Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz’s betting charges are the latest in a long list of reasons (like death threats to players AND their families) why prop bets are bad for everyone.
Sadly we can’t rely on MLB to ban them. And we probably can’t reply on the government to either.
Read the story: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6792294/2025/11/09/mlb-clase-ortiz-betting-allegations/
Note: This article was published while I was in my early 20s. I was much younger and dumber. Please don’t hold it against me. One of the perils of having a 20+ year old website!Here’s a new Favorites of category I’m starting for the new decade. These are my favorite posts from 2009: January 20:…
Here is the links round up for Halloween!
Here are my favorite Prime Day Deals for October 2025. There’s a bunch of great stuff — all things I personally own and LOVE.
On Monday, I’m publishing a video about my entire iPhone setup (subscribe on YouTube to get it). As I was gathering links, I realized most of what I use is on sale for Black Friday. Here’s the list:
MOOCs being embraced by US Universities: It seems like Massive Open Online Courses are being embraced as a form of distance learning. I think this will be the next major change in higher ed, especially considering the constant rising cost of college. Noted critic on Twitter: “It’s toast. Over. Done. History.”: This seems a bit…
Here is the links round up for October 10th, 2010
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