At one point, per the indictment, Clase tried to throw a ball but the batter swung — resulting in a strike. “Bettor-I” allegedly texted Clase a GIF of a man hanging himself with toilet paper. Clase replied with a GIF of a “sad puppy dog face.” (The Guardians won the game.)

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  2. I want to thank Clase for giving up that homer to Judge in the ALCS last year on purpose

  10. Laughable to believe this is an isolated case. The MLB and professional sports are completely compromised. Glad the 1% gets to continue to rake gambling profits off the backs of morons while every league is completely destroyed

  12. Imagine literally trying to throw a noncompetitive pitch to rig a bet, but Andy Pages just can’t fucking help himself

  16. This is so interesting, like how did they uncover this? Was it all the bets placed on clase that raised red flags?

  20. $400K over 3 seasons presumably split between the 2 betters and him is so little money, the risk/reward doesn’t add up to me

  23. Main takeaway here is that I can’t visualize the gif of a man trying to hang himself with toilet paper

  24. When a pitcher has a prop bet on throwing balls and the batter has a prop bet on striking out.

  26. So, we’ve got confirmed game-rigging in the NBA and MLB.

    Any takers on how deep into sport this goes?

    Because, considering how much the average UFC MMA fighter gets paid, I’m willing to bet that it is RAMPANT there (especially on round and type of stoppage), and probably also in the NFL on yardage bets and such.

    Not sure if it’s possible to do as much in hockey, but who knows?

  27. Anyone who thinks they’re going to end sports betting over this is kidding themselves. It really sucks, it’s just going to make these guys be more methodical about it when they do it. And lord they’re going to do it..

  29. Clase: Did you see Luis’s hat?

    Bettor-I: Oh fuck. Hahahaha

    Clase: He looks so fucking stupid. I can’t breathe.

  31. ESPN during the report “And this breaking news is brought to you by Fanduel, enter the code felon for 10 dollars off your first bet, anyways Ortiz took a bribe for throwing balls

  32. Lmao the amount these two were allegedly bribed to throw these games is wild. Millions of dollars just thrown away, for a couple grand

  36. Fuck Clase. I never played above college but the thought of even throwing games like this is disgusting.

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  37. I suppose it’s a fool’s errand to look for rational behavior from these people, but threatening a guy you’re in a continuing arrangement with when he tried to comply with your demands and failed for reasons completely outside his control seems like a weird move. You have the guy in your pocket, you want to keep him there.

  40. Andy was criminally bad at not chasing this year but I didn’t think it’d actually end up in court filings lmaooooooo

  41. Maybe MLB will rethink their partnership with sports bet….. yeah. I couldn’t finish that. They won’t.

  42. The league will of course respond by realizing what a mistake they made in partnering with gambling companies and will lead the charge to go back to the sanity of outlawing sports gambling by banning them from everything they do at a baseball game.

    Nah, I’m just kidding. They won’t take any responsibility nor demonstrate any self awareness at all. They’ll blame others and roll around in that precious precious money all day long.

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  45. Clase has made 11.6 million dollars in his career and was signed for as much as 20m more over the next two years.

    It would have been exponentially cheaper for him to just send these guys the 500k

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