Baseball fans react to Yankees post promoting FanDuel bet: ‘Read the room’
A Yankees' tweet referencing a winning bet drew criticism for being tone-deaf, coming shortly after Shohei Ohtani's gambling scandal.
A Yankees' tweet referencing a winning bet drew criticism for being tone-deaf, coming shortly after Shohei Ohtani's gambling scandal.
"I think I'm doing a good job. That's what I think, I don't know."
“You can’t tell me that UConn women’s college basketball is a bigger story..."
Will MLB attempt to pressure its broadcast partners to let the story go away?
"The betting odds at the bottom of the ESPN ticker are an incredible touch here."
This will be Ohtani's first time meeting with the media since last week's allegations surfaced.
"This feels like a Mad Libs of Rob Manfred's worst nightmare."
"We have a tendency to think of Asians as very solemn and very noble, with a different strain of morality."
Do all MLB national insiders look alike? The answer is yes according to The Today Show mistaking Jeff Passan for Tom Verducci.
"He's been given such latitude by everybody involved in the sport, it's going to be really curious now if people want to really go at him and get their money's worth."
"People are gonna bet on sports, smoke pot, have sex and drink. You’re completely naive if you think you can govern it."
New York Mets radio play-by-play voice Howie Rose says the New York Media wouldn't stand for Shohei Ohtani dodging reporters.
"But the way the letter of the law works, the most prominent athlete in baseball on Day 2 of the Major League Baseball season is now facing a legitimate and indefinite suspension."
"Shohei Ohtani has always bet on himself -- and it's about to reap huge rewards,"
On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Dodgers fired Shohei Ohtani's interpreter after concerning gambling theft allegations emerged.
"He's so magnetic, he's so fun to talk to, he's such a great athlete."
With great hitting comes great media scrutiny.
"He’ll be 'Otoning' for that one for a while."
ESPN's Clinton Yates discussed his feelings on Shohei Ohtani's free agency, which drew opinion from both sides as it played out.
"Ohtani at this point is about as close to what Michael Jordan was ..."