Around Baseball 2023

[JFD]

Buying a Rangers jersey tomorrow

[BatFlip]

Buying a Rangers jersey tomorrow

 

You can be the first fan with a Heaney jersey. What a stud!

[Laika]

So we throw the game tomorrow and cheer for Houston now right

 

Call Manoah up and let him start

[connorp]

It is indeed the greatest era for creating degenerate gamblers. Especially now that sports leagues are openly welcoming gambling culture. Doubling the suicide rate will be a breeze.

 

I’m making light of it, but it’s true. Watching it happen to my son and his friends and they aren’t even 21 to be doing it legally on these apps, which are brutally tight opening up an account btw…

 

They’re definitely taking the Uber/Lyft approach to lure them in with promotions and discounts, and then go full retail once they’re in

[BatFlip]

So we throw the game tomorrow and cheer for Houston now right

 

Call Manoah up and let him start

 

 

Haha

[connorp]

Buying a Rangers jersey tomorrow

 

Send one to BTS as well. He would appreciate it I’m sure.

[connorp]

People feel like they HAVE to gamble to ever own a nice house, haha

 

I think that’s a poor attempt to encapsulate the problem

[Dr. Dinger]

I feel like sports gambling would just make me hate sports. I find it repulsive.

[BatFlip]

I wonder if Heaney ever imagined he'd be carrying the hopes and dreams of an entire nation on his shoulders

[Delgalladay]

That play just gave me wild card flashbacks

[JFD]

oh noes Texas pen time lul

[BatFlip]

Hopefully this Josh Sborz guy is better than his superficial stats

[connorp]

Julio choked

[Delgalladay]

Phew. That helped quiet the crowd and kill any momentum.

[hanton]

a base hit there would have completely changed that game

[WryNGinger]

I’m making light of it, but it’s true. Watching it happen to my son and his friends and they aren’t even 21 to be doing it legally on these apps, which are brutally tight opening up an account btw…

 

They’re definitely taking the Uber/Lyft approach to lure them in with promotions and discounts, and then go full retail once they’re in

 

Wow...it happened. I agree with connorp

[BigCecil]

Spooky. Those 2 bats up bases drunk. Suarez is 5th in MLB HRs since like 2018. Flies under the radar. Nice pen work.

[max silver]

The rest of this game will be butt clenching time with the s***** Rangers bullpen.

[connorp]

The rest of this game will be butt clenching time with the s***** Rangers bullpen.

 

Game is over, mate. No custom sample size is getting Seattle out of this mess. They’re cooked

[BigCecil]

We're going to have a massive societal gambling problem 10-20 years from now.

 

Yes. But more like 5. It’s wildfire already. I have a couple friends in their 40s putting their families finances at total risk hiding it from their wives. They started small and just got bigger into it.

[saskjayfan]

The rest of this game will be butt clenching time with the s***** Rangers bullpen.

 

So if Texas and the Astros win tonight the Astros will try and win tomorrow as they can still win the division. Do we tank tomorrow with the potential of losing and taking the 3rd wild card to face the Twins? I hope the boys get loaded tonight if Texas wins!

[Masterbather]

I feel like sports gambling would just make me hate sports. I find it repulsive.

It's fun, in moderation, could make an interesting game out of an otherwise uninteresting game.

I'm a fan of the NFL because of my gambling on it in high school. I started watching because of the gambling and just became a fan.

 

I never got sucked into addiction though. I can't even imagine young people today having the ability to click a button at any moment and bet on any aspect of the game at any part of the game on multiple games live. Especially if you just blew a bet and you want to try to get it back quickly. Impulsiveness and accessibility. The death spiral begins.

 

We're in some dangerous times.

[BatFlip]

Yes. But more like 5. It’s wildfire already. I have a couple friends in their 40s putting their families finances at total risk hiding it from their wives. They started small and just got bigger into it.

 

That's brutal. What kind of amounts are they betting now?

[connorp]

So if Texas and the Astros win tonight the Astros will try and win tomorrow as they can still win the division. Do we tank tomorrow with the potential of losing and taking the 3rd wild card to face the Twins? I hope the boys get loaded tonight if Texas wins!

 

I think with the games Tuesday they’ll rest players no doubt. They still could run into a win though. Not like they’ll literally tank it

[BTS]

I feel like sports gambling would just make me hate sports. I find it repulsive.

 

It's wild. A SP will go like 8 shutout innings in a win, and Twitter will be full of degenerates calling him a worthless sack of s*** because he only K'd 5 and they lost their rent money betting the over on strkeouts.

[Laika]

Agree with Dingleberry. Sports betting ruins it for me.

 

Just gamble on crypto 24/7 instead

[connorp]

Agree with Dingleberry. Sports betting ruins it for me.

 

Just gamble on crypto 24/7 instead

 

I feel like there’s more science in sports betting. Jokes aside

[Masterbather]

It's wild. A SP will go like 8 shutout innings in a win, and Twitter will be full of degenerates calling him a worthless sack of s*** because he only K'd 5 and they lost their rent money betting the over on strkeouts.

 

How long until a professional athlete gets murdered because of gambling? I hope not, I hope it doesn't come to that but people become desperate and crazy.

[max silver]

So if Texas and the Astros win tonight the Astros will try and win tomorrow as they can still win the division. Do we tank tomorrow with the potential of losing and taking the 3rd wild card to face the Twins? I hope the boys get loaded tonight if Texas wins!

 

I just want the team to make the playoffs in the first place. I wouldn't sleep on the Twins given how good their 1-2 punch is at the top of the rotation.

[PitaBaby]

in 2014 when I wasn't following baseball much I bet I think 40 games into the season early may. But I bet 16k on the Brewers to beat the worst team Dbacks. Didn't check pitching matchups. Matt Garza won 8-5 and paid out 10k. I could have filed a chargeback if I lost on bet365. I had just opened an account that night and it paid me out next day. Have done chargeback before with a 3k bet. That was all the money to my name at the time (well all my credit card balance, I didn't have the actual money). It literally is free money.

 

Then I ended up losing 30k in Vegas, also all my money and credit card limits.

 

It's 'free money' until you have to actually pay it back.