Quoting directly from the charge

Specifically, on or about May 28, 2025, the Cleveland Guardians played an MLB game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The game began at approximately 1: 10 p.m. Before the game, at approximately 1:00 p.m., Bettor-I sent a text message to the defendant EMMANUEL CLASE DE LA CRUZ confirming whether CLASE was, "[a]ll set." CLASE responded, "[y]es." At approximately 3:36 p.m., in the middle of the game, Bettor- I and Bettor-2 each placed wagers totaling approximately $4,000 (including a parlay bet) that a pitch thrown by CLASE would be a Ball/HBP. CLASE threw a pitch that appeared to be a ball, but the batter swung, resulting in a strike and leading Bettor- I and Bettor-2 to lose their wagers.

Approximately 20 minutes after Bettor-I lost the wager on May 28, 2025, Bettor-I sent a text message to the defendant EMMANUEL CLASE DE LA CRUZ a .gif image of a man hanging himself with toilet paper. Even though the Cleveland Guardians won the game, approximately 10 minutes later, CLASE responded to Bettor-I with a .gif image of a sad puppy dog face.

Clase came in at the top of the 9th facing Andy Pages, who is the batter referred in the above.

42 comments

  4. >CLASE responded to Bettor-I with a .gif image of a sad puppy dog face.

    International crime done through emojis and gifs

  5. Imagine putting down thousands of dollars on an uncontrollable outcome. Gambling on sports is for morons.

  6. What if – now hear me out here – Pages was working for the feds? Or the bookies? 😂

  8. I can’t believe that cramming sports betting apps down our throat every single fucking minute of every single game in every single sport has resulted in the loss of integrity in sports. Who saw this coming??

  10. Too bad Pages sent insider info to different betters that he was going to swing at the first pitch. /s

  11. honestly, especially with it being a breaking ball, that wasn’t nearly outside the zone enough to be confident it wouldn’t get a swing

  13. Clase was making 4 mil a year and was one of the best closers in baseball. He was going to be getting big money in a couple years. Why do this?

  16. I picture Classe’s reaction to be like the guy from Press Your Luck who misclicked the buzzer and won the sailboat instead of the Big Bucks

  19. Of course it was Andy “swings at anything that moves” Pages. That’s my boy fighting the scourge that is gambling!

  21. Andy PAGES only walked twice in September with 86 AB and ZERO WALKS in the Post season with 51 AB. That’s 2 BB in 137 AB. lol

  26. I wonder if that’s why he started just spiking the ball instead of making it close

  28. Bro needs to do some scouting for his degenerate gambling. Pitches way out of the zone are the only ones Andy swings at!

  30. Holy shit I was just reading the article and then I come here and there’s the exact pitch lol. I love reddit.

  31. “In the middle of the game…” Come on, prosecutors! Not every game goes 18 innings. 

  32. The idea of Andy Pages’ terrible plate discipline somehow displacing an illegal betting ring is extremely funny to me

  34. Who wins: a seemingly sophisticated illegal gambling ring or Pages with a bat in his hand?

  35. Next time you bet on a pitcher, never do it when they go against Dodgers’ Center Fielder

  36. Imagine agreeing to throw a bad pitch for a ball and then seeing Andy Pages is next in the lineup

  37. Clase throws the most intentional terrible ball out of the strike zone.

    Angel Hernandez calls it a strike and someone loses their life savings.

    It would be too funny if that were to happen, I almost wish it did at some point.

  39. ![gif](giphy|1lk1IcVgqPLkA)

    Andy Pages saving America’s pastime through sheer dumbfuckery

  40. People unfamiliar with Pages: Was he on the opposite take?

    People familiar: nah, that Pages. He just swings at everything.

  41. I didn’t wake up this morning expecting to say it, but the dodgers really are saving baseball!

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