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Brant James
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Gulf of Mexico-adjacent journalist covering the gambling industry for InGame. Along the way: Gaming Today, Tampa Bay Times, SI com, Deadspin, ESPN, USA Today.
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Guess we’re destined to speed run through all the 1910s mini-scandals involving baseball and gambling until we get to the big one again! New century, same problems.
Headline of Irving Sanborn’s article in the October 12, 1919 edition of the Chicago Tribune (three days after the fixed World Series ended): BASEBALL MEN FEAR EFFECT OF BETTING CLIQUES Wagers and 'Pools' Help Kill Fans' Interest in Game for Itself. Thoughtful baseball promoters who have the best interests of their business in view are beginning to worry about the way professional gamblers lave been flocking to the national pastime during the last year. There always has been betting on ball games, and always will be, but most of it has been of the promiscuous, haphazard kind in which sentiment was the determining factor. With the quick resumption of interest in baseball this year there has reappeared the menace which so nearly wrecked the game back in the dark days of the late '70s, when it was necessary for the National league to bar from its ball parks forever a quari it of players who were found guilty of having dealings with a gambling clique which was then trying to earn a dishonest living out of baseball.
November 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Guardians' Luis Ortiz Pleads Not Guilty
Former Cleveland Guardians pitcher Luis Ortiz pleaded not guilty to multiple federal conspiracy charges related to a sports betting scandal.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM