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In the discussion thread: Barry Bonds Not Elected To Hall of Fame [View all]

Response to trumad (Reply #31)

Wed Jan 9, 2013, 03:51 PM

jeff47 (7,900 posts)

41. There's evidence he bet for is team, not against it.

So where's the conflict of interest in that? He's trying to win as both a player and a bettor.

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66 replies	Author	Time	Post
Barry Bonds Not Elected To Hall of Fame [View all]	erpowers	Jan 2013	OP
Disgusting.	KatyMan	Jan 2013	#1
The players?	Tempest	Jan 2013	#5
Well, those writers	KatyMan	Jan 2013	#18
Doubt is not proof	Tempest	Jan 2013	#21
Why not Bagwell?	KatyMan	Jan 2013	#25
It was more like a big fat HELL NO!	Tempest	Jan 2013	#2
"I'm probably in the minority, but...."	klook	Jan 2013	#29
Can you imagine The Babe on steroids?	Tempest	Jan 2013	#33
he could have set those records if he just layed off the party lifestyle!	frylock	Jan 2013	#35
He used to eat hotdogs in the damn dugout!	MADem	Jan 2013	#39
LOL, really	klook	Jan 2013	#43
The NIT pre-dates the NCAA	Jimbo S	Jan 2013	#65
Ah, thanks -- I was mis-remembering my hoops history	klook	Jan 2013	#66
1996 was the last year no one was inducted....	a kennedy	Jan 2013	#3
Asterisk* nt	longship	Jan 2013	#4
Was Pete Rose on the ballot?	Brother Buzz	Jan 2013	#6
IMO what Pete Rose did is far less objectionable than cheating on the game by using steroids n/t	Leopolds Ghost	Jan 2013	#8
I don't disagree	Brother Buzz	Jan 2013	#9
Really?	trumad	Jan 2013	#10
Agree with you here, it's intolerable. nt	rivegauche	Jan 2013	#16
No evidence he threw games	Tempest	Jan 2013	#23
There is plenty of evidence that he bet on his own team.	trumad	Jan 2013	#31
Once again...	Tempest	Jan 2013	#34
LOL---	trumad	Jan 2013	#44
He only admitted to betting on his own team to win	groundloop	Jan 2013	#37
He admitted after years of denial...	trumad	Jan 2013	#46
I never said he has credibility, I don't even like him	groundloop	Jan 2013	#60
So he bets a lot when he lets them lose. And he bets a little when he helps them win.	El Supremo	Jan 2013	#49
Bet ON is fine--bet AGAINST would be a problem... nt	MADem	Jan 2013	#40
There's evidence he bet for is team, not against it.	jeff47	Jan 2013	#41
Wow---you guys just don't get it.	trumad	Jan 2013	#48
No, I'm not saying that at all	jeff47	Jan 2013	#55
How do you know he didn't bet against his team?	trumad	Jan 2013	#59
Same reason I know he hasn't murdered anyone	jeff47	Jan 2013	#61
And no has produced any evidence that he hasn't.	trumad	Jan 2013	#62
Rose is much worse IMHO.	Are_grits_groceries	Jan 2013	#42
I'm stunned that some don't get it.	trumad	Jan 2013	#50
Easy solution to the Rose conundrum	KamaAina	Jan 2013	#15
He wouldn't be a member as a manager because he wasn't a HoF manager anyway.	hughee99	Jan 2013	#32
At some point he will be off that list.	Renew Deal	Jan 2013	#17
When he dies, he'll join a larger list of permanently ineligible players	Brother Buzz	Jan 2013	#27
Barry Bonds had a cloud over his head WHILE he was becoming famous.	Leopolds Ghost	Jan 2013	#7
Yawn ... it's a freaking children's game	relayerbob	Jan 2013	#11
The Freakin' Olympics	ellisonz	Jan 2013	#20
no, it's a men's game played by children..	frylock	Jan 2013	#36
No Big Deal	BlueManFan	Jan 2013	#12
BALCO BALCO BALCO BALCO BALCO BALCO	BlueManFan	Jan 2013	#13
All of them could be in the 'Roids Hall of Shame.	rivegauche	Jan 2013	#14
Babe Ruth's Vices...	Sophiegirl	Jan 2013	#19
Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Cap Anson...	KatyMan	Jan 2013	#22
Hot dogs, beer and women. n/t	Tempest	Jan 2013	#24
I like what Lewis Black said: forget the performance enhancing drugs...	Initech	Jan 2013	#28
Yeah....the downfall of many ML players. nt	Sophiegirl	Jan 2013	#30
Excellent, fuck the sterioud abusers.	Initech	Jan 2013	#26
I think this was	Jenoch	Jan 2013	#38
A long as you get 5% of the vote each year, you remain on the ballot for 15 years. n/t	FSogol	Jan 2013	#45
I choose not to do roids when playing Triple A. Many other players did.	WhoWoodaKnew	Jan 2013	#47
why in the hell did`t they elect other players?	madrchsod	Jan 2013	#51
I seem to remember this...	AsahinaKimi	Jan 2013	#52
Get ready to throw your peanuts and Cracker Jacks at me...	Kalidurga	Jan 2013	#53
It's an disadvantage to players trying to make the team that choose not to use.	WhoWoodaKnew	Jan 2013	#63
*Good n/t	Pachamama	Jan 2013	#54
Yes it is.	840high	Jan 2013	#56
Good.	AngryOldDem	Jan 2013	#57
who the hell cares	dembotoz	Jan 2013	#58
Roids or not, Bonds is a first ballot.	MrSlayer	Jan 2013	#64

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