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Volstylexx said:
hmmmm. what do you guys think this could be??

Ohio Sportsbooks Immediately Halt All Betting On Alabama Baseball After Alleged 'Suspicious Activity'
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Sounds like nothing. Bama had a late rally but still lost. Happens all the time.

Baseball is a hard game to rig. Too much randomness, even if both teams and the umps were in on it. Blatant errors and walks are obvious, so you’d have to give up hits.. but hitting is hard. Even if a pitcher is throwing the game giving you cheese down the middle, you could still ground into a double play or fly out easily.

I think basketball is the only sport that is easy to rig. Football has too many people involved to do it without risk of a leak.
 
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On May 2 in Baseball History...​
  • 1909 - Honus Wagner steals his way around the bases in the first inning of a game against the Cubs. It is the fourth time he has performed this feat, an N.L. record.

  • 1917 - The Cubs lefthander Hippo Vaughn and righthander Fred Toney of the Reds toe the mound in Chicago for a one-of-a-kind game. At the end of nine innings, both pitchers have no-hitters. With one out in the top of the tenth and men on second and third, Jim Thorpe hits a swinging bunt near the mound. Vaughn picks it up and throws home, but catcher Art Wilsonfreezes the ball hits his chest protector, and Larry Kopf slides in safe for the only run. Fred Toney sets the Cubs down in order and has the fourth ten-inning no-hitter to date.

  • 1939 - Lou Gehrig voluntarily benches himself for the good of the team. His consecutive-game string stops at 2,130. Babe Dahlgren, his replacement, has a home run and double as the Yankees rout Detroit 22-2.

  • 1949 - In his first major league start, Don Newcombe shuts out Cincinnati 3-0.

  • 1954 - Stan Musial hits five home runs in a doubleheader with the Giants in St. Louis. In attendance is eight-year-old Nate Colbert, who will eventually be the only other player in history to match this feat. The Cards win the first game 10-6 and the Giants win the nightcap 9-7.

  • 1958 - In what nearly turns into a TV war, the Yankees threaten to broadcast their games nationwide if the N.L. goes ahead with its plans to allow other broadcasts, especially those of the Dodgers and Giants, into New York territory.

  • 1988 - Reds manager Pete Rose is suspended for 30 days by N.L. president Bart Giamatti. This is the stiffest suspension ever levied against a manager for an on-field incident. On April 30 Rose shoved umpire Dave Pallone in the ninth inning of a 6-5 loss to the Mets, inciting a near riot among Cincinnati fans.


Baseball Birthdays on May 2... ​




Baseball Deaths on May 2... ​


 
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Volstylexx said:
Ok, the boys are back. @knoxvol52 and @chuckiepoo and I had a good time in the softball forum. The girls took the series L and will be fighting for a title against SC this weekend BUT the big lie was finally exposed.
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Did someone lose an Avatar bet?

Also what was the big lie?
 
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Christian Lowe said:
Sounds like nothing. Bama had a late rally but still lost. Happens all the time.

Baseball is a hard game to rig. Too much randomness, even if both teams and the umps were in on it. Blatant errors and walks are obvious, so you’d have to give up hits.. but hitting is hard. Even if a pitcher is throwing the game giving you cheese down the middle, you could still ground into a double play or fly out easily.

I think basketball is the only sport that is easy to rig. Football has too many people involved to do it without risk of a leak.
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It doesn’t happen all the time where multiple betting sites take down a college baseball team from its sites.
 
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