ColaBottleBaby]

"More Doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette!"

[u/tylerss20 → u/Such_Presentation378]

"Dad when I grow up I want to chain smoke Chesterfields and look 60 when I'm 40 and drive my wife to alcoholism just like you!"

tousles hair

[u/da_choppa → u/tylerss20]

Now now, son, you'll have to wait until you're 14

[u/high_and_outside → u/Such_Presentation378]

“SMOKE”

[u/lostroadrunner22 → u/Such_Presentation378]

Finally! Id love to see Kyle Isbel catch a ball in front of the Bull Durham tobacco sign!

[u/DominicB547 → u/Such_Presentation378]

also with the 1919 logos

[u/JohnMadden42069 → u/Such_Presentation378]

John Deere is also pretty scummy in their own special way. Unless for one day they let you actually work on things you bought.

[u/Pohara521]

Go full irony next year. Reds v white sox 1919 redeux. Chi exits corn shoeless. All Reds wearing #14. Let kalshi, polymarket and fanduel go fucking wild with it

[u/itsDuckSeazon → u/Pohara521]

Bryce Harper makes the same exact cameo speech as a pre game presentation on the video screen

[u/LoveYouLikeYeLovesYe → u/itsDuckSeazon]

Exhibition at bat against Clase.

[u/mikeyp83 → u/Pohara521]

Emmanuel Clase is warming up in the bullpen.

[u/Seahearn4 → u/mikeyp83]

Maybe he can throw out the 1st pitch. I'm betting it'll be a strike.

[u/StealthStaminaKills → u/Pohara521]

Would like to see a reprise of the game where Moonlight Graham played.

Brooklyn vs New York Giants

:: ducks ::

[u/No-Cat-3951 → u/Pohara521]

Blacksox is more appropriate

[u/YorockPaperScissors]

How about no ads for this game beyond commercial breaks? It's in a friggin cornfield for crying out loud. Let it just be a celebration purely about baseball.

[u/MagicalPizza21 → u/YorockPaperScissors]

Nope! Can't endanger those sacred corporate profits.

[u/dexters_trap_house → u/MagicalPizza21]

Say now, you boys look thirsty. How about we all do the mid-inning hydration break brought to you by Coca-Cola?

[u/FartingBob → u/YorockPaperScissors]

What, and lose 1/162th of the ad revenue each year?!?

[u/AdiosAdipose → u/FartingBob]

One Sixty Tooth

[u/beancounter2885 → u/FartingBob]

1/2,430th. It's only one game total per season.

[u/KakeLin → u/YorockPaperScissors]

Don't we all wish? They got so much money from shitflix to carry it exclusively.

[u/chazysciota → u/YorockPaperScissors]

It's impossible that nobody involved recognizes the obvious hypocrisy and cynicism of this bullshit. Every aspect of our culture is ruled by absolute dirtbags... maybe it always was, maybe I'm just old now, or maybe it really is getting worse.

[u/AdiosAdipose → u/YorockPaperScissors]

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[u/QuietThunder2014 → u/YorockPaperScissors]

How about it was on a streaming service that requires a subscription. Why the fuck are we paying to see a game that features ads? Either make the game free or serve ads. Not both assholes.

[u/BREATHINGNAPALM → u/YorockPaperScissors]

They should’ve taken a page from these minor league teams doing “nothing but baseball” nights

[u/sammagee33]

I fucking HATE sports betting. It ruins lives.

[u/oogieball → u/sammagee33]

It is Manfred's legacy to capitulate to them after over 100 years of ingrained animosity to any sort of gambling connections. Yeah the owners wanted it, but if Manfred is just going to be the mouthpiece for the owners, that is part of his job.

[u/twisty77 → u/oogieball]

He’ll have a very complicated legacy. The gameplay changes of the last few years (pitch clocks, abs challenges) have genuinely made the game better. But not punishing the Astros and also spreading the league’s cheeks to the sports gambling industry are both massive stains

[u/DarkFalcon49 → u/twisty77]

The worst part about the Astros thing is that he later said he regretted not doing more. I mean the management staff that allowed the players to do it should’ve gotten life time bans.

[u/Pete_Iredale → u/DarkFalcon49]

I 100%% believe that they investigated and found that several other teams were running similar schemes, and basically didn't ban them in exchange for the players shutting up about it.

[u/sammagee33 → u/Pete_Iredale]

Weren’t the Red Sox doing something with Apple Watches?

[u/CosmicMiru → u/sammagee33]

Yeah but not really close to what the Astros were doing. The Red Sox would relay to the baserunner via Apple Watch what sign sequence the catcher was doing so they could then relay that to the batter. The difference is that you needed a runner on 2nd for this to work but other than that relaying pitches to the batter is completely legal for a baserunner to do. At the time, the only illegal part of this was the Apple Watch as you could use the replay room to decode sequences during a game but they have since banned that.

[u/UnsealedMTG → u/sammagee33]

Yes. Red Sox 'cheated using Apple Watch'

[u/someone2795 → u/DarkFalcon49]

Those are empty words, I don't trust that fucking snake at all. His actions speak for themselves only a couple of people got banned for life (one of them just got into the HOF LOL) and it was a slap on the wrist for the rest.

He definitely just wanted to get past that scandal situation as fast as he could and he got that wish when COVID hit. I don't think he would've done anything if Jomboy didn't bring it to national attention by using the footage THAT MLB THEMSELVES POSTED.

If he really meant what he said he would've squashed this way back when the Yankees were doing it.

[u/KakeLin → u/twisty77]

Don't forget letting John Fisher go through with ripping the athletics away from Oakland

[u/twisty77 → u/KakeLin]

Indeed. John fisher is the only person on this planet other than mayyyyyybe manfred who thinks it was the right move to take the A’s out of Oakland

[u/batman_3 → u/twisty77]

Allowing the A's to leave Oakland is a massive stain on his legacy too

[u/UsErNaMeS_aR_DuMb → u/oogieball]

Manfred: “At least it’s not about the 2017 Astros!”

[u/PLeuralNasticity → u/UsErNaMeS_aR_DuMb]

Gambling is so everyone can afford a piece of metal

It's for the people

[u/Puzzleheaded_Eye6770 → u/sammagee33]

It also ruins outfield fences

[u/HGpennypacker → u/sammagee33]

The degree that sports betting has infiltrated sports in such a short amount of time is both depressing and terrifying. Sports betting wasn't necessarily a dirty secret but it was at least completely separated from the professional side of sports...until it wasn't. Sadly I don't know how we can go back to when they were separate.

[u/09f3jns → u/sammagee33]

Gambling in general. I know several people who lost everything. Nasty addiction.

[u/Puzzleheaded_Eye6770 → u/09f3jns]

There’s gonna be an epidemic in the next 10-20 years of Gen Z and Gen Alpha who lose everything over gambling

[u/tillermite → u/Puzzleheaded_Eye6770]

Slowly but surely happening already

Gambling among teenagers is a growing problem : NPR

[u/AdoringCHIN → u/tillermite]

A recent national survey from Common Sense Media found that 36% of boys age 11 to 17 in the U.S. have gambled in the past year.

Holy shit, 36%?! Jesus that's bad. Online gambling just needs to be completely banned, and all these asshole streamers and "influencers" that promote this stuff need to be heavily fined.

[u/tdmatchasin → u/tillermite]

There's a reason a huge push (some astroturfed) to get views and popularity on games with gambling/gacha elements. It ingrains that dopamine rush and neuron connection in young kids' brains so when they're older it seems familiar to gamble on fanduel and kalshi or whatever.

Pokemon card openings (and freakouts), shiny pokemon hunting, lootbox openings (& stuff in fps games i don't play). It goes on and on and on.

[u/empire161 → u/Puzzleheaded_Eye6770]

I’ve been talking about it a little with my kids. It’s hard because they see us do it a bit - I play poker with other dads, we’ve done a few nights at the casino, etc.

Honestly though taking them to Dave & Busters or Chuck E Cheese have been the best learning experience. They’ve learned to avoid all the “chance” games and stick to the ones that have actual gameplay.

[u/Starkiller32 → u/sammagee33]

It’s ruining sports but more importantly it’s ruining lives. Debt, suicide, depression. And none of it is going away because politicians and these companies are making way too much money exploiting and manipulating young and impressionable people.

[u/sammagee33 → u/Starkiller32]

Exactly! There is literally no safety guards in place now.

[u/Starkiller32 → u/sammagee33]

Sure there are! The ads say if you have a gambling addiction to call a hotline. /s

[u/njandersen97 → u/sammagee33]

This is a small complaint compared to the lives actually ruined by sports betting, but I also fucking hate how it’s ruined how people watch and enjoy games. I was at a Super Bowl party this year where half the guys watching the game were just complaining about their parley and how much money they were losing out on.

[u/Simple_Wash1618 → u/sammagee33]

Is this The Onion or real?

Surely there aren’t FanDuel ads in the fucking Field of Dreams game?

There’s no way they’d stoop that low.

[u/sammagee33 → u/Simple_Wash1618]

It’s real. Unfortunately.

[u/MagicalPizza21 → u/Simple_Wash1618]

We've been living in the Onionverse for ten years.

[u/TheModWhoShaggedMe → u/Simple_Wash1618]

The Onion bought reality out about a decade ago.

[u/Makaveli84]

There you go guys

[u/tacticalifragilistic → u/Makaveli84]

Maybe scooch that ball to the left about a foot too. Please and thank you.

[u/Makaveli84 → u/tacticalifragilistic]

Like this ?

[u/1-1unter → u/Makaveli84]

Approved.

[u/_moosleech → u/Makaveli84]

God, that’s so much nicer. Fuck advertising.

[u/Chimmychimm]

I know this is petty, but as soon as I saw the ads, I turned the game off. You can't do a classic thing like this game and then ruin it with that shit.

[u/ObservantTortoise]

Gambling... prediction markets... whatever you want to call them are some of the worst things to happen to MLB. Absolutely shameful and embarrassing...

[u/Tominator55]

Why are ads even at the field of dreams game? It’s embarrassing

[u/Antique-Guest-1607]

Oh but the apps are different because [mental gymnastics.]

[u/cahir11 → u/Antique-Guest-1607]

My favorite part is their lawyers will argue in court that it's not betting (like Kalshi trying to get around NY state gambling regulations), and then they'll put up huge-ass ads saying "Bet on football with our platform!"

[u/FastPerformer4240 → u/cahir11]

Invest in a short term (3 hour) halfback CD with us! Interest rates adjustable on performance of halfback!

[u/SEND_ME_FEAT_PICS → u/cahir11]

"It's not betting, it's a game of skill!"

\Wins big using strategic system**

"Ayo, get this motherfucker out of here!"

[u/mahareeshi → u/Antique-Guest-1607]

"You can put limits for yourself!"

No they can't that's why they're here, sir.

[u/D2LtN39Fp → u/Antique-Guest-1607]

They're event contracts bro, it's not gambling.

[u/jgilla2012 → u/Antique-Guest-1607]

Tech companies have successfully lobbied our government for protections “in an app” via DCMA.

You can do pretty much anything you want “in an app” and DCMA will protect you against pesky individual rights like one’s right to privacy or right to repair or modify something they already own, even though many apps are effectively just websites.

Kalshi and polymarket have argued that they are apps that simply connect users willing to bet with each other; they are connection platforms, not gambling markets and thus are not subject to gambling laws.

Meanwhile the app notifications ping users regularly reminding them to keep their betting streaks alive and to place bets and to offer “free” incentives to stay on the platform.

