I am in Category 4: I never listened to Rome because I could not stand him.
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A site that brings Masshole mentality to the 49 other states.
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Yuck. OK.
Barstool - they think a joke about a size 6 female wearing skinny jeans is asking to be raped. IOW, as MM stated.
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Someone send Manfred a tape of Rush Limbaugh on Monday Night Football. Those who ignore the lessons of history something something?
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It most certainly is. Nauseating.
In game gambling seems like a bad thing independent of the Barstool associations.
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Thats going to be a big thing for baseball. Micro-bets (next pitch, hit or out for this batter, etc) could be a huge revenue source.
Theyâre actively trying to drive me away from the sport.
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I canât see how that would be anything, but bad for the actual sport in the long run.
Iâll stay with baseball but not with MLB.
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It was bad enough they started to include odds on the MLB Network ticker earlier this year and even had an gambling-themed broadcast to commemorate the occasion, but if they move towards focusing on in-game gambling during national broadcasts, itâs going to drive me away from watching MLB games.
Bud Selig was a bad commissioner, but Rob Manfred makes him actually seem palatable in comparison. Manfred is trying to destroy the sport.
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The summer after my freshman year at UT, when I was all of 18, my uncle who was a Continental Airlines VP arranged for me and a buddy to have a job at LAX. We spent the summer living in Hermosa Beach working in the Continental flight kitchen, and I went to as many Dodger games as my work schedule allowed, especially when Koufax was pitching. He was and is my all-time favorite player.
One night I was sitting in the left field bleachers watching the game, and two guys a couple of rows in front of me caught my attention. Each one had a fist full of one dollar bills, and they were betting on something on every pitch-strike or ball, hit or out, fair ball or foul, ground ball or fly ball, strike out or walk, and so on and so forth. Every pitch a wager, and the money went back and forth depending on who won. Every damn pitch, some bet.
I was fascinated by this activity carried on out in front of God and everybody, and I think that night I watched more of the gambling action than I did the baseball action. Every damn pitch for nine innings.
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Smart move is to wait for the Astros pen and bet Ball every time.
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Back in the day, I attended a game at the old ballpark in Arlington, where a group of guys was doing the same thing. They were betting on everything. What got them the most excited was tossing the ball back to the mound at the end of the inning. They were betting on whether or not the ball stayed on the dirt part of the mound or rolled off into the grass. By the end of the game they were pretty tuned up and it was hilarious to watch them cheering on a rolling ball like it was a horse race.
Yep, I meant to add that and forgot. I have seen that wager many times.
I understand why they feel a need to increase revenue streams. I donât understand why they think they have to diminish they beauty of the game by adding ugly gimmicks.
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If you wanted to do this right, youâd set up a platform where different people could host their own broadcasts on MLB.tv and viewers could pick the one theyâre interested in. MLB provides the video and stadium audio, the host provides the commentary.
Seems like a natural fit for where things are headed with Jomboy, Barstool, etc. getting more popular. Lots of podcasters would do well at this (Iâm sure Sam Miller and Ben Lindbergh would be popular). Hell, even some folks on this site could put together a pretty good Astros broadcast. Just give people options other than this Barstool shit.
I get why none of this would happen, but itâd be a fun experiment.
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I know people who do this and they call it âMoundersâ.