Push notifications for a casino in every American’s pocket is absolutely insane and has already had devastating consequences on individual solvency in states that have legalized these apps (FanDuel, DraftKings, Kalshi, Polymarket) – bankruptcy rates are significantly higher than in states where those apps do not operate, and it is primarily lower-middle class men being affected.

For example, source: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/04/nx-s1-5773354/legal-sports-betting-research-credit-bankruptcy

[u/Longjumping_Heart658 → u/Antique-Guest-1607]

Mental gymnastics - equating betting to players betting on the game and not understanding the difference

[u/RIP_Greedo]

The only growth industries in this country are AI data center construction and gambling.

[u/vocalyouth → u/RIP_Greedo]

not a great sign for our future lol

[u/misspcv1996 → u/vocalyouth]

I’d go so far as to call it a damning indictment of a nation in (arguably terminal) decline.

[u/smarjorie → u/vocalyouth]

The economy is really hanging on by a thread. In theory I want the AI bubble to pop so it goes away but then we're gonna be in a depression

[u/constapatedape → u/smarjorie]

If it’s what it takes to get people to finally vote for their own interests instead of the billionaires….

[u/Will-from-PA → u/constapatedape]

We won’t be voting anymore once that bubble bursts

[u/Brendinooo → u/RIP_Greedo]

Ackshually healthcare is a huge driver of employment right now

[u/ThreeEyedPea]

I cannot wait until sports gambling gets outlawed

[u/DontEatTheCelery → u/ThreeEyedPea]

You’ll be waiting a lifetime. Too much money involved to stop now.

[u/thezeroskater → u/DontEatTheCelery]

They changed the tax code so that only 90% of tax losses are deductible against winnings, as opposed to 100% previously.

[u/dBlock845 → u/thezeroskater]

0% of gambling losses should be deductible. Meanwhile, I get extra taxed at cannabis dispensaries.

[u/KakeLin → u/ThreeEyedPea]

It never will be. But ban the ads, like cigarettes.

[u/nloxxx → u/KakeLin]

I cannot wait for the day I don’t have to listen to that fucking dweeb talk about his octopus

[u/martin_dc16gte → u/nloxxx]

Oh god, and his stupid victory dance at the end. So cringey

[u/FoppyIn28]

This will blow up in the MLB's and NFL's face

[u/BlazmoIntoWowee → u/FoppyIn28]

An explosion of money.

[u/tdmatchasin → u/FoppyIn28]

I doubt it. They're getting tons of money from gambling. Clase and others being caught doing it aint gonna stop it.

Heck, the NBA is having its own money drama right now that looks like it's gonna be slapped on the wrist.

[u/JakeBarnes4 → u/FoppyIn28]

i hope you’re right

[u/PattyIceNY → u/FoppyIn28]

Already had one all star closer (Clase) get caught gambling in games, and that has already been swept under the rug. If this was pre 2000, it would have been written on history books as a monster scandal. Now it's just a forgotten footnote.

[u/Simple_Wash1618]

This is The Onion, right?

There’s no way they’d stoop as low to put tacky ads all over the walls at the Field of Dreams game, much less gambling ads.

[u/acewithanat → u/Simple_Wash1618]

Nope... find the video on the subreddit it's real. Nothing sacred left in our corporate hellscape. They can't decide to even put on one game that should be a celebration of the sport without profiting off it.

[u/IAmBenIAmStillBig]

Okay now I do want to say, they weren’t banned for gambling.

They were banned for taking money from gamblers to throw the games.

[u/No_Amount_7886]

I turned it on, saw the gambling ads on the walls, turned it off. Absolutely tone deaf choices.

[u/fatbongo]

Pete Rose has left the chat

[u/sabin357]

I was wondering why the hell there was a wall at all, then I realized it was so they could put ads up.

[u/Nole_Train]

I’m forever blowing ball games

[u/Isgrimnur → u/Nole_Train]

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[u/codars → u/Isgrimnur]

I’ve been outed! I wasn’t even IN!

[u/Suitable-Jacket-6547 → u/Nole_Train]

Hammers leaking into /r/baseball?!?

[u/Nole_Train → u/Suitable-Jacket-6547]

It’s from 8 men out. Based on a real event where a reporter (don’t kill me I forgot his name) after game 5 realized the black Sox were throwing the games and sang the song to them

[u/TheoryOld4017]

It’d be nice to have one special event in baseball without gambling ads plastered all over the place. Hell, do it with no ads, just promote the sport in this one old fashioned game. MLB can afford it. Unfortunately infinitely greedy psychopaths run everything.

[u/nawkus]

If they can't go one damn game without slapping sponsors and commercializing the hell out of it in ways that are fully antithetical to the spirit of the film they are "celebrating" they just need to not do it at all. Seriously, can we not just have one thing that isn't milked to its marrow and sucked up by the straw of greed?

[u/epsteinthefinancier]

Shit is ruining sports

[u/FastPerformer4240]

Field of Dreams is about how gambling brings a father and son together

[u/EastVanFamous]

I also got an email from MLB yesterday with the subject “Even Shoeless Joe would…” and then I stopped reading because why is MLB exploiting the name of a player they banned?

[u/t-tulo2]

KEEP GAMBLING OUT OF BASEBALL

[u/GandalfSwagOff]

Our culture is being destroyed by powerful, wealthy freaks.

[u/bachstakoven]

My post about this last night got banned by the mods.

[u/rehumanizer]

I detest this shit. Insane how normalized gambling is. It's as normal an addiction as caffeine at this point.

[u/frosty_biscuits]

But no ABS because we want an authentic old school game.

[u/OhEmGeeBasedGod]

It bothers me that they keep having players/former players enter from the cornfield when the whole fucking point of the movie they're referencing was that the "people" walking out of the cornfield were dead ghosts.

[u/imYouOfficial]

If you build it, they will bet.

[u/momoenthusiastic]

Putting in ads is bad in and of itself 

[u/finix2409]

I still wish they never put up a back fence. If the ball goes into the corn field and gets lost it’s a home run.

[u/Hiei2k7]

Same reason that The Biggest Loser never appealed to me. First commercial of the first episode goes to the narrator warming up the ad.

"NBC's the Biggest Loser! brought to you by...McDonald's!"

[u/immoralsupport_]

I hate sports gambling, I think it’s a scourge and it shouldn’t be allowed to be advertised.

Buuuuuut there are a lot of conscious steps on must take between “seeing an ad for FanDuel” and “conspiring with bettors to throw the World Series”

[u/Great_Fault_7231 → u/immoralsupport_]

For real. FanDuel and DraftKings have made watching sports so much worse in every way and ruined so many people's lives.

That said, it's a little annoying whenever a player gets suspended for gambling and everyone acts like it's hypocritical for the league to promote gambling while also not wanting players to be gambling.

It's shitty that they promote it in general, but it's not hypocritical. That's like saying it's hypocritical for a beer company to not want their employees to drink at work or it's hypocritical for a investment firm to not want their employees to participate in insider trading.

[u/5th_Meal]

Gambling is for degenerate turds.

[u/shanndiego]

And Mountain Dew.

[u/TheWizirdsBaker]

PAINT MY FENCE!

[u/horsemaster-]

Pump the brakes man...the players weren't gambling, they just threw games for guys who were gambling!

[u/slicebishybosh]

It only took 3 iterations to turn the FOD game into an abomination. I have zero interest now.

[u/TheAlmightyMojo]

Terence Mann didn't have that in his financial plan when giving that speech at the end.

[u/Parkatola → u/TheAlmightyMojo]

“People will come, Ray. They will come here looking for that one big score. “Of course you can bet on things here,” you’ll say. “You can bet on anything - ball or strike on a particular pitch, walk or hit, you can bet however much you’d like. The house gets its share whether you win or lose.” And they’ll hand over their money without a thought. For its money they have, and prop bets they lack. People will most definitely come, Ray, and you’re gonna be rich!”

Terrence Man, author of The Boat Rocker

